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Rogov: Social media today mobilizes and shapes political loyalty in Russia

(Global Voices) On November 1, Russia’s controversial “Sovereign Internet” bill entered into force. Supporters argue that the move is necessary to shield Russia against cyberattacks from abroad, while human rights and free speech…

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The Kremlin Tries to Exorcise the Memory of the Berlin Wall

(EDM) The massive spontaneous eruption of street protests in East Germany 30 years ago culminated in the breach of the ominous Berlin Wall, and that breakthrough determined the end of the…

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Kalmyks Protest Donbas Separatist Who Was Appointed Mayor of Republican Capital

(EDM) Street protests continue against the leader of the Buddhist province of Kalmykia and look set to escalate, with a large demonstration planned for October 27. The protests concern the appointment…

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Understanding Russia’s Intervention in Syria

(Rand) Russia’s 2015 military intervention in Syria’s civil war took many by surprise and raised questions about the potential for similar actions in other conflicts outside of post-Soviet Eurasia. The authors…

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Kramer: Mr. Bukovsky emerged from his experience in the Soviet Union looking like such a remarkably admirable figure because he stuck to his principles

(Washington Post) hen Vladimir Bukovsky was released from a Soviet prison in 1976 in an event that drew front-page headlines around the world, he was 33 years old and had already…

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Marten: Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa seems to be cultivating personal relationships with leaders in a neocolonial model

(Washington Post) Facebook announced Wednesday that it had removed three networks of accounts it says are associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman U.S. authorities charged with interfering in the 2016…

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Rogov: Social media today mobilizes and shapes political loyalty in Russia

The Kremlin Tries to Exorcise the Memory of the Berlin Wall

Kalmyks Protest Donbas Separatist Who Was Appointed Mayor of Republican Capital

Understanding Russia’s Intervention in Syria

Kramer: Mr. Bukovsky emerged from his experience in the Soviet Union looking like such a remarkably admirable figure because he stuck to his principles

Marten: Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa seems to be cultivating personal relationships with leaders in a neocolonial model

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