The Kremlin wants Azat Miftakhov and other political prisoners behind bars forever, says an exiled Russian journalist
The opposition leader is undergoing a new trial from prison, behind closed doors. The result is a foregone conclusion
Last year's protest wave in the Russian Far East captured public attention - but one year on, what have we learned?
Nikolay Rybakov, the leader of Russia’s Yabloko opposition party, talks to openDemocracy about imprisoned opposition leader Navalny, smart voting and corruption
New research shows that a new core of protesters have emerged in Russia - and now they want a concrete programme for change
Despite Russian politics’ lack of diversity, Maxim Reznik remains hopeful that the opposition-supporting youth can free Russia from Putin’s grip
Against a backdrop of politicisation and repression, what does it mean to be a student in Russia in 2021?
The opposition leader is destroying the symbolic border between Russia’s prison system and the outside world
My experience as a foreign student and civil rights activist in Prague opened my eyes to what life in Putin’s Russia is really like.
Why did Russian citizens come out in such large numbers last month? This researcher spoke to 50 protesters in Moscow. Here’s what she found
With the opposition leader imprisoned, the future rests on organising skill and the protest mood.
Having survived an assassination attempt, the opposition leader is now in a Moscow prison. But in many ways, his work is already done.
