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Russia and France: Closer Ties Fated by Blood?

Details: 03 February 2015; Tatiana Stanovaya and Ksenia Semenova

The terrorist attack on the Paris headquarters of the satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo and the ensuing social and political reaction to this tragedy in Russia make an in-depth analysis of current bilateral relations between Russia and France particularly timely. In this article, Tatiana Stanovaya and Ksenia Semenova take a closer look at Russia’s new policy of double standards.

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Russia’s Political Prisoners: Yevgeny Vitishko

Details: 28 January 2015; Boris Bruk

The Institute of Modern Russia continues its series of articles dedicated to Russian political prisoners. This article is dedicated to the Krasnodar environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko, who in 2012 faced charges in the “Tkachev’s dacha” case.

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Symbols and Sentences

Details: 28 January 2015; Alexander Podrabinek

On March 11, 2014, three activists, Oleg Savvin, Mikhail Feldman, and Dmitry Fonarev, hoisted a German flag at Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) building in the city of Kaliningrad. Now, each of them is facing a seven-year sentence for their symbolic protest against Russian aggression in Ukraine. According to writer Alexander Podrabinek, the current Russian leadership seems poised to resuscitate Soviet-style methods of political repressions.

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Who Was Offended by Leviathan?

Details: 23 January 2015; Olga Melnikova

The latest Oscar-nominated drama from Andrey Zvyagintsev, Leviathan has provoked heated discussion in Russia. Critics quickly labeled the movie as Russophobic, politically biased, and antireligious. According to Olga Melnikova, despite its ambiguities, Leviathan accurately reflects many realities of modern Russia.

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The Country Where Terrorism Won

Details: 21 January 2015; Olga Melnikova

The murder of journalists for the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo provoked an extraordinary response in Russia. However, paradoxical as it may sound, many residents of this country, which has suffered severely from terrorism over the past 15 years, are willing to justify the actions of extremists today. Olga Melnikova analyzes the public debate.

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