If one imagines a future in which Russia enjoys democracy and lasting peace, writes Masha Gessen, then [Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry] Muratov, who has maintained a fragile sort of peace… Read more »
The poisoning in 2020 and imprisonment in 2021 of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, marked the transformation of Vladimir Putin’s regime from a consensual autocracy into tyranny, where a… Read more »
Today many Russian democrats, desperate to get Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin, find themselves voting for the Communists. They are well aware of the irony, the Economist reports: But,… Read more »
Which is the more radical prediction—that Putinism will survive another two decades or that a new system, possibly a democratic one, will replace it? The former seems much more unlikely… Read more »
The emergence of a broad democratic coalition in Russia will be “extremely difficult,” according to a prominent expert. To begin with, such a potential coalition must have the option to… Read more »
Tin-pot dynasty – Turkmenistan’s horse-loving dictator is grooming his son https://t.co/qtMGuKuT9J — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) October 14, 2021 Though Turkmenistan’s government propagandists try their best to present the country as… Read more »
An individual leader’s acceptance of democratic norms and values can play a vital role in facilitating the development of civil society and political transitions, says a leading expert. Russia will… Read more »
Despite the Kremlin’s international assertiveness, Russia’s principal strategic challenges are domestic, according to a prominent analyst. In the political realm, the looming hurdle will be managing the transition to a… Read more »
Kyrgyzstan’s civil society has been under increasing pressure throughout the last decade, requiring a root and branch rethink of donor initiatives to take stock of the situation and devise new… Read more »
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has condemned Russia’s efforts to veto Europe’s largest human rights conference. The OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) requires consensus to take place,… Read more »