Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Laurie Kalus, Polly Hope and Nik ...

Can Freed Russian Dissidents Help Energize an Opposition Movement? The release of activists like Ilya Yashin gives new hope to a movement in which various groups are often at war with each other ...

Defense. Washington lawmakers hope released opposition leaders revive anti-Putin movement in Russia The historic prisoner swap freed Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov, and several ...

Opposition movements, especially those based abroad, rarely succeed. Open main ... For now Russia’s opposition-in-exile is still able to help galvanize citizens at home.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia attend a hearing at the Lublinsky district court in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2015 (credit: TATYANA MAKEYEVA/ REUTERS) ...

In late 1825, a group of reform-minded Russian military officers believed the time was ripe to end the rule of the czars.

Solidarity's introduction to Alexandra Kollontai's "Workers Opposition". Content warning: some archaic language. Libcom note: ...

The two opposition movements - one run by allies of the late Navalny and the other run by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, have been involved in public disputes before, but their latest ...

For the past 25 years, two features have defined Russia’s battered pro-democracy groups: their fierce opposition to Vladimir Putin, and their intense dislike of each other.

There’s also the chance, however, that the swap could weaken the opposition movement. Navalny himself returned to Russia in 2021 after an attempted assassination — knowing he was likely to be ...

The two opposition movements - one run by allies of the late Navalny and the other run by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, have been involved in public disputes before, but their latest ...