According to multiple news sources, Russia has been amassing an unprecedented amount of arms, military personnel, and military vehicles across the Eastern border of Ukraine. NATO has responded warning Russia to not provoke an escalatedContinue reading
Navalny Goes on Hunger Strike
Alexei Navalny, prominent critic of Putin, has gone on hunger strike in protest of what he deems to be inadequate medical treatment and access according to latest reports coming from those close to him. NavalnyContinue reading
Russian Law Enforcement Raid Alexei Navalny’s House and Offices in Moscow
Meduza, a Latvian English-Russian news publication, has recently reported that law enforcement officials in Moscow have begun carrying out searches and raids of prominent Russian dissident leader Alexei Navalny’s house and places of work. TheContinue reading
Thousands Across Russia Protest and Rally for Navalny
Today in Russia marked a day of protest against Moscow in wake of prominent activist’s detainment by Russian authorities in Moscow following his return from Germany after being poisoned months ago in what many suspectContinue reading
Navalny Jailed for 30 Days as his Supporters Plan Protests
A Russian judge on Monday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be jailed for 30 days following his return to Russia from Germany following his time there being treated for a poisoning incident thatContinue reading
Alexei Navalny Returns to Moscow and Is Arrested on Arrival
Aleksei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, landed in Russia Sunday night and was arrested by officials. The police also detained some of his supporters who turned out to greet him at the airport.
Russian poetry anthology edited by Dartmouth’s own Professor Ainsley Morse featured in TIME
A feminist poetry anthology edited by Dartmouth’s own Professor Ainsley Morse was recently featured in a TIME article discussing the changing dynamics of how feminist and LGBTQ+ activists are pursuing means of protest through alternativeContinue reading
Russia in 2020: A Year in the Country in Review
It should come as no surprise that, as with everywhere else in the world, 2020 has been a hectic and eventful year in the Russian Federation. The Moscow Times, one of the leading English-language newspapersContinue reading
Who was Irina Slavina and Why Did She Burn Herself Alive?
Irina Slavina at a march for Boris Nemtsov in February 2019. Meduza/Kristina Safonova On October 2, 2020, 47-year-old KozaPress editor in chief Irina Slavina committed suicide through self-immolation before the Nizhny Novgorod police headquarters. BornContinue reading
The Return of the Names, an annual commemoration of Stalin’s Great Terror victims, live stream today, October 29
October 29 (today) is the day for honoring the victims of Stalin’s repressions. For the past 14 years, on this day, a 12-hour ceremony, called Return of the Names (Возвращение имён), is held at theContinue reading