In a path-breaking study of Russian elections, Regina Smyth reveals how much electoral
competition matters to the Putin regime and how competition leaves Russia more vulnerable …

Russia, one of the most ethno-culturally diverse countries in the world, provides a rich case
study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing …

Race and Racism in Russia identifies the striking changes in racial ideas, practices,
exclusions and violence in Russia since the 1990s, revealing how'Russianness' has …

This book critically examines the role of cinema and television in shaping and spreading
narratives of memory politics in contemporary Russia to provide a better understanding both …

Graeme Gill shows why post-Soviet Russia has failed to achieve the democratic outcome
widely expected at the time of the fall of the Soviet Union, instead emerging as an …

In this article we will discuss the use of drones, as well as the visual simulation of drone
afforded aesthetics, by activists, artists and protesters. We use the existing literature of …

This article traces the reinterpretation of the Revolution (s) of 1917 in the official historical
narrative of post-Soviet Russia. Its construction is an essentially political process, as its …

Russia's historical policy towards the centenary of 1917 was composed of several parallel
strategies: diminishing the meaning of the event to avoid the head of state and other …

For several years, various nationalist groups and the Russian state have been competing
over nationalism as a political concept and for popular support to nationalist claims. This …

While the collapse of communism in Russia was relatively peaceful, ethnic relations have
been deteriorating since then. This deterioration poses a threat to the functioning of the …