By What are the human rights implications of occupied territories? In the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian Maidan revolution, Russia occupied the Crimean Peninsula and waged war in Eastern Ukraine. However, the coverage of the war is often portrayed on the geopolitical issues rather than its major human rights implications. Ukrainian
▶︎ Russian Activism: The key figures
Listen to it on iTunes (UPF Lund) Activism is on the rise all over the world. In this podcast series, we take a look at the rising activism in Russia. In this episode, we take a look at the key figures in the protest movement in Russia that is currently
▶︎ Russian Activism: Online, Offline – Protest wherever you are
Listen to it on iTunes (UPF Lund) Activism is on the rise all over the world. In this podcast series, we take a look at the rising activism in Russia. The voices of the citizens of Russia have started to spread from an offline environment to online platforms. But how
▶︎ Unpacking Russian Social Media: If You Like Privacy, Tell Your Friends About It
What does the future hold for Telegram? In the last episode of the series, we discuss the importance of privacy for Telegram and what the consequences of the app’s agreement with the Russian state might be. What happens with the audience when privacy suddenly isn’t the main focus? What would
▶︎ Unpacking Russian Social Media: An Insider’s Perspective
Second episode further unpacks Russian social media but this time investigating the role of state in the social media playground. We invited an analyst, who is working with Russian digital media, to talk about the recently introduced trends, blockage issues and the upcoming changes in the use of social media.
▶︎ Unpacking Russian Social Media: More Than Entertainment?
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram – All of these apps are a part of our everyday life. We use it as sources for entertainment and don’t think too much of it – But can social media be more than that? In this podcast, we take a look at what social media is
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Post-Soviet Ideology In The New Russian Empire
The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, the Warsaw pact, and Comecon, was succeeded by the creation of 16 independent nation states. It was not only the political collapse of a state, but an ideological collapse of the belief in communism; an ideology that had played a significant role in
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Out in the Cold: The Post-Soviet “Frozen Conflict Zones”
On 26th December 1991, the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin for the final time, and the pre-revolutionary Trikolor was raised for the first time since 1917. The Soviet Union was no more, and fifteen countries stood in its place, either regaining their independence or taking it for the
North Korean Slaves In Russia
Since the proclamation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948, Russia has been vital to the exchange of labour from North Korea to Central Asia. 70 years later North Korean citizens still provide labour and infrastructural work on constructions sites all over Russia. But with wages far below
Ten Years On: Georgia’s Frozen Conflict
This summer will mark the ten-year anniversary of the Russo-Georgian war. The 2008 war turned into a frozen conflict, since then eclipsed by the annexation of Crimea and the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Yet, Georgia and its breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, are still experiencing the consequences of