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When asked by Левада-Центр , 44% of Russians say they are hearing for the 1st time about the ICC arrest warrant for Putin. Feelings? 22% resentment/anger, 5% alarm/fear, 34% bewilderment, 3% satisfaction, & 31% no feelings about it.

"This is the price of speaking up in Russia today" Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered these remarks on Monday at the closing session of his trial on treason charges. Thank you, The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

The Kremlin's repeated denials of the existence of an independent Ukraine confirm that its invasion is nothing less than imperial conquest. Read Renee de Nevers and Brian Taylor on "Putin's War of Recolonization." buff.ly/3Lu3qt5

Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrainian MOD: “The issue of Russia’s transformation should be on the agenda... Russia has to go through denazification, extradite criminals and compensate for the damage.” Russia should be transformed into “a true democratic federation," he said.

“My Friend, the Traitor” David Kramer on Vladimir Kara-Murza ⁦Vladimir Kara-Murza⁩ Thank you for this, David! thebulwark.com/my-friend-the-…

Let me tell you a cool story about prison psychology and character training. The prison and the inmates are governed by many factors, but the three main ones are: 1) threats to kill/beat/rape someone; 2) tobacco; 3) food. The latter is applied as widely as possible. It is a

Occupation is not "peace" but what this report details. What russians r doing is systemic & planned. Invaders "brought not only ceremonial uniforms, but also instruments for torture. ... appliances 2 carry out torture w/electricity. They brought Stalinist equipment of 1937."

Dear all, please tune in for the new episode of the Russian Roulette on the "Escalating Waves of Repression" with Natalia Arno and Miriam Lanskoy! CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, Free Russia Foundation 4freerussia.org, NEDemocracy The episode can be found at the following links:  csis.org/podcasts/russi…

What bestselling books tell us about how Russians are processing the war? My fearless Moscow-based colleague Andrei Kolesnikov explains in Foreign Policy. foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/14/rus…

Kevin Rothrock Any "realist" account of the alleged threat of NATO expansion to Russia that doesn't mention that the 🇺🇸 cut its troops in Europe by 80% after the Cold War, pulled out all heavy armor units, & deployed 0 troops in new member states before 2014 is hard to take seriously.

Dear all, please watch, listen & share our discussion of Jade McGlynn's new book "Russia's War" with Max Bergmann and Michael Kimmage. The book offers some much-needed (if harsh) truths about today's state of the Russian society & ways forward in this context csis.org/events/book-ta…

Paranoia and Poison — the Kremlin Panics Over Exiles cepa.org/article/parano…

‘Russia is a culture where you have crime without punishment and punishment without crime’. The Ukrainian scholars Tetiana Ogarkova and ⁦Volodymyr Yermolenko⁩ helps me understand what lies behind Russia’s acts of extreme violence theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Remember. Russia's rehabilitation of Stalin and Stalinist policies require united opposition from the free world once again. Ukraine is the front line of a fight that demands attention from all. gulag.online/articles/sovie…

Dmitry Muratov, Nobel Peace Prize winner who auctioned off his prize and donated the money to Ukrainian refugees, spoke at Global Media Forum. He shared his vision about the current situation in Russia.

Re: ongoing debate on the value of humanities education. My degrees are in history, and my public work would be unthinkable without the historians who taught me. theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…

My simple graph illustrates the fallacy of this kind of thinking: "Putin, don't go" (politico.com/news/2023/06/3…). There is no plausible scenario under which Putin's ouster increases, rather than decreases risk. With Putin gone, every risk will go down immediately.

…because Russia never underwent desovietization, never had a truth & reconciliation process, never accepted its crimes and faults. Nor did we ever pressure it to. Time to get it right after all these years. ⁦CH Russia Eurasia⁩ chathamhouse.org/2023/06/how-en…

Anatoliy Beliy, Russian actor, is against the war. He resigned from his theater and moved from Russia to Israel. Here he explains why he cannot live in Russia. 📹: Voice of America

Science behind bars: how state treason cases against scientists are fabricated theins.ru/en/society/263…