May 19, 2018
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“Popular” A selfie taken by elections observer and Golos coordinator David Kankiya in Krasnodar. He writes: "Dear…
The Anti-Anti-War Movement
Ana Tavadze and Dachi Imedadze, members of Georgia’s Shame Movement. Photo: 60 MINUTES Ana Tavadze: We’re going in with a government that’s completely corrupt, a government that’s pro-Russian, clearly anti-Western, clearly does not really care about what the majority of the population wants and needs. Ana Tavadze and Dachi Imedadze are members of the Shame Movement – a group with thousands of…
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The Spirals of Silence in Wartime Russian Society and the US Republican Party
Popular opinion polls show that the majority of Russians support the military action in Ukraine. Researchers, however, continue to argue that society’s support for the war is much lower than these figures suggest. In their new study “Perception of the conflict with Ukraine among Russians: testing the spiral of silence hypothesis,” V.B. Zvonovsky and A.V. Khodykin, drawing on Elisabeth…
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What Emotions Do You Feel When You Think About Russia?
Students at the Mechnikov Medical University [in Petersburg] have told Bumaga that the dean’s office asked them to fill out an online test about their attitude to the war in Ukraine, the president, and the future of Russia. The students said that they were simply asked to take a survey—they were not informed about possible punishment for those who refuse to fill out the test. Before completing…
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What Goes On in Your Mind?
EXPLANATORY TEAM Fixing the roof, installing windows: It’s not the prices that are rising — it’s the ruble that is falling.The “special operation” is a war.You can’t force Ukraine to like you.We haven’t surrendered to NATO.The neighbors have no more Nazis than we do.Soldiers should be alive, healthy, and at home.The president has gone mad, and everyone is afraid to contradict him.Your children…
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Toxic Boss
Russian workers called toxicity the worst quality among bosses, according to Gazeta.Ru, citing the results of surveys carried out by the Team Awards for creating strong teams. “Zloy boss” (“Angry boss”). Photo courtesy of iStock and Rabota.ru The greatest number of Russians surveyed (40%) believe that toxicity [toksichnost’] is the worst trait in a boss. Incompetence (35.1%) and inefficiency…
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Running: the Numbers
Istanbul, December 2022. Photo courtesy of Republic […] 500 vacancies for military registration specialists were advertised from late September to last December last year, according to HeadHunter. Previously, this specialization was considered a rather rare and generally not very sought-after profile in the personnel departments of Russian organizations (private and public). For comparison:…
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There wasn’t much left of Russian army Sgt. Andrei Akhromov’s body when it arrived in a zinc coffin at his hometown, a four-hour drive south of Moscow, relatives said. The 21-year-old died in April near the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv when his tank was hit by enemy fire. Sgt. Akhromov’s cousin, Sergei Akhromov, said a representative of the regional governor’s office told the family it took the…
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