Not only the carrot and the stick: civil society management in Putin’s Russia
Vsevolod Bederson and Andrey Semyonov on the carrot-and-stick approach used by autocracies to manage civil society
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When Autocrats Fail, Civil Society Steps Up
Sofya Orlosky on how in the absence of effective state responses, civic groups in Belarus, Russia, and Azerbaijan are tackling the COVID-19 pandemic
The Taming of Russia’s Civil Society
Strict government controls over NGO funding is pushing Russia’s civil society into a state of muted compliance