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Muscovites protest on 6 May, the eve of the one year anniversary of Putin's return to the presidency. The Kremlin struggles to maintain legitimacy among urban populations plugged into global flows of information (Image: Alexei Navalny's Livejournal)

Why Wikipedia’s Millionth Russian Page Is Worth Celebrating

2013-05-11by Lui 29 Comments

In the early hours of 11 May, a volunteer somewhere wrote the millionth substantive page on the Russian-language edition of Wikipedia. Crossing the 1,000,000-page mark is mainly a symbolic one, […]

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The Pussy Riot Show Trial

2012-08-17by Lui 1 Comment

There’s a certain guilty thrill in watching something you’ve studied rise to the world stage in its most extreme form.  War nerds enjoy wars, economists revel in recession, and politicians love […]

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