Local Democracy in Russia: An Antidote for an Aimless Protest Movement

Author(s): Andrew Jarrell
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 118
Pages: 8-10
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2012

The Russian middle class is losing interest in the protest movement. However, young people are not returning to apathy. Instead they are finding hope in local politics and activism.

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