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Analyses | | Maria Domańska
Annual regional and local elections were held on 8 September in Russia. The officials elected included 16 governors, members of 13 regional parliaments (including in the occupied territories: Crimea and Sevastopol), city mayors, city…
Analyses | | Maria Domańska
On 27 July, people took to the streets in the centre of Moscow in protest against preventing opposition candidates from taking part in the election to the Moscow City Duma (a local legislative authority) scheduled for 8 September. The…
Analyses | | Maria Domańska
On 16 April, the Russian State Duma passed a bill on the ‘sovereign Internet’ with the votes of the  ‘party of power’, United Russia. The declared aim of this bill is to create an infrastructure that will allow the Russian segment of the…
Analyses | | Maria Domańska, Jadwiga Rogoża
On 7–13 March, the Russian parliament passed two acts, thus marking another stage in restricting the freedom of speech in the Russian Internet (Runet).
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska, Jadwiga Rogoża, Witold Rodkiewicz, Maria Domańska
On 20 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his annual address to the Federal Assembly (the combined chambers of parliament). The President’s speech was short and focused on social problems.