Mikhail Lobanov

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A revolution in Russia is possible

Mikhail Lobanov on the prospects for political change in Putin’s Russia.
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Russia: 'Putin doesn’t know any war except class war'

How has the war (once again) made the Russian Communist Party a conservative force? Why should the left in Russia participate in municipal elections? Will mass political movements appear in Russia? Activist and professor of sociology Aleksandra Zapolski and co-founder of the “Nomination” platform and Moscow State University lecturer Mikhail Lobanov share their predictions ahead of the September elections.

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