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Since the re-start of Russia’s war in Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, the political repressions
against Russian civil society, activists, and independent media have increased.

The invasion has brought more censorship and self-censorship into the activists’ lives and forced them to
find new strategies and tactics for activism or even to flee the country due to changing
political realms.

The upcoming discussion will focus on how these new restrictive measures
and laws had impacted and transformed activism in Russia, based on the illustration of some
cases, such as feminist and human rights activism, and how the repressions before the war
had created a ground for new prosecutions.

In addition, we will discuss how the new censorial measures have influenced activists’ biographies and identities while they try to continue to be activists both inside and outside of Russia, use new creative tactics of protest to overcome
censorship and avoid repressions, and activists’ dilemmas arising from these balancing
between the censorship and the right for freedom of speech.

Finally, we will reflect on the potential implications of these developments on Russian civil society and activism in general, as well as their future trajectories and challenges that the current situation might bring.

Lecture will be held by Natalia Kovyliaeva, University of Tartu

Microsoft Teams meeting:

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Information: 

sergei.troitskii@folklore.ee