Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.)

Schöler, Gabriele

Policy Brief 09/2017: New hope?

Russian youth between protest and conformity

Format Type
PDF
Date of publication
10/10/2017
Volume/Format
10 pages, PDF

Price

Free of charge

Description

On President Vladimir Putin’s 65th anniversary the demonstration in Russia demonstrated in approximately 80 cities. Despite being arrested, Putin critic Alexei Navalny managed to mobilise all over the country. Our policy brief “A New Hope” analyses the conditions of the protest movement of March and June 2017 and the “protest potential” among young Russians.