Dima Gonskiy
Widespread Protests Rock Putin’s Regime in Russia
On Saturday, thousands of people protested in almost 200 cities throughout Russia in response to the arrest of populist anti-corruption figurehead, Alexei Navalny. Will this protest wave become a sustained movement?
Dima Gonskiy
January 28, 2021Amid Corrupt Elections, Strikes and Protests Erupt in Belarus
Belarus’s authoritarian President, Alexander Lukashenko, has ruled the country since 1994. Yet Lukashenko’s regime is coming into question after a potentially rigged election unleashed unprecedented demonstrations that have been joined by a defiant labor movement.
Dima Gonskiy
August 18, 2020The Coronavirus in Capitalist Russia
As the rest of the world continues to battle the coronavirus, the Russian government has not only failed to effectively battle the emergency but has attempted to actively ignore it and the plight of its citizens.
Dima Gonskiy
May 15, 2020