You recently asked us whether the nuts would twist after the elections. We answer along with Grigory Okhotin from the OVD-Info. If anything, a short answer - yes

“Our beloved country, our Russia should belong to free, decent and responsible people. I am sure that it will be so, ” - Dmitry Medvedev, who ended his speech at the Congress of United Russia on September 24, 2011. Before that, he announced that Vladimir Putin was again nominated to the President of Russia from the party, and Medvedev himself would lead the list of United Russia and engage in work in the government.

Exactly 10 years have passed since then. Putin’s return to the post of head of state after the presidential term of Medvedev began to be called “screaming”, many analysts believe that it was with it that a new political cycle began, which ended with a new strengthening of authoritarianism in 2020.

However, from the point of view of tightening repressions, it is 2011 that can be considered a reference point. After the protests of a ten -year ago, as well as after Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin, the basic repressive laws were adopted and the opposition system of political persecution of the opposition was strengthened.

What became the regime by the end of its ten -year cycle? And what kind of stage has begun now? Is it possible to expected the spinning of the nuts in the near future or after the elections will the repressive pressure weaken? We are discussing with the analyst of the OVD-Info, co-author of the report on political repressions “The Year of Navalny. Protest policy in Russia 2020–2021 ”Grigory Okhotin.

Timekoda

• 04:49 How have the methods of pressure on society changed?
• 08:00 How are the repressions of 2011-2012 different from the current?
• 17:53 Are repressions effective?
• 21:10 How did the protest culture change in Russia?
• 25:18 Why will the pressure stop after the election?

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