From commonplace to common cause
State For 20 years now, politicians and scholars have lamented the weakness of civil society in post-Soviet Russia. Like a spell, the same diagnosis is repeated: we do not have citizens, but the population (or even subjects). So, they say, historically, we ... For 20 years now, politicians and scholars have lamented the weakness of civil society in post-Soviet Russia. Like a spell, the same diagnosis is repeated: we do not have citizens, but the population (or even subjects).