From the editorial office. In recent days, the theme of the Russian opposition has not been the forefront. This is connected both with new political actions and with a fairly tough reaction of the authorities to these actions - a number of prominent opposition figures fell under the arrest.

From the editorial office. Corey Robin is an American liberal political theorist, publicist; Adjunct professor of political science at the Brooklyn College and the University of New York. The author of the book “Fear: The History of the Political Idea” (2004, the best book on political theory according to the version of the American Association of Political Science; Russian translation - 2007).

From the editorial office. One of the most striking protest movements of the last year was the movement in defense of the Khimki forest. The leader of the movement of Yevgeny Chirikova told the Russian magazine about her vision of the future opposition and protest in Russia. * * * The main problem of Russia is corruption. Recently, it has grown noticeably and strongly. This corruption plants us on a resource needle more and more.