Research project investigating the dynamics of popular mobilization in Russia and Eurasia
Katerina Tertytchnaya and Tomila Lankina, 20 September 2016 In recent years, economic hardship in Russia has led to an increase in industrial and socioeconomic protest activity across regions. Protests over wage arrears, strikes and hunger strikes were particularly prominent in the first 8 months of the current year. And although the Russian Communist Party (KPRF) …
Continue reading Whom do Russian protesters blame (and why it matters)?
Data for the Russian Protests Dataset is collected from the namarsh.ru website. The data cover protests ranging from small-scale acts to large-scale demonstrations featuring tens of thousands of protesters. For each protest event we collect information regarding the following: (i) the date and location of the protest event; (ii) type of protest, such as whether …
