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The Roaring Call for Civic Emancipation in Russia and Eastern Europe
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Last weekend, protests were held in 196 Russian towns and cities following the arrest of Alexei Navalny upon his return to Russia. With a heavy-handed and violent crackdown on protesters, the Kremlin is opting for the same tactics used by Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus and Viktor Yanukovych in response to the Euromaidan in 2013. The possibility of continued instability in the coming weeks and months has implications for the wider region: the events are closely followed all across the Eastern Partnership. To understand regional perceptions and possible futures for Eastern Europe, we invited several experts from the EaP region for initial comments and analysis. We hear from Grigorij Mesežnikov (IVO - Institute of Public Affairs), Hanna Liubakova (Atlantic Council), Zaur Gasimov (University of Bonn), Oksana Forostyna (Yakaboo Publishing), Liana Zakaryan (Citizens Voice and Actions) and Dionis Cenusa (Justus-Liebig-University).
This episode is part of the Eastern European Futures (EaP2030) project supported by the German Marshall Fund of the U.S. - Black Sea Trust. Read our scenarios for the Eastern Partnership region: www.visegradinsight.eu/EaP2030/
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