It can be confidently said that in the year since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s political regime has undergone a transformation, finally…

Ilya Budraitskis, author of Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia, taught political philosophy at the Moscow School of…

Please Help Znet Source: Spectre Photo by Nick Starichenko/Shutterstock Spectre’s Ashley Smith talked to Russian socialist Ilya Budraitskis, author of Dissident Among…

Over 13,000 Arrested for Opposing Ukraine Invasion

Putin has launched his invasion of Ukraine, but the attack could severely destabilize his regime — with Russians already showing a notable lack of enthusiasm for war

What Putin is doing now with this show of force is saying to the world: “We Russians also have an advanced weaponry, we can also deliver, and actually we are a more reliable ally than the US”

Socialist Ilya Budraitskis visited the Maidan in early January – and thinks that the left must do more to get involved in the protests