By ILYA BUDRAITSKIS The invasion of Ukraine has provoked debate on the nature of contemporary Russian society. It has been argued that Russia's war on Ukraine is part of an attack on democracy taking place globally, that Putin’s Russia part of a growing authoritarianism. We publish here an important contribution to this debate by the … Continue reading PUTINISM A NEW FORM OF FASCISM?
The ‘fear of Maidan’ and anti-revolutionary politics in Putin’s Russia
Ilya Budraitskis of the Russian Socialist Movement and Ukrainian socialist Volodymyr Ischenko of the journal Spilna speaking at the recent conference in Sofia about the Ukraine crisis and left perspectives .
Ukraine’s Protest Movement: Is a ‘Left Sector’ Possible?
by Ilya BudraitskisPolitical analysis from Ilya Budraitskis of the Russian Socialist Movement written as he visited Kyiv in the midst of the revolution.Back in mid-December, our estimate of Ukraine’s political crisis as a “revolutionary situation” resulted in a lot of critical reviews. Further, the use of the word “revolution” in the context of Ukraine was … Continue reading Ukraine’s Protest Movement: Is a ‘Left Sector’ Possible?
