Russia will hold so-called elections in September — by no means free or fair. Yet Russia once held competitive elections in which the outcome was genuinely uncertain. Thirty years later, Russian ...

“A message has been communicated to anyone who wants to speak out against the Kremlin: ‘If you do, no matter who you are, where you are, we will find you and we will silence you in the most horrible ...

In Russia, a Ukrainian drone attack has killed at least 13 people, including one child, this morning. It’s one of the deadliest attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of ...

Russia’s struggle with democracy is deeply rooted in its geography, history, political culture, and centuries-old power structures. This documentary explores why democratic institutions repeatedly ...

Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice-chairman of Open Russia, an international Russian pro-democracy movement, talks with Rachel Maddow about the risks of opposing Vladimir Putin in Russia and the resilience of ...

Yasina, program director at Open Russia. Her group’s founder, board chairman, and sole donor is in a Siberian penal colony. Prosecutors raided the charity’s offices in Moscow last fall as part of a ...

Elsewhere, Czech PM has tired debate with Babis ahead of weekend's election; Slovak parliament approves contentious conservative constitutional amendment; former Polish justice minister forced to ...

Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the status of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks and new data on the extent of casualties from the now nearly four-year Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the structure of the Russian government and its struggle with maintaining democracy. Former ...

Ever since the American and French Revolutions, which took markedly different paths, democracy has grown most steadily when it has been rooted in local politics. Those who want to see a genuine ...