August 31, 2020

Putin's Last Autumn?

Artemy Troitsky argues that Belarusian-style political unrest and large-scale nationwide popular protests are unlikely to kick off in Russia this autumn. He hopes that he's wrong, but I think he's right, although I too hope that he's wrong.
In any case, you can't go wrong by reading Troitsky's cynical but plausible reflections: they were inspired by a song by his friend the late great Mike Naumenko, which you can listen to in this latest episode of The Russian Reader, the last one for the Russian summer, which ends today.
https://therussianreader.com/2020/08/31/artemy-troitsky-putin-last-autumn/