Protests and strikes across Russia show that the country’s “silent majority” is becoming louder. But are pundits even listening?

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Protests and strikes across Russia show that the country’s “silent majority” is becoming louder. But are pundits even listening?
Something dangerous is happening to the West.
Statement on Alena Krempaská.
Some weeks ago, high functionaries (i. e. secular and religious men over fifty who call themselves defenders of morality and keepers of traditions) literally crept into girls’ panties.
Is the murder of Polish immigrant Arkadiusz Jóźwik yet another example of post-Brexit racism or is it media sensationalism?
Daniel Tkatch speaks to filmmaker Elia Suleiman about the role of the engaged art in an increasingly globalized world and old and new Jerusalems.
Sławomir Sierakowski speaks to Fyodor Lukyanov about Vladimir Putin’s leadership and Russian foreign policy.