Tag: church and state in Russia

Russia Needs a Civil Society But Not a Liberal One, Rostov Analysts Argue

April 21, 2015

Staunton, April 21 – The West and Russia’s liberal intelligentsia equate civil society with the liberal opposition, but this is a serious error, two Russian analysts say. Instead, civil society need not be an opponent of the authorities but “yet another ‘branch of power’” that can take on itself things that “other branches for one […]