ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Russia/Georgia War, capitalist crisis and the workers’ movement…
Vital debates for socialists
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
1989: From perestroika to capitalist restoration
The end of the Soviet Union
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Car industry in meltdown
Trade unions demand nationalization with workers’ control, and an alternative plan of production
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Stop state repression of trade unions in Russia.
Appeal for messages of protest
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: 20th anniversary of Soviet miners’ strike
A lost opportunity to establish genuine democratic socialism
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Bosses’ sack auto-factory union leader and Socialist Resistance (CWI- Russia) supporter
Firing linked to cuts in workers’ social benefits – Solidarity action needed!
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia and Eastern Europe: Gas dispute produces new tensions between ruling elites
Russian capitalism fights for control over energy supplies
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Well-known lawyer, Stanislav Markelov, gunned down in cold blood
Principled anti-fascist campaigner and advocate
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Beware falling BRICs
Russian stock exchange shut on three occasions – economic crisis pending
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia and Georgia: Background to the present crisis
A political analysis of developments in the Caucusus, 1990 – 2004
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia and Georgia: Implications of a five day war
What does the war mean for the Caucusus and beyond?
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
South Ossetia: Georgia/Russia conflict brings disaster for working people of region
Statement on South Ossetia
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Putin’s nominated successor wins presidential ‘election’
Medvedev/Putin will continue rule on behalf of capitalist ‘clans’
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Predictable”landslide” win for Putin
As was absolutely predictable "United Russia", Putin’s party has won a large majority (more than 312 out of 450) of seats in the GosDuma – Russia’s Parliament.
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: US-Russia tensions escalate
Putin exploits Western hypocrisy over ‘democratic rights’
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Repression of Gay Pride in Moscow
Once again the world’s media has been focused on the horrific breaking up of an attempted protest in Moscow.
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: May day 2007 – Putin’s allies dominate official May Day rallies
But socialist opposition makes impact
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Mining explosion and fires kill hundreds
Cost cutting for profits behind preventable tragedies
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Obituary – Nadyezhda Romanovna Shlyakova (2/7/57 – 2/2/07)
Courageous fighter for socialism
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Workers at GM-Avtovaz car factory fight for union recognition
Reinstate Ilsiyar Sherafutdiniva, victimised union leader!
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Russia/Georgia conflict deepens
Journalist critic of Russia’s Caucuses policy, Anna Politkovskaya, murdered
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
St Petersburg G8 Summit: Big powers sharply divided over Middle East and ‘energy security’
For a socialist alternative to imperialism, war and authoritarianism
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
St Petersburg G8 Summit: Court case against CWI supporters and activists postponed
New court date set for 18 July – protests needed!
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
St Petersburg G8 Summit: CWI supporters released by police
Court case and possible imprisonment on Friday
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
St Petersburg G8 Summit: Police harass Russian socialists
Putin government shows its intentions
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
St Petersburg G8 Summit: Activists detained for protesting against nuclear waste
Send urgent protests!
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Police and fascists attack Moscow Pride
The Moscow city authorities banned the Pride march planned for 27 May and the courts upheld this ban.
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: “Struggle has its reward”!
Kholodmash factory workers letter applauds international solidarity
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Kholodmash factory workers end hunger strike
Bosses indicate wage concessions but jobs remain precarious
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Female factory workers start hunger strike
Urgent solidarity appeal!
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Socialists face courts fines for holding embassy picket
Visit of Kazakhstan president prompts Moscow authorities’ repression
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Socialists arrested during Kazakhstan Embassy picket
Urgent protest action need!
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Workers’ occupation at Yaraslavl factory ends in victory
No to boss’s backsliding – Support the Kholodmash plant workers!
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Ukraine gas crisis
Energy ‘deal’ highlights imperialist scramble for energy resources
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: ‘Cotton revolution’ shakes Putin regime
Pensioners’ protests sweep the country
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: After Beslan Putin clamps down but provokes more opposition
Even before the final toll from the school siege in Russia is known, it is clear that over 335 have died. Although nearly 100 of the dead have not been identified, there are nearly 200 […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Article in Russian – two
Более недели иностранные студенты Воронежа не выходили на занятия, требуя от городской администрации принятия мер по защите людей с иным цветом кожи. Такое решение было принято на массовом митинге, прошедшем во вторник, 24 февраля, перед […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Article in Russian – one
Западные наблюдатели конечно уже заметили «некоторые» нарушения. Но их интересуют лишь теоретическая социология и инвестиции, они не могут и не хотят увидеть всю историю. Избирательная борьба шла не между кандидатами, но за повышение явки; за […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Putin replaces Premier Kazyanov with “totally loyal” Fradkov
Sham presidential elections will increase presidential authoritarianism
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Election victory for pro-Putin United Russia Party
Unlike the last US Presidential elections, there were no recounts or dodgy chads to create nail biting tension in the recent Russian Duma elections. The contest for places in Russia’s Duma (the parliament) went almost […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Georgia: Mass movement overthrows Shevardnadze regime
The “November revolution” in Georgia culminated in the overthrow of Eduard Shevardnadze. It was carried out under the flag of St George, first used in the 12th and 13th Century, when the then feudal country […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Oligarch’s arrest triggers crisis
Mikhail Khodorkovskii, one of Russia’s richest men and head of the giant company Yukos Oil, was taken from his private jet, on 25 October, by armed state security personnel. Khordokovskii’s arrest and the charges laid […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Putin’s hostage-takers policy leaves hundreds dead
President Putin’s ’war against terror’ has brought the very terror to Moscow itself. Last week, a group of 50 heavily armed Chechens drove through Moscow in two minibuses and seized a theatre in the middle […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Show trial in Yaroslavi
Earlier this week, we reported on the case of Sergei Kozlovskii, a socialist and gay rights activist facing political repression and huge legal fine.
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Socialist and gay rights activist faces political repression and huge legal fine
A young member of Socialist Resistance (the CWI section in the CIS), Sergei Kozlovskii, has been brought to court and sued for the sum of 50,000 rubles (almost 2,000 euros) by Tamara Dadianova, who is […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Anti-EU protesters beaten and arrested by Moscow police. Pictures.
See article posted on 30 May 2002. Please send protests, see article for details.
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Putin’s democratic credentials exposed as fraud
Press release by the CWI in Russia on the arrests of anti-EU protesters in Moscow (see article, Anti-EU protesters beaten and arrested by Moscow police, posted on 29 May 2002). A number of the protesters […]
ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019
Russia: Anti-EU protesters beaten and arrested by Moscow police
Police arrested 25 people protesting against the EU summit in Moscow today, Tuesday 28 May at 15 45 hrs (Moscow time). Reports so far indicate that five on them were badly beaten. The police are […]