Spray-painted on a snowbank in the Russian city of Perm, this graffiti reads “Stop bombing Kharkov.” PHOTO: TWITTER/@RUSMILKSHAKE

Spray-painted on a snowbank in the Russian city of Perm, this graffiti reads “Stop bombing Kharkov.” PHOTO: TWITTER/@RUSMILKSHAKE

Essays Afterword. Russian civil society under authoritarianism and war

Baltic Worlds’ Special issue “Civic Activism in Russia” offers a unique glimpse into the Russian civil society shortly before and after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As the authors of the issue observe, the impact of the war has made civil society extremely complex and transnational. To my knowledge, it is one of the first attempts to examine Russian civil society from within.

Published in the printed edition of Baltic Worlds BW 2026:2, pp 139-141
Published on balticworlds.com on May 29, 2026

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Baltic Worlds’ Special issue “Civic Activism in Russia” offers a unique glimpse into the Russian civil society shortly before and after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As the authors of the issue observe, the impact of the war has made civil society extremely complex and transnational.

To my knowledge, it is one of the first attempts to examine Russian civil society from within.

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Nadezda Petrusenko

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