We now welcome applications for Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2026-2027! Visiting Fellows Programme's Call for Proposals and link to the application form here: www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksante... Please submit your application by 28 March 2026.

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The Aleksanteri Institute welcomes applications for its Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2026-2027. The Aleksanteri Institute is the Finnish Centre for Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern Europea...

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The Call for Proposals of the 25th Aleksanteri Conference "Mapping Security in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia: Fault Lines and Frontlines" is now open! Learn more and send in your proposal here: www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc... Co-organised with the @centrepeace.bsky.social project 🌐

Late last night we learned that Dmitry Sekushin, one of the most important people of the Shies protest, suddenly died in France and the age of 52. He also helped me immensely with my research, and he was very generous with his time. After the full-scale invasion he left Russia, as he hated the war.

Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.

Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of Post-2022 Russia and the Kremlin’s Threat to Domestic and Global Stability and Sustainability www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of Post-2022 Russia and the Kremlin’s Threat to Domestic and Global Stability and Sustainability - Greenpeace International

A groundbreaking report created from outside Russia following a Kremlin crackdown on civil society following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine shows Russia is locked in a spiral toward terminal ...

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In May, a RAD issue on Environmental protests was published, featuring my contribution. In it, I explore how the Shies' legacies enabled activists to continue protesting during the wartime (on a different scale, of course) css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...

Just learned that our #Aleksanteri2024 keynote speaker won the Pulitzer Prize for the book he presented at the conference! Congratulations to Benjamin Nathans, very well deserved! pulitzer.org/node/benjami... You can watch his keynote speech here: youtu.be/3Zr6nUkb9Cw?...

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement

YouTube video by Aleksanteri Institute

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A bit more than 3 weeks left to send your paper, panel, and roundtable proposals!

Elena Holmgren@lenaholmgren.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for papers, #Aleksanteri2025 is here! Deadline: 7th of May www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

"Astonishing death rates and brutal abuse have not kept troops from following orders." - a brilliant piece by @atolvin.bsky.social at foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/09/r...

Why Don’t Russian Soldiers Revolt?

Astonishing death rates and brutal abuse have not kept troops from following orders.

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@shoysniemi.bsky.social had such an excellent defence yesterday! It was a pleasure to see a thorough and engaging discussion of his dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Höysniemi

Call for papers, #Aleksanteri2025 is here! Deadline: 7th of May www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

Excellent roundtable discussions organised by the Aleksanteri Institute. Ukrainian experts and researchers who have been closely studying Ukraine and the war against it gathered today to discuss what the three years of the full-scale invasion have meant for civil society and international security.

#Aleksanteri2024 Conference #callforpapers deadline is tomorrow, please apply and share :) www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

If you want to find videos from Russian Channel One on Youtube in Finland, you receive a message advertising crisis helpline

brilliant presentation on the Shiyes Protests and waste colonialism by @lenagorbacheva.bsky.social at this year’s ASEEES!

A huge day for a small country moving step by step towards a free and inclusive society! www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Latvian parliament legalises same-sex partnerships | Reuters

Latvia's parliament on Thursday voted to allow same-sex couples to establish civil unions, providing them with legal recognition but fewer rights than married couples.

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I have a cousin who is a very beautiful and talented person. Today she released her new song and I feel so proud to share it: youtu.be/QWsbyEi6o14?...

Thanks @amtolok.bsky.social for the code :)