Essays about: "Russia regime"
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1. Breaking the Silence. Nonviolent Resistance in Resilient Autocracies: Understanding the Effects of Framing Strategies on Popular Mobilization in Belarus and Russia.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The study investigates the relationship between state repression and mass mobilization in resilient autocratic regimes. Using qualitative methods, I examine the question: How can state repression lead to mass participation of society in the nonviolent resistance movement? Developing Brian Martin’s (2012) theory, I hypothesize that framing of state repression by the regime and the opposition influence public perception and, in turn, participation levels. READ MORE
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2. When Religious, Civil, and National Representations Clash : A Decolonial View on Georgian Muslims as Internal Others
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)Abstract : The othering and exclusion of religious minority groups in Georgia is often understood through the prism of religious nationalism, which is argued to have developed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the respective need to fill up the leftover systemic void. Ethno-national and religious identity markers were used to create the image of true, pre-Soviet Georgian – Christian, ethnically Georgian group. READ MORE
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3. Sanctions equal acts of aggression? : A study of the EU sanctions regime targeting the Russian Federation
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine whether the European Union’s (EU) sanctions regime currently targeting the Russian Federation could be regarded as an act of aggression according to international law. The thesis discusses acts of aggression as they are defined in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (UN Charter), the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and in accordance with the 2001 Draft Articles of the International Law Commission. READ MORE
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4. Vladimir Putin’s 20 years in power : The investigation of Vladimir Putin’s grounds of political legitimacy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Slaviska språkAbstract : This paper aims to investigate the grounds of political legitimacy on which Vladimir Putin relied and still relies to sustain his popularity and remain in power today. Special emphasis is placed on the period after the opposition protests in 2011-2012 and demonstrations on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. READ MORE
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5. Seasonal permafrost subsidence monitoring in Tavvavuoma (Sweden) and Chersky (Russia) using Sentinel-1 data and the SBAS stacking technique
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiAbstract : Permafrost deformation is expected to increase due to climatic perturbations such as amplified air and soil temperatures, resulting in permafrost thawing and subsequent subsidence. Palsas and peat plateaus are uplifted ice-rich peat mounds that experience permafrost subsidence. READ MORE
