The Mobilization in Support of the Russian Protest Movement in France: An Inside Perspective Cover Image

Мобилизация в поддержку российского протестного движения во Франции. Взгляд изнутри
The Mobilization in Support of the Russian Protest Movement in France: An Inside Perspective

Author(s): Olga Nikolaeva
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Центр независимых социологических исследований (ЦНСИ)
Keywords: Russia; France; Activism; Presidential Elections; Post-Soviet Transformations

Summary/Abstract: This short piece endeavors to communicate initial and rather raw notes on the movement taht emerged in December 2011 in France (mostly in Paris) in support of the protest movement in Russia. The author's closeness to the subject of her research (the author herself is a member of the movement) has allowed her both access to key events and insight into internal tensions and paradoxes within the movement. This research notes highlights such characteristics of the French movement as the "erasure" of political differences between participants, the institutionalization of the protest movement, and the role of activists in France as mediators and sources of knowledge about Russia.

  • Issue Year: 4/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 189-198
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian