Author: Nicu Popescu | Journal of Democracy

Nicu Popescu is head of the Russia and Wider Europe Program and senior research fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations in London. He is author of EU Foreign Policy and Post-Soviet Conflicts: Stealth Intervention (2010).

July 2012, Volume 23, Issue 3

Putinism Under Siege: The Strange Alliance of Democrats and Nationalists

Nicu Popescu

One of the most striking and unexpected features of the recent demonstrations in Russia was the partnership of liberals and nationalists in the ranks of the protesters.