The Roaring Call for Civic Emancipation in Russia and Eastern Europe

Last  weekend, protests were held in 196 Russian towns and cities following  the arrest of Alexei Navalny upon his return to Russia. With a  heavy-handed and violent crackdown on protesters, the Kremlin is opting  for the same tactics used by Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus and Viktor  Yanukovych in response to the Euromaidan in 2013. The possibility of  continued instability in the coming weeks and months has implications  for the wider region: the events are closely followed all across the  Eastern Partnership. To understand regional perceptions and possible  futures for Eastern Europe, we invited several experts from the EaP  region for initial comments and analysis. We hear from Grigorij  Mesežnikov (IVO - Institute of Public Affairs), Hanna Liubakova  (Atlantic Council), Zaur Gasimov (University of Bonn), Oksana Forostyna  (Yakaboo Publishing), Liana Zakaryan (Citizens Voice and Actions) and  Dionis Cenusa (Justus-Liebig-University). This  episode is part of the Eastern European Futures (EaP2030) project  supported by the German Marshall Fund of the U.S. - Black Sea Trust.  Read our scenarios for the Eastern Partnership region: www.visegradinsight.eu/EaP2030/ #Russia #Belarus #Moldova #Azerbaijan #Armenia #Ukraine #Putin #Navalny #EaP2030