State–society relations in contemporary Russia: new forms of political and social contentionFootnote

† This special issue is the result of an international conference “Российская политика снизу-вверх (Russian Politics from Below)” held at the University of Edinburgh in April 2013. The conference was supported by the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), an inter-institutional Centre of Excellence funded by the AHRC and the British Council. Grant reference AH/K000063/1.

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