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Jan 11, 2025 | 
links.org.au | Ilya Budraitskis
[Editor’s note: The following is an edited transcript of the speech and responses to questions given by Ilya Budraitskis on the “The situation for the left in Russia today” panel at the “ Boris Kagarlitsky and the challenges of the left today” online conference, which was organised by the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign on October 8. Budraitskis is a political and social theorist, previously based in Moscow, who is now a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
internationalviewpoint.org | Ashley Smith |Ilya Budraitskis
— The people of Georgia have risen up in a new mass protest movement against the Government. The roots of it are, in part, a response to the results of the recent election that brought Georgian Dream back into power. What did they run on? What were the opposition parties and what were their platforms? Were people satisfied by those options? Luka: We are in the midst of a mass democratic uprising against the Georgian Dream government.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
links.org.au | Ashley Smith |Ilya Budraitskis |Ia Eradze |Luka Nakhutsrishvili |Lela Rekhviashvili
First jointly published by Posle Media and Tempest. The country of Georgia, a small nation of 3.8 million people in the Caucasus, has been thrown into a profound crisis. Its people have risen up against the ruling party, Georgian Dream, over the passage of its Russa-style “foreign influence law,” homophobic anti-LGBTQ propaganda law, rigging of the recent election, and suspension of accession talks for membership in the EU.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
vientosur.info | Ilya Budraitskis
Podemos calificar el estado actual del mundo de momento fascista. No solo se trata del apoyo creciente que recibe la extrema derecha en Europa y América Latina, del ascenso del autoritarismo chino y de las andanzas del régimen de Putin en la continuación de su guerra criminal en Ucrania.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
links.org.au | Ilya Budraitskis |Hanna Perekhoda |Simon Pirani
What are the global ramifications of Putin’s bloody effort to erase Ukraine’s right to self-determination, and what political and ideological challenges does it pose to those who seeking to solidarize with victims of imperialism and neocolonialism? These and related questions are addressed by socialist activists from Ukraine, Russia, and the United Kingdom in this event sponsored by Haymarket Books and Ukraine Solidarity Network.
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May 2, 2024 | 
links.org.au | Ilya Budraitskis |Kirill Medvedev |Sasha Davydova
On April 5, 2024, the Russian Socialist Movement (RSM) was declared “foreign agent.” This became the first precedent when the Russian authorities de facto banned a left-wing organization: it is quite obvious that Putin’s oppressive, antidemocratic law eliminates any opportunity for political activity under that name. However, if we see the foreign agent status as a kind of recognition by the regime, it is well deserved.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
internationalviewpoint.org | Ashley Smith |Ilya Budraitskis
Ashley Smith: What happened in the horrific terrorist attack in Moscow? Who is behind it? How have the Russian authorities and Putin responded? How will they use the attack in Russian and in their imperialist war on Ukraine? Ilya Budraitskis: A group of terrorists entered Crocus City, a concert hall in Moscow, armed with machine guns and explosive devices.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
brecha.com.uy | Ilya Budraitskis
El viernes 16 de febrero (a menos que ya hubiera sucedido el día anterior), el político disidente Alexéi Navalni fue asesinado en una cárcel para prisioneros de alto riesgo en el extremo norte de Rusia. Las verdaderas causas de su muerte siguen ocultas y su cuerpo, retenido por las autoridades durante más de una semana, fue entregado a su madre luego de que las autoridades intentaran impedirle celebrar un funeral público.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
internationalviewpoint.org | Ilya Budraitskis
On Friday — unless it had already happened the day before — dissident politician Alexei Navalny was killed in a jail for high-risk prisoners in Russia’s far north. The true causes of his death continue to be hidden, and it is not even known where his body is, though his parents and wife are unsuccessfully trying to get it back from authorities. Navalny may have died from a blow, from poison, or from the systematic torture to which he was subjected throughout three years in prison.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
jacobin.com | Ilya Budraitskis
On Friday — unless it had already happened the day before — dissident politician Alexey Navalny was killed in a jail for high-risk prisoners in Russia’s far north. The true causes of his death continue to be hidden, and it is not even known where his body is, though his parents and wife are unsuccessfully trying to get it back from authorities. Navalny may have died from a blow, from poison, or from the systematic torture to which he was subjected throughout three years in prison.
