Post-Soviet Affairs

2013 - 2026

Current editor(s): Timothy Frye

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Volume 42, issue 4, 2026

For God, Tsar and fatherland? The church’s role in modern autocracy pp. 345-372

Ekaterina Travova

The holy war on reproductive rights: the Russian Orthodox Church as an anti-abortion lobbyist in contemporary Russia pp. 373-390

Ailbhe Cannon

Governmental discrimination against religious minorities in the post-communist states of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 1990–2023 pp. 391-419

Jonathan Fox, Marko Veković and Ariel Zellman

The making of an adversary: anti-Westernism in Russia’s normative and geopolitical narratives pp. 420-442

Shuhei Mizoguchi

Social media and protests dynamic in autocracy: evidence from the 2020 Belarusian protests pp. 443-468

Tamara Grechanaya

Volume 42, issue 3, 2026

Transnational activism among Russian wartime migrants: between empowerment and despair pp. 197-209

Margarita Zavadskaya, Tsypylma Darieva and Tatiana Golova

Russians against the war (RAW): diaspora protest against the full-scale invasion of Ukraine pp. 210-224

Susanne Bygnes

Warring for peace and democracy: Russian migrant dissidents resorting to violent means of contestation pp. 225-248

Joanna Fomina

Migration assistance activism and the German humanitarian visa: framing deservingness, enacting solidarity pp. 249-275

Tatiana Golova

Navigating political (dis)engagement: Russian wartime migrants in Georgia pp. 276-295

Tsypylma Darieva

Invisible costs of exiting autocracy: subjective well-being and emotional burnout among Russian wartime migrants pp. 296-322

Ivetta Sergeeva and Emil Kamalov

When transnational activism fails: pathways to political disengagement among Russian wartime migrants pp. 323-343

Margarita Zavadskaya and Mikhail Turchenko

Volume 42, issue 2, 2026

Studying language shift: research on language practices and attitudes in wartime Ukraine pp. 131-139

Volodymyr Kulyk

Research on language in wartime: a critical ethnographic sociolinguistic approach pp. 140-149

Natalia Kudriavtseva

Rethinking language shifts in Ukraine: methodological challenges in the context of war and displacement pp. 150-167

Viktoriya Sereda and Nataliya Tsisar

How formal equality reproduces hierarchy: the role of international law in Russian imperialism pp. 168-194

Joakim Brattvoll

Correction pp. 195-195

The Editors

Volume 42, issue 1, 2026

Change for the sake of continuity? Élite politics in post-Nazarbayev Kazakhstan (2019–2023) pp. 1-22

Luca Anceschi and Kristiina Silvan

Whispers of dissent? Analyzing the rhetorical alignment of the elites with the authoritarian incumbent through parliamentary discourse in the Kazakhstani Senate pp. 23-50

Ildar Daminov

Managing multiple audiences: dual-track signals and the silencing of Russia’s globalized elites before the invasion of Ukraine pp. 51-77

Mikhail Troitskiy

Collecting protest event data using natural language processing models pp. 78-106

Bogdan Mamaev

ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information pp. 107-130

Serge Poliakoff, F. Toepfl and J. Kling

Volume 41, issue 6, 2025

When the party line changes: state media, immigration, and public opinion in Russia pp. 521-543

John Overstreet, Olivia Jin, William Pyle and Kristina Sargent

Neoliberal authoritarianism and the partial decriminalization of sex work in Kazakhstan pp. 544-572

Hélène Thibault

Two implications of survey research mode during war: evidence from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine pp. 573-592

Aaron Erlich

Want to be heard: survey participation in Russia before and during the war pp. 593-610

Marina Vyrskaia, Andrey Tkachenko and Nadezhda Martynova

Central bank communication during the war: the case of the National Bank of Ukraine pp. 611-642

Magdalena Szyszko, Aleksandra Rutkowska and Olena Motuzka

Volume 41, issue 5, 2025

The local and regional dimension of Ukraine’s resilience during Russia’s full-scale invasion: an introduction pp. 401-410

Inna Melnykovska and Sarah Wilson Sokhey

Ukrainian decentralization under martial law: challenges for regional and local self-governance pp. 411-435

Maryna Rabinovych, Tymofii Brik, Andrii Darkovich, Valentyn Hatsko and Myroslava Savisko

Polycentric crisis response and societal resilience: how local communities address internal displacement in Ukraine due to the Russian full-scale invasion pp. 436-458

Oleksandra Keudel and Oksana Huss

Does decentralization boost Ukrainian resilience? The role of local authorities in supporting internally displaced persons pp. 459-477

Valentyna Romanova

From reconfiguring the urban space to resisting Russia’s war: local civic engagement in Ukraine since 2014 pp. 478-497

Sophie Schmäing

The effect of democratic participation on public goods provision: evidence from local governments in Ukraine pp. 498-520

Isha Banerjee, Paula Ganga, Nadiia Kasianenko, Aliaksei Miadzvedz, Sarah Wilson Sokhey and Steven Van De Laarschot

Volume 41, issue 4, 2025

The invisible front: Ukraine’s IT army and the evolution of cyber resistance pp. 263-288

Anna Lysenko and Seva Gunitsky

Pro-war hardline influencers in Putin’s regime in the context of Russia’s re-invasion of Ukraine pp. 289-310

Martin Laryš

The spillover effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: labor response in a neighboring economy pp. 311-347

Dinara Alpysbayeva, Dana Bazarkulova and Galiya Sagyndykova

Central Asian regionalism in the 1990s: order, familiarization, and spotlighting pp. 348-375

Filippo Costa Buranelli

Multi-purpose populist policymaking in practice: the Polish academic evaluation reform pp. 376-399

Barbara Maria Piotrowska, Izabela Szkurłat and Magdalena Szydłowska

Volume 41, issue 3, 2025

Militarization of history and mnemonic habits in Putin’s Russia: pedagogy of war pp. 181-198

Valentina Feklyunina, Samuel Robertshaw and James Bilsland

Ethnic stacking in the Russian armed forces? Findings from a leaked dataset pp. 199-218

Jesse Driscoll, David Sichinava and Christofer Berglund

Small state as order-maker: the case of Kazakhstan’s Eurasian Union project pp. 219-241

Birzhan Bakumbayev

Inequality, poverty, and child benefits: evidence from a natural experiment pp. 242-262

Piotr R. Paradowski and Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz

Volume 41, issue 2, 2025

If you do not change your behavior: preventive repression in Lithuania under Soviet rule pp. 99-124

Eugenia Nazrullaeva and Mark Harrison

The big brothers: measuring influence of large firms on electoral mobilization in Russia pp. 125-141

Viktoriia Poltoratskaia

Measuring and validating the Ukrainian ethnic coherence instrument pp. 142-160

Scott Feinstein

“Did it have to come to this?” three images of Vladimir Putin’s attitudes toward Ukraine pp. 161-180

George W. Breslauer

Volume 41, issue 1, 2025

Public opinion toward Russia’s war against Ukraine: investigating wartime attitudes in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan pp. 1-24

Hannah S. Chapman and Raushan Zhandayeva

Popular conservatisms and the structure of Russian society pp. 25-41

Anna A. Dekalchuk, Ivan S. Grigoriev and Regina Smyth

Dissecting Putin’s regime ideology pp. 42-63

Maria Snegovaya and Jade McGlynn

Two statisms of Putin’s ideology: from proclamations of patriotic values to welfare promises of wartime mobilization pp. 64-82

Ivan Fomin

A hidden form of mass event: the law, politics, and practice of single pickets in Russia pp. 83-97

Nicole M. Daphnis