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After almost a decade of passivity, Russian workers are once again striking. For the first time since the 1990s, labor unrest has spread across the country, affecting foreign and domestic investors, well-to-do industrial and natural-resource enterprises and infrastructural installations. But unlike in the 1990s, these strikes have accompanied an economic boom, suggesting that patterns of Russian labor unrest are beginning to resemble those in other countries. Analysis of several recent strikes, meanwhile, suggests the early emergence of a new labor proto-movement, characterized by feelings of entitlement and injustice that stem in part from government rhetoric, while pushed into opposition by the state's refusal to accommodate genuine labor mobilization. [Copyright The Regents of the University of California; published by Elsevier Ltd.]

After almost a decade of passivity, Russian workers are once again striking. For the first time since the 1990s, labor unrest has spread across the country, affecting foreign and domestic investors, well-to-do industrial and natural-resource enterprises and infrastructural installations. But unlike in the 1990s, these strikes have accompanied an economic boom, suggesting that patterns of Russian labor unrest are beginning to resemble those in other countries. Analysis of several recent strikes, meanwhile, suggests the early emergence of a new labor proto-movement, characterized by feelings of entitlement and injustice that stem in part from government rhetoric, while pushed into opposition by the state's refusal to accommodate genuine labor mobilization.

El Salvador's 15 March 2009 parliamentary & presidential election is said to represent the start of a new democratic era. The election of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front candidate, President Mauricio Funes, is the first presidential victory for a leftist party since the signing of the 1992 peace agreements. However, a narrow parliamentary lead by right-leaning parties means Funes will face a politically divided government. The implications are discussed. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]

El Salvador's 15 March 2009 parliamentary & presidential election is said to represent the start of a new democratic era. The election of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front candidate, President Mauricio Funes, is the first presidential victory for a leftist party since the signing of the 1992 peace agreements. However, a narrow parliamentary lead by right-leaning parties means Funes will face a politically divided government. The implications are discussed. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Does State Violence Translate into a More Bellicose Foreign Behavior? Domestic Predictors of International Conflict‐Propensity in Post‐Soviet Eurasia -- Threat Perceptions: Russia and the Post‐Soviet Space -- Russia's Arlington? The Federal Military Memorial Cemetery near Moscow -- Partial Russian Justice in Chechnya: The Lapin Case, Anna Politkovskaya, and Transnational Activism -- Review article: Chechen Combatants' Involvement as Foreign Fighters in Ukraine and in Syria and Iraq -- Topography of Terror: Mapping Sites of Soviet Repressions in Moscow -- Conference Report -- Reviews -- About the Contributors.

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