2. Available at http://rutube.ru/video/5124ebfc40afdcf40314e95ae3eec85e/#.UND6OVH7V8d.
3. Konstantin Voronkov, Alexey Navalny: Groza Julikov I Vorov (Moscow, 2012), p. 12.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid., p. 23.
6. Ibid., p. 24.
7. Ibid., p. 28.
8. Boris Kargalitsky, Russia under Yeltsin And Putin: Neo-liberal Autocracy (London, 2002), p. 174.
9. Ibid., p. 175.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid., p. 176.
12. Voronkov, Alexey Navalny, p. 37.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid., p. 38.
15. Ibid., p. 42.
16. Keith Gessen, ‘The Parable Of A Fascist Writer’, Slate, 20 February 2003.
17. Zakhar Prilepin, Sank’ia (Paris, 2009), p. 180.
18. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/139478.html.
19. Ibid.
20. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNJiO10SWw&feature=youtu.be.
21. Voronkov, Alexey Navalny, p. 68.
22. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/756675.html.
23. Ibid.
24. Ilya Zhegulyev and Ludmila Romanova, Operatsiya Edinaya Rossiya: Neizvestnaya Istoria Partii Vlast (Moscow, 2012), p. 94.
25. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/242897.html.
26. Ibid.
27. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/185724.html.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/225726.html.
32. Olga Alexeeva, ‘Russia Historic Growth in Private Giving’, Philanthropy UK Newsletter, no. 34, September 2008.
33. Ibid.
34. The exact figure depends on how one defines an NGO. The 100,000 figures is a conservative definition and estimate based on interviews with experts to discuss official data. The assumption is that many of the ‘registered’ NGOs are either commercial, inactive or duplicates. Higher figures suggest as many as 600,000 NGOs in Russia. The figures are available at http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/russian-civil-society-will-find-it-harder-breathe.
35. Ibid.
36. David Remnick, ‘The Civil Archepelago: How far Can the Resistance to Vladimir Putin Go?’, The New Yorker, 19 December 2011.
37. International Telecommunications Union, Key Global Indicators 2011, available at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/.
38. Anders Aslund, Sergei Guriev and Andrew C. Kuchins (eds), Russia after the Global Economic Crisis (Washington DC, 2010), p. 2010.
39. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/profile.
40. Available at http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09MOSCOW821.
41. Voronkov, Alexey Navalny, p. 136.
42. Navalny’s account is available to follow at https://twitter.com/#!/navalny.
43. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/526563.html#cutid1.
44. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hreCylU9O_4&feature=player_embedded.
45. ‘Vso Vzyatki Moskvi’, Bolshoi Gorod, 21 February 2011.
46. Ibid.
47. Ibid.
48. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hreCylU9O_4&feature=player_embedded.
49. ‘Aleksaya Navalnovo Zaniut 6 per cent Rossiyan’, Levada Center, 6 April 2011, available at http://www.levada.ru/06-05-2011/alekseya-navalnogo-znayut-6-rossiyan.
50. Interview with Sergei Guriev, August 2011.
Chapter Nine: The Decembrists
1. Daniel Treisman, The Return: Russia’s Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev (New York, 2011), p. 24.
2. Masha Gessen, The Man without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (New York, 2012), p. 62.
3. Vladimir Isachenkov, ‘Putin Recalls KGB Career with Pride’, Associated Press, 10 March 2000.
4. Available at http://navalny.livejournal.com/.
5. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj-ZR0Za75I.
6. ‘Putin says cannot criticize late president Yeltsin’, RIA Novosti, 23 August 2010.
7. Ellen Barry, ‘Satirizing Putin with Boldly Poetic Flair’, The New York Times, 18 November 2011.
8. Henry Meyer, ‘Moscow Sets Plan to Fight World’s Worst Traffic Jams’, Bloomberg, 10 November 2010.
9. Charles Clover, ‘Rising Chorus of Boos Greets Russia’s Leaders’, Financial Times, 24 November 2011.
10. Ibid.
11. Ben Judah, Jana Kobzova and Nicu Popescu, Dealing with a Post-BRIC Russia (London, 2011), p. 22.
12. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsIEoAZr1ok.
13. ‘Analiz Regionalnikh I Mestnikh Vyborov 14 Oktyabrya 2012’, Komitet Grazhdanski Initiativ, 16 October 2012, available at http://komitetgi.ru/news/news/250/#.UJGNyFH7U4Y
14. Ibid.
15. Sergei Shpilkin, ‘Statistikii Isledovala Vybory’, Gazeta.ru, 10 December 2011.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. ‘Voting, Russian Style’, The Economist, 10 December 2011.
19. Gregory L. White and Rob Barry, ‘Russia’s Dubious Vote’, The Wall Street Journal, 28 December 2011; The NGO Golos gathered all evidence of fraud and electoral violations during the 2011 parliamentary elections. The results are available at http://www.kartanarusheniy.ru/.
20. Infographic of results and regional scores of United Russia, available at http://en.rian.ru/infographics/20111208/169491066.html.
21. White and Barry, ‘Russia’s Dubious Vote’.
22. Infographic of results and regional scores of United Russia.
23. Lilia Shevtsova, ‘Implosion, Atrophy or Revolution’, Journal of Democracy, July 2012.
24. ‘Resultati ER Po Moskve Pochti Vdvoe Previshaiut Resultat Exit Poll’, Argumenti I Fakti, 5 December 2011, available at http://www.aif.ru/society/news/102856. Yulia Taratuta, ‘Nash Durdm Golosuyet “Za,”’ Vedomosti, 6 December 2011.
25. Denis Volkov, ‘The Protestors and the Public’, Journal of Democracy, July 2012.
26. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXteOAtSwc.