Margarita Zavadskaya
Biographic Data
| ID | 2229031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margarita Zavadskaya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margarita |
| FAMILY NAME | Zavadskaya |
| SIGNATURE | ZAVADSKAYA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3728-4073 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
“It’s Not That Simple, We Don’t Know the Whole Truth”
While authoritarian governments increasingly use pseudo fact checking to discredit rivals, research on this strategy in autocracies remains scarce. This study addresses this gap with a preregistered online experiment conducted in authoritarian Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. Although isolating citizens from alternative information in saturated media environments is impossible, we argue that propaganda can counter this threat through pseudo…
When transnational activism fails
Why do political activists who risked repression under authoritarian rule withdraw from politics after emigrating to democratic contexts? Drawing on 413 in-depth interviews with Russian wartime migrants conducted across 30 host countries, this article examines pathways to political disengagement among wartime émigrés following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We show that emigration does not automatically enable continued political activi…
Transnational activism among Russian wartime migrants
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered a historic wave of emigration, reshaping the landscape of Russian political opposition abroad. Thousands of wartime migrants and exiles have sought to contest the Kremlin’s war and authoritarianism through transnational activism. Yet, as this special issue demonstrates, the relationship between exile and activism is deeply ambivalent. Rather than an automatic extension of dissent across bo…
Demographic Attributes and Attitudes of Covid-19-skeptics in Russia
Resistance at the polls
Индивидуальный опыт первой волны пандемии Covid-19 и политическая поддержка в России (по материалам опроса “Ценности в кризисе”)
В статье исследуется, как индивидуальный опыт первой волны пандемии COVID-19 повлиял на отношение россиян к политической системе. Для этого используются данные онлайн-опроса, проведенного в июне 2020 г. в рамках международного проекта “Ценности в кризисе”. Размер выборки составил 1 527 респондентов. Выборка точно воспроизводит половозрастную структуру населения согласно материалам переписи 2010 г., но в ней недостаточно представлены люди с низким…
Rise and fall
In this essay, we first briefly recount the post-Soviet history of social science in Russia, with particular attention to the role of international collaborations in spurring its growth, and we review the accelerating attacks on university autonomy and international collaborations that preceded Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine in February 2022. Then we consider developments since the February 2022 invasion that, in our view, signal the demis…
From local elections to appointments
The Party of People’s Distrust
After the 2021 State Duma elections, the Communist Party of Russia Federation ( KPRF ) re-appeared on the Russian political landscape as a new political force with new faces and creative local campaigns. How and why were the communists being treated by most of the analysts and voters as systemic and rather passive opposition successfully accumulated political resistance and grievances at the polls in September 2021? In this study, we argue that m…
Providing Goods and Votes? Federal Elections and the Quality of Local Governance in Russia
Is electoral support related to the quality of public goods provision? Does the dictum to deliver votes to the federal center harm local governance, or do better outcomes result in better opportunities to improve quality of governance? Our research contributes to the existing literature in the following ways: 1) we explore the variety of governance patterns on the understudied level of Russian municipalities, using the dataset of local statistica…
Exploring Varieties of Governance in Russia
It is a given that the quality of governance makes a difference. It determines the developmental trajectories of states and it influences the everyday lives of their citizens. Why are some countrie
When the party’s over
Which reaction takes the upper hand: a “rally around the flag,” born of geopolitical success, or grievance over economic misfortune? By means of a survey experiment, we aim to explore the mechanisms of blame and credit when a rally around the flag coincides with a major economic downturn, and we estimate the effects of the Crimean events and the economic crisis on how Russians assess the performance of federal political institutions. Our findings…
When do political parties join protests? A comparative analysis of party involvement in “for fair elections” movement
First published online: 03 March 2016
Subverting autocracy
First published online: 20 June 2014
When the party’s over
Which reaction takes the upper hand: a “rally around the flag,” born of geopolitical success, or grievance over economic misfortune? By means of a survey experiment, we aim to explore the mechanisms of blame and credit when a rally around the flag coincides with a major economic downturn, and we estimate the effects of the Crimean events and the economic crisis on how Russians assess the performance of federal political institutions. Our findings…
Rise and fall
In this essay, we first briefly recount the post-Soviet history of social science in Russia, with particular attention to the role of international collaborations in spurring its growth, and we review the accelerating attacks on university autonomy and international collaborations that preceded Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine in February 2022. Then we consider developments since the February 2022 invasion that, in our view, signal the demis…
When do political parties join protests? A comparative analysis of party involvement in “for fair elections” movement
First published online: 03 March 2016
From local elections to appointments
Exploring Varieties of Governance in Russia
It is a given that the quality of governance makes a difference. It determines the developmental trajectories of states and it influences the everyday lives of their citizens. Why are some countrie
Subverting autocracy
First published online: 20 June 2014
Providing Goods and Votes? Federal Elections and the Quality of Local Governance in Russia
Is electoral support related to the quality of public goods provision? Does the dictum to deliver votes to the federal center harm local governance, or do better outcomes result in better opportunities to improve quality of governance? Our research contributes to the existing literature in the following ways: 1) we explore the variety of governance patterns on the understudied level of Russian municipalities, using the dataset of local statistica…
The Party of People’s Distrust
After the 2021 State Duma elections, the Communist Party of Russia Federation ( KPRF ) re-appeared on the Russian political landscape as a new political force with new faces and creative local campaigns. How and why were the communists being treated by most of the analysts and voters as systemic and rather passive opposition successfully accumulated political resistance and grievances at the polls in September 2021? In this study, we argue that m…
Subverting autocracy
First published online: 20 June 2014
When do political parties join protests? A comparative analysis of party involvement in “for fair elections” movement
First published online: 03 March 2016
When the party’s over
Which reaction takes the upper hand: a “rally around the flag,” born of geopolitical success, or grievance over economic misfortune? By means of a survey experiment, we aim to explore the mechanisms of blame and credit when a rally around the flag coincides with a major economic downturn, and we estimate the effects of the Crimean events and the economic crisis on how Russians assess the performance of federal political institutions. Our findings…
Providing Goods and Votes? Federal Elections and the Quality of Local Governance in Russia
Is electoral support related to the quality of public goods provision? Does the dictum to deliver votes to the federal center harm local governance, or do better outcomes result in better opportunities to improve quality of governance? Our research contributes to the existing literature in the following ways: 1) we explore the variety of governance patterns on the understudied level of Russian municipalities, using the dataset of local statistica…
Exploring Varieties of Governance in Russia
It is a given that the quality of governance makes a difference. It determines the developmental trajectories of states and it influences the everyday lives of their citizens. Why are some countrie
The Party of People’s Distrust
After the 2021 State Duma elections, the Communist Party of Russia Federation ( KPRF ) re-appeared on the Russian political landscape as a new political force with new faces and creative local campaigns. How and why were the communists being treated by most of the analysts and voters as systemic and rather passive opposition successfully accumulated political resistance and grievances at the polls in September 2021? In this study, we argue that m…
Индивидуальный опыт первой волны пандемии Covid-19 и политическая поддержка в России (по материалам опроса “Ценности в кризисе”)
В статье исследуется, как индивидуальный опыт первой волны пандемии COVID-19 повлиял на отношение россиян к политической системе. Для этого используются данные онлайн-опроса, проведенного в июне 2020 г. в рамках международного проекта “Ценности в кризисе”. Размер выборки составил 1 527 респондентов. Выборка точно воспроизводит половозрастную структуру населения согласно материалам переписи 2010 г., но в ней недостаточно представлены люди с низким…
Rise and fall
In this essay, we first briefly recount the post-Soviet history of social science in Russia, with particular attention to the role of international collaborations in spurring its growth, and we review the accelerating attacks on university autonomy and international collaborations that preceded Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine in February 2022. Then we consider developments since the February 2022 invasion that, in our view, signal the demis…
From local elections to appointments
Demographic Attributes and Attitudes of Covid-19-skeptics in Russia
Resistance at the polls
“It’s Not That Simple, We Don’t Know the Whole Truth”
While authoritarian governments increasingly use pseudo fact checking to discredit rivals, research on this strategy in autocracies remains scarce. This study addresses this gap with a preregistered online experiment conducted in authoritarian Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. Although isolating citizens from alternative information in saturated media environments is impossible, we argue that propaganda can counter this threat through pseudo…
When transnational activism fails
Why do political activists who risked repression under authoritarian rule withdraw from politics after emigrating to democratic contexts? Drawing on 413 in-depth interviews with Russian wartime migrants conducted across 30 host countries, this article examines pathways to political disengagement among wartime émigrés following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We show that emigration does not automatically enable continued political activi…
Transnational activism among Russian wartime migrants
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered a historic wave of emigration, reshaping the landscape of Russian political opposition abroad. Thousands of wartime migrants and exiles have sought to contest the Kremlin’s war and authoritarianism through transnational activism. Yet, as this special issue demonstrates, the relationship between exile and activism is deeply ambivalent. Rather than an automatic extension of dissent across bo…
Political science (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Authoritarianism (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works) · Autocracy (4 works)