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What happened to democracy in 2020 - and what comes next? What local dynamics are worth paying attention to? And what is the bigger picture in the fight for a socially and economically inclusive democracy around the world?
The past year has seen a series of shocks - from the horrendous toll of COVID-19 to a tragic war in the South Caucasus - and to try and understand what has happened, we asked analysts, journalists and researchers one question: “What happened to democracy in 2020?”
These contributions discuss a range of topics relating to Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, the US and UK - from the fate of revolutions and war to the impact of the US elections on the global democracy project and fallout from Brexit.
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Jonny Tickle Only a quarter of Russians opposed this year’s Khabarovsk protests, according to a new poll, but half took a dim view of those in Belarus, where a movement led by Western-backed activists is challenging Alexander Lukashenko.
The results are interesting in that they appear to shed light on a Russia wary of violent uprisings, especially those which may lead to negative consequences for their country in the near abroad. However, it appears that a relatively small cohort of Russians takes a dim view of pro-democracy rallies at home.
The survey of 1,609 adults revealed that, of six of the year’s most important political events, the anti-government demonstrations in Belarus were the least popular, with 50 percent of those questioned responding negatively. This reaction was more pronounced in those over 55, with a majority (56 percent) believing them to be bad.