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State-Sponsored Protest Movements

The topic mentions examples of foreign states successfully supporting protest movements abroad, such as state-backed youth movements in Russia.

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Feb 2, 2026

What role does LGBTQ+ rights play in Russian politics under Putin's leadership?

under have become both a policy target and a political instrument: state laws and rulings have progressively criminalized public expression and organization, while the uses anti-LGBTQ rhetoric to mobi...

Jan 31, 2026

Have any US protest movements been linked to foreign government funding?

The short answer is: and credible allegations tying protest organizers or allied networks in the to money that originated abroad or to intermediaries with foreign ties, but the record is uneven, polit...