компромат

The Meaning of Contemporary Russian Kompromat

The recent wave of kompromat directed at prominent members of the Russian liberal intelligentsia is very much the talk of the town. People seem to interpret this phenomenon in very different ways. Sick of the lack of clarity on this subject, I’ve decided to sit down and try to flesh out the two main POVs: [...]

"For a Girl with a Reputation Like Hers": the Shenderovich Sex Tape

For those who haven’t already heard, prominent opposition member and famed Kukly-creator Viktor Shenderovich has been the latest victim of the Black PR hidden cameras scandals. Yesterday, a video appeared on Russian video websites that featured Shenderovich, former anti-illegal-immigrant activist Alexander Belov-Potkin, and ‘Other Russia’ activist-author Eduard Limonov. The three men were pictured having sex [...]