Data & Tools
We develop digital research methods that address the inaccessibility of fieldwork in Russia and equip scholars without technical expertise to use cutting-edge tools for conducting social, political, linguistic, and economic research.
Research
What Do Russians Read for News, and How Can Independent Media Reach Them?
Alesya Sokolova
08-14-2025
From Wages to Loyalty: Economic Incentives Behind Support for Russia’s Authoritarian Regime
Ekaterina Kurbangaleeva
01-13-2025
TikTok as a News Platform in a New Era of Global Citizen Journalism: The Case of the 2024 BRICS Summit
The 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, highlighted the growing significance of TikTok as a platform for global citizen journalism.
07-10-2024
Winning the Home Front. Endless War or Peace and Demobilization? The Implications of Russia’s Defense Minister Swap
Kirill Titaev, Sergey Filippov, Ivan Grek
04-26-2024
Sources and Trends in Russian Foreign Policy Discourse: A Quantitative Text Analysis of Key Concepts
Iurii Agafonov
Digital Methods School

The mission of the Digital Methods School is to enhance the quality of research in the field of Russian studies, as well as other related fields, by empowering scholars and experts to employ advanced digital research methods without requiring specialized IT training.

TOOLS
Prigozhin's Galaxy
A map that systematizes all the activities of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his networks around the world, based on data collected from open sources over several years.
A quantitative analysis of Putin's public discourse derived from computational linguistic research of his speeches
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Putin's Head
TUTORIALS
    ALL TUTORIALS
    DATA
    Archive of Russian
    Independent Media
    Independent Russian media archived from the year 2000 through the present day
    RIMA
    Election
    Data
    Election data covering all federal elections and a referendum in Russia
    CEDAR
    Open-access Russian Corpora
    Russian Presidential speeches from the Kremlin website
    RuBase