What do Russians really want? Do they want authoritarianism and are they prepared to go along
with a war of conquest and destruction? Or do they want something else? A landmark
contribution to the field Morris is the only social researcher to have carried out fieldwork
in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine engaging with communities in Moscow regional cities
as well as rural areas to bring perspectives on Russian everyday lives that are now entirely
inaccessible to the West. Everyday Politics in Russia uses the lens of micropolitics defined
not as politics in miniature but instead as taking seriously the political content of people's
normal lives revealed in their practices interactions and discussions. Based on decades-long
interactions with people from a diverse cross-section of society in Russia - from security
service officers to factory workers from unemployed young men to citizen journalists and
activists this is the most comprehensive insight to date into the complexity of Russian
attitudes toward war their government and the post-1991 political trajectory.
