Citizens’ Crime Watch and Vigilantism in Post-Soviet Societies

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Contents: - Perspectives on Post-Soviet Vigilantism. Introduction. Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Ioulia Shukan; - Heroes or Hooligans? Media Portrayal of StopXam (Stop a Douchebag) Vigilantes in Russia. Rashid Gabdulhakov; - From Citizen Investigators to Cyber Patrols: Volunteer Internet Regulation in Russia. Françoise Daucé, Benjamin Loveluck, Bella Ostromooukhova, Anna Zaytseva; - Defending Ukraine at the Rear of the Armed Conflict in Donbas: Wartime Vigilantism in Odesa (2014–2018). Ioulia Shukan; - Revival of the DND (People’s Volunteer Squads) in Russia: A Case of Top-Down Social Mobilization. Ekaterina Khodzhaeva