The Electronic Petitions of the Russian Social Initiative Portal (2013–2017): What the Trend in Social Priorities Says

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Notes

This study is part of science project RFFI No. 18-011-00140-A, “The E-Petition as a Frame of Social and Political Mobilization (Russian and Cross-Cultural Perspectives).” The authors are grateful to the RFFI foundation for its support.

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