Collected by: Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation

Archived since: Mar, 2021

Description:

The Video Appeals to the President of Russia Web Archive preserves online videos created as direct appeals to Vladimir Putin by various groups and individuals in the Russian Federation and a number of other countries. The videos contain requests for the president’s direct involvement in resolving local and national social, economic, legal and environmental problems, assessment of Putin’s leadership, advice to him, and birthday wishes. The archive covers a variety of topics, such as politics, housing, legal battles, local administration, medical care, cultural institutions, labor disputes, economic conditions, alcoholism, animal cruelty, etc. The appeals are recorded by people of all ages and all social, ethnic and professional groups. Collectively these videos present a strikingly candid narrative of everyday life in Russia under V.V. Putin. The web archive is an initiative developed by librarians at Harvard University and Princeton University, under the auspices of the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation.

Subject:   Government - National,  Society & Culture,  Internet videos--Social aspects,  YouTube (Firm),  Public opinion,  Public relations and politics,  Open letters,  Russia (Federation). President,  Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-