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July 2, 2026
Researchers Discover How Spelling Errors Slow Down Reading in Russian
Psycholinguists from the Centre for Language and Brain at HSE University–St Petersburg have shown that words that are frequently misspelled are processed more slowly by readers, even when presented with the correct spelling. The researchers confirmed this effect for the first time using Russian-language materials and found that response speed is most strongly linked to how confidently individuals can distinguish the correct spelling of a word from an incorrect one. The study has been published in The Mental Lexicon.
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“Lots of Money, Few Restrictions, and a Lot of Creativity:” The Changing Role of Political Strategists in Russia

Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. 2023. Vol. 31. No. 4. P. 435–459.
Barsukova S., Denisova-Schmidt E.

The paper discusses electoral integrity and malpractice in Russia from the point of view of the people who make it happen: political strategists, CEOs, and government representatives. The original dataset, encompassing 75 in-depth interviews collected in selected Russian regions in 2018–19, suggests that a wide range of practices are employed to maintain the power of the ruling elite, from legal and ethical ones to morally gray and completely unethical ones. The techniques used have evolved with the general political situation in the country and can be clustered into five periods: 1991–1995, 1996–1999, 2000–2010, 2010–2017, and since 2018.

Research target: Sociology (including Demography and Anthropology Political Science, International Relations, and Public Administration
Language: English
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Keywords: политтехнологиявыборы в Россииизбирательные технологииполитическая система Россииelection in Russiapolitical strategistselectoral technologies
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