Datasets “Russia’s Online Opposition Communities, VK.com”

File init-data-2021-2024.xlsx

Sheet “nodes2021” – opposition communities as of 04/30/2021.
id – community URL
label – community name
size – number of participants
α (01/10/2021 — 04/30/2021) – community mobilization index
R^2 (01/10/2021 — 04/30/2021) – representativeness coefficient for α.
status 03/04/2024 – community status as of 03/04/2024 (liquidated, changed subject matter, continues to operate, etc.)
political conglomerate – ideological and political preferences of the community

Sheet “edges2021” – opposition community connections as of 04/30/2021
source – first connected community
target – second connected community
weight, % – connection strength – proportion of target community members who are also source community members

Sheet “nodes2024” – opposition communities as of 05/31/2024.
id – community URL
label – community name
size – number of participants
α (01.03.2024 — 31.05.2024) – community mobilization index
R^2 (01.03.2024 — 31.05.2024) – representativeness coefficient for α.
political conglomerate – ideological and political preferences of the community

Sheet “edges2024” – connections of opposition communities as of 31.05.2024
source – first connected community
target – second connected community
weight, % – connection strength – share of target community members who are also members of source community

File do-2021-22.gephi – cluster of opposition communities visualized using Gephi software, 30.04.2021

File posle-2024.gephi – cluster of opposition communities visualized using Gephi software, 31.05.2024

File all-repost-10-01-2021—30-04-2021.xlsx dynamics of reposts of the studied communities, 10.01.2021 — 30.04.2021

File all-repost-01-03-24—31-05-24.xlsx – dynamics of reposts of the studied communities, 01.03.2024 — 31.05.2024

Compiled by Dmitry Zhukov.

Funding

The study was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), project No. 24-28-00619, https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00619/.

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