What the work includes

Examination is based on the submitted texts, publications, videos, programmes, leaflets, case materials, expert reports and contextual information.

  • analysis of the material's content, subject, idea and communicative purpose;
  • assessment of the social and political context and addressee;
  • examination of symbols, slogans, terms and established political constructs;
  • comparison of conclusions with the questions posed and limits of competence;
  • preparation of a specialist opinion, including one based on a report review.

Typical questions

  • whether the material has a social and political orientation;
  • what the material's main idea, subject and communicative purpose are;
  • whether there are signs of political campaigning or a political call to action;
  • which social and political context is relevant to understanding the material;
  • whether the findings in the previous report exceed the scope of the expert's competence.
Important: political science examination does not guarantee an outcome, constitute political campaigning or provide a legal assessment of guilt. Legal assessment is provided by a court or another competent authority.

Pricing

from RUB 90 000. The exact price depends on the volume of materials, the number of questions, the need for interdisciplinary analysis and urgency.

How to examine a series of leaflets, videos and publications

If a dispute concerns several materials, the first step is to define the series. A common design, recurring slogan or identical logo does not mean every item is completely identical. Each object retains its own identifier and available information about its source.

Separating materials for examination

  1. Identify separate publications and versions of the same material.
  2. Preserve text, images, sound and captions in the combination in which they appear.
  3. State which fragments recur and which differ between versions.
  4. Link questions to an individual object or a precisely defined set of objects.

This is particularly important when a report draws a general conclusion about a series but its examination section analyses only one poster or a brief episode. Such generalisation requires understanding why the selected object represents the others and which differences could affect the answer.

When comparing materials, it is useful to consider separately the message's subject, how participants are represented, the way the addressee is addressed and the relationship between visual elements and text. The mere presence of a symbol or quotation does not describe the publication's entire communicative function.

The result can be checked using an object map: what was examined directly, which conclusions concern each material and which concern the series as a whole. This map helps discuss completeness of examination precisely and prepare questions about omitted versions, without requiring the specialist to confirm a desired legal assessment in advance.