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Wednesday 29th July

Health in Turkmenistan

Martin McKee, Inga Sikorskaya, and Bernd Rechel, 29 July 2009

A report published recently by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine shows that under President Niyazov the health system in Turkmenistan deterioriated, but there are signs that it could improve under the new president

Tuesday 14th July

Podcast of the openDemocracy Russia evening, 2 July, London

14 July 2009

Listen to a recording of openDemocracy's Russia evening. openDemocracy Russia editor Susan Richards and scholar Anatol Lieven discuss Susan Richards' new book Lost and Found in Russia.

Monday 13th July

Podcast of the openDemocracy Russia evening, London, July 2009

Susan Richards, 13 July 2009

Listen to a podcast of the openDemocracy Russia evening on 2 July 2009 in London. The editor of openDemocracy's Russia Section, Susan Richards discusses her new book Lost and Found in Russia with the scholar Anatol Lieven.

The evening was also part celebration of the first anniversary of openDemocracy's Russia site and openDemocracy's editor-in-chief Tony Curzon Price introduces the event with a reference to that...

Thursday 26th June

The European factor in Russian justice

Kirill Koroteev, 26 June 2008

A decade's recourse to Europe's human-rights convention offers Moscow troubled lessons

Monday 2nd June

Azerbaijan: Islamic threat to religious harmony

Sergei Markedonov, 2 June 2008

Sergei Markedonov believes radical Islam is on the rise in the oil rich Azerbaijan.

Friday 30th May

Election in Georgia: a view from Russia

Maria Pakhmutova, 30 May 2008

The recent parliamentary election in Georgia did demonstrate that there is no alternative to Mikheil Saakashvili. By fair means or foul, the President got popular endorsement for his Euro-Atlanticist politics.

Thursday 29th May