As the UK's Covid inquiry gets under way amid legal action from the government and the scandal of missing evidence, join openDemocracy's politics chief Ruby Lott-Lavigna and key figures in the campaign for justice for a frank discussion about the road ahead.
One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, surveys demonstrate that over two-thirds of Russians still support the war. Why do people believe that the ‘special military operation’ was necessary? How is it possible that they don’t change their minds even when they know about the Russian
Russian aggression is driving Ukrainians into poverty. But the war could also be an opportunity to reset the Ukrainian economy – if only people and politicians could agree how. The danger is that wartime ‘reforms’ could ease a permanent shift to a smaller state – with less regulation and protectio
