Darya Malyutina

Darya Malyutina is a social scientist and former editorial assistant at oDR. She has a PhD in Geography from University College London. She has lived in London and Bucharest, and is currently a Research Fellow at the Polish Institute of Advanced Studies in Warsaw.

The uncomfortable truth about post-Soviet comfort foods

What nourishes us also destroys us: this old saying holds true not only for food, but also politics.

By Darya Malyutina

/ 17 May 2018

Documenting Ukraine

As we end four days devoted to documentary cinema, theatre and debate in London, never have documentary forms had such an important role to play.

By Darya Malyutina and Thomas Rowley

/ 24 May 2015

Postcard to Khodorkovsky

“Dear Mikhail Borisovich, we’re having such a lovely time in London – weather is fabulous, the shops are SO good! Sorry we haven’t been in touch, but we are just so busy defending democracy! Wish you were here.”

By Darya Malyutina

/ 25 Jul 2013