Elena Strelnikova is a journalist based in Orenburg (Southern Russia)
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Published in: oDRMangoes can’t buy you love: letter from OrenburgExternal factors like the Internet, post-Soviet economic upheaval and the availability of exotic fruit have given...
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Published in: oDRRussian regional elections: business as usualVoting at the recent local elections in Orenburg Oblast was listless and perfunctory. Voters don’t know the...
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Published in: oDRLaid low by the heatThe Russian heat wave has been going on for weeks. From her dacha Elena Strelnikova gives a wry account of officials...
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Published in: oDRSummer days at the dachaIn theory, Russians can holiday abroad these days. In practice, most can't afford it. Still, there are the pleasures...
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Published in: oDRTeaching History in Orenburg
Against a backdrop of an ever increasing politization of the Soviet past, journalist Elena Strelnikova returned to...
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Published in: oDRDrug crisis on Russia’s bordersRussia’s drugs problem has reached crisis point in Orenburg Region. It borders on Central Asia and is used as a...