Roman Yushkov is environment activist and lecturer at the Natural Protection Department of the Perm University.
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Published in: oDRPerm: a city smashed by the waves of globalisation
While teaching students about the architecture of his native Perm, Roman Yushkov has seen many of the Russian city’s...
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Published in: oDRFlowers on a dung heap: markets, politicians and the demise of Russian rural life
The economic and political transformations of the 1990s onwards have allowed much of the Russian countryside to die...
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Published in: oDRIn the backyard of Russia’s oil paradise
Pavlovo village was once a quiet backwater in the forest-steppe of Perm Region. In 1997, however, ecological...
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Published in: oDRAt war with the Little Red Men: a contrarian view
Former spin-doctor and gallery owner Marat Gelman has arrived in Perm with a plan to bring "cultural revolution" to...
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Published in: oDRIn the land of the forests: dispatch from Perm
The Perm region once boasted well-managed forests, protected and processed for the common good. Today those forests...