Susan Richards is a founder of openDemocracy. She has produced a number of feature films and written a prize-winning book, 'Epics of Everyday Life', about the lives of ordinary Russians in the transition from communism. 'Lost & Found in Russia', 'Encounters in the Deep Heartland', which covers the period 1992-2008, was published by IB Tauris in May 2009.
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Published in: oDRPutin CountryAs authoritarian control and renewed superpower tension dominate headlines, telling stories of Russia’s everyday...
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Published in: HomeThe motivation of the Boston BombersThe background of the Tsarnaev family must provide some clues to the Boston bombing.
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Published in: oDRHas Russia abandoned Dagestan?Police corruption has reached epic levels in the Russian republic of Dagestan. The men in charge with tackling the...
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Published in: oDRA good infection – remembering Bookaid
Against the backdrop of Soviet disintegration, a grassroots campaign was launched from Britain to send hundreds of...
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Published in: oDROn the eve of collapse: encounters in a changing RussiaNext week marks the twentieth anniversary of the August 1991 coup attempt. While this proved a dramatic final nail...
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Published in: HomeAn improbable teamIt took an unlikely combination of talents to start building openDemocracy’s Tower of Babel, comments one of its founders