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Who ordered the murder of Katya Handziuk? A year without answers

Published in: 4 November 2019 Written by: Tetiana Bezruk All articles by: Tetiana Bezruk

In summer 2018, a horrendous acid attack killed Ukrainian civic activist Katernya Handziuk. A year on, there’s still no answers as to who ordered the attack.

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How Ingush women are fighting for the return of their children

12 November 2019

Written by: Izabella Evloeva All articles by Izabella Evloeva

When partners divorce in this North Caucasus republic, children are often given to the care of the husband’s...
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In occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s church is facing extinction

11 November 2019

Written by: Alona Savchuk All articles by Alona Savchuk

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is now the only public institution linking Crimea to Ukraine. But under pressure from...
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“We want a clean city”: why Yerevan is up in arms about waste management

8 October 2019

Written by: Constance Léon All articles by Constance Léon

In post-revolutionary Armenia, the monopolies of the past - even over trash - are coming increasingly into question.

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Being Trans in Ukraine

Published on: 8 November 2019

Written by: Hanna Sokolova All articles by Hanna Sokolova

The processes for gender transition and sexual reassignment in Ukraine may have been simplified, but transgender...

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Resistance, anxiety or hope? East Ukrainian civil society views on the Steinmeier formula

Published on: 26 October 2019

Written by: Igor Mitchnik All articles by Igor Mitchnik

As people take to the streets to demonstrate against German-led plans for stopping the war in Donbas, the views of...

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A Ukrainian obituary

Published on: 14 October 2019

Written by: Olesya Khromeychuk All articles by Olesya Khromeychuk

More than five years since the war in Donbas started, how should we remember those who have died in it?Read in Ukrainian

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Український некролог

Published on: 14 October 2019

Written by: Олеся Хромейчук All articles by Олеся Хромейчук

Як слід пам’ятати загиблих у війні на Донбасі?Read in English

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“Two fields” within: Lost between Russian and Kazakh in the Eurasian borderland

Published on: 11 October 2019

Written by: Zhanar Sekerbayeva All articles by Zhanar Sekerbayeva

Russia’s colonial relationship to Central Asia can still be felt in activism and academia. Today, these networks...

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A view from the margins: alienation and accountability in Central Asian studies

Published on: 10 October 2019

Written by: Mohira Suyarkulova All articles by Mohira Suyarkulova

Sociological study and political struggle increasingly go hand-in-hand. But in Central Asia, research needs to...

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Listening to women’s stories: the ambivalent role of feminist research in Central Asia

Published on: 9 October 2019

Written by: Davlatbegim Mamadshoeva All articles by Davlatbegim Mamadshoeva

Scholars look to feminist research methods to make their field work more equal. But how does radical research work...

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“Formulaic justice”: read this Crimean Tatar journalist’s final words in court

Published on: 9 October 2019

Written by: Editors of oDR All articles by Editors of oDR

Five years on, the annexation of Crimea has become the “new normal” for many. But this “normal” is created through a...

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How does it feel to be studied? A Central Asian perspective

Published on: 8 October 2019

Written by: Syinat Sultanalieva All articles by Syinat Sultanalieva

Central Asian researchers often feel like second-class participants in the global knowledge economy. Academic...

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When your field is also your home: introducing feminist subjectivities in Central Asia

Published on: 7 October 2019

Written by: Diana T. Kudaibergenova All articles by Diana T. Kudaibergenova

What happens when the “field” is your home, your battlefield and your livelihood? This new series examines the...

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When “the field” is your institution: on academic extortion and complaining as activism

Published on: 7 October 2019

Written by: Elena Kim All articles by Elena Kim

What happens when an institution fundamentally lets you down? Part of our new series on Central Asian scholars and...

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A family business: how Russian security forces target the Crimean Tatar community

Published on: 2 October 2019

Written by: Alona Savchuk All articles by Alona Savchuk

In occupied Crimea, Russia's security services regular go after whole Crimean Tatar families.

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How to address human rights challenges in Europe’s grey zones

Published on: 1 October 2019

Written by: Adam Hug All articles by Adam Hug

Across Europe, unrecognised states and conflict zones are home to impunity. A new report holds important...

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How this Russian journalist could end up in prison “for justifying terrorism”

Published on: 1 October 2019

Written by: Svetlana Prokopyeva All articles by Svetlana Prokopyeva

In the aftermath of a shocking bomb attack by a young man in northern Russia, this journalist tried to understand...

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Why Russia should learn to love the rules-based international order

Published on: 26 September 2019

Written by: James Brown All articles by James Brown

As a middling power, Russia could benefit from siding with international institutions, instead of disregarding them.

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“A strike isn’t a goal in itself”: defending labour rights in Ukraine’s gig economy

Published on: 26 September 2019

Written by: Hanna Sokolova All articles by Hanna Sokolova

Recent signs of mobilisation by precarious workers in Ukraine have refocused public attention on labour rights. But...

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An anatomy of defeat: what happened at the Moscow city elections

Published on: 16 September 2019

Written by: Alexander Zamyatin All articles by Alexander Zamyatin

In Moscow, the people came to the ballot box and broke the back-room agreements of the elite.

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Self-immolation highlights controversy over cultural rights in Russia

Published on: 12 September 2019

Written by: Damelya Aitkhozhina All articles by Damelya Aitkhozhina

A national debate on minority cultural rights is the backdrop to the death of an academic in the Russian republic of...

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Awakening a new generation of activists in Eurasia

Published on: 5 September 2019

Written by: Erica Marat All articles by Erica Marat

An emerging young, urban population has begun to challenge the lasting legacies of the Soviet era.

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“Armenia first”: behind the rise of Armenia’s alt-right scene

Published on: 4 September 2019

Written by: Armen Grigoryan All articles by Armen Grigoryan

Armenia’s 2018 revolution may have pushed a kleptocratic regime out of power, but today the country’s conservative...

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