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Fighting for a thousand euros in Ukraine’s metal industry

Published in: 16 May 2019 Written by: Hanna Sokolova All articles by: Hanna Sokolova

Workers at metallurgical and mining companies in Kryvyi Rih, one of Ukraine’s largest industrial cities, have been holding mass protests since 2017.

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Are Ukrainian prosecutors disrupting the investigation into the murder of Kateryna Handzyuk?

26 April 2019

Written by: Tetiana Bezruk All articles by Tetiana Bezruk

The high-profile investigation into the shocking murder of Ukrainian activist Kateryna Handzyuk is beginning to fall...
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The people’s rebellion, or why a showman became president of Ukraine

24 April 2019

Written by: Vasyl Cherepanyn All articles by Vasyl Cherepanyn

In their wholesale rejection of the incumbent president, Ukrainian citizens have followed the logic of France’s...
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Estonia: why the far-right in power is the best case scenario for the Kremlin

30 April 2019

Written by: Stefano Braghiroli All articles by Stefano Braghiroli

Mainstream conservatives are increasingly looking to the far right for political support. In Estonia, this means...

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Why are so many Brexiteer politicians cosying up to this Armenian oligarch?

Published on: 24 May 2019

Written by: Thomas Rowley All articles by Thomas Rowley

Since 2017 Conservative Eurosceptics have shown a strange fascination for a state in the South Caucasus, paying...

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The war in eastern Ukraine left these people without homes. The state is yet to compensate them

Published on: 23 May 2019

Written by: Yulia Abibok All articles by Yulia Abibok

Five years on from the start of the war, not a single Ukrainian family has managed to get compensation from the...

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“When we compromise, it’s as if we admit we’re not equal”: Anna Sharyhina on feminism and LGBT rights in Ukraine

Published on: 22 May 2019

Written by: Hanna Sokolova All articles by Hanna Sokolova

One of the founders of the feminist and LGBT movement in Kharkiv, Ukraine speaks on violence, tolerance and the...

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What will the European Games bring to ordinary Belarusians?

Published on: 21 May 2019

Written by: Mikola Dziadok All articles by Mikola Dziadok

As Minsk prepares to hold another sports mega event this summer, it’s worth thinking about the people who have to...

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A war of worlds in Ekaterinburg

Published on: 16 May 2019

Written by: Fyodor Krasheninnikov All articles by Fyodor Krasheninnikov

In this city, a scandalous confrontation between the authorities and local citizens over a new Orthodox church is...

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Fighting to be seen: how Ukrainian and Russian professional women are securing their place in public

Published on: 13 May 2019

Written by: Olena Strelnyk All articles by Olena Strelnyk

In Ukraine and Russia, civil society and professional associations are helping women experts to raise their profile...

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For men living in Russia’s North Caucasus, life is far from easy

Published on: 2 May 2019

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

We speak to sociologist Irina Kosterina, who recently studied men’s lives in four North Caucasus republics.

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Ukraine: the International Workers’ Day that we lost

Published on: 1 May 2019

Written by: Serhiy Guz All articles by Serhiy Guz

In the Soviet Union, May Day devolved into a formal holiday with little direct political meaning. Today, Ukraine has...

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Why Kazakh political prisoner Max Bokayev should be released

Published on: 24 April 2019

Written by: Sarah McCloskey All articles by Sarah McCloskey

In 2016, Max Bokayev, an environmental activist, was sentenced to five years in prison. His case remains a warning...

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Ukrainians voted for change, but is it enough?

Published on: 23 April 2019

Written by: Tetiana Bezruk All articles by Tetiana Bezruk

That governments tend to change in Ukraine makes it stand out when compared with other post-Soviet states. But this...

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In this frontline city in Ukraine, people voted for peace - but at what price?

Published on: 23 April 2019

Written by: Grigory Pyrlik All articles by Grigory Pyrlik

Some 20 kilometres from the frontline, Mariupol may have voted for the incumbent in the past - but has now voted...

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Justice for Vito: a trial into a high-profile hate crime begins in Georgia

Published on: 22 April 2019

Written by: Yuri Dzhibladze All articles by Yuri Dzhibladze

Six months after the murder of Georgian human rights defender Vitali Safarov in Tbilisi, two suspects are now on trial.

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Черкесская перекличка

Published on: 18 April 2019

Written by: Андзор Кабард All articles by Андзор Кабард

Называть себя черкесом в России – всегда политическая позиция.

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Nikolai Polozov: why Ukrainian personnel held in Russia should be considered prisoners of war

Published on: 18 April 2019

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

After last year’s incident in the Azov Sea between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian naval personnel are currently under...

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In Russia, calling yourself Circassian is always political

Published on: 18 April 2019

Written by: Andzor Kabard All articles by Andzor Kabard

Scattered across the world, Circassians are increasingly active online. Now in Russia, activists are putting forward...

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Rivalries and power struggles: a portrait of the Islamic State in Khorasan

Published on: 17 April 2019

Written by: Hélène Thibault All articles by Hélène Thibault

A new book focuses on the power struggles that drove the emergence of Islamic State — and its spillover in Central Asia.

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What is the Kazakh regime learning from citizen protests?

Published on: 16 April 2019

Written by: Sarah Dorr All articles by Sarah Dorr

Recent events in Kazakhstan show the regime’s evolving response to discontent from below.

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On Russia's border, impunity drives further violence

Published on: 15 April 2019

Written by: Aage Borchgrevink All articles by Aage Borchgrevink

Written by: Ucha Nanuashvili All articles by Ucha Nanuashvili

Two new reports about human right violations in Russian-occupied regions of Georgia underline that the EU needs to...

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The market decides? A short history of Ukrainian pop music

Published on: 9 April 2019

Written by: Zbigniew Wojnowski All articles by Zbigniew Wojnowski

How should the Ukrainian state protect Ukrainian language? The story of an experimental festival tells us much about...

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Silence in the courtroom: how one of Chechnya’s last human rights defenders was convicted on drug charges

Published on: 8 April 2019

Written by: Ekaterina Neroznikova All articles by Ekaterina Neroznikova

After a year in pre-trial detention, Oyub Titiyev becomes the latest civil society activist to be convicted on what...

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