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Published in: oDROlympean blow at the KremlinRussian national pride has been badly dented by poor performance at the winter Olympics. It is being widely read as...
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Published in: oDRPartition Ukraine? I think not
It is irresponsible to fan the flames of partition as Ethan Burger does in his openDemocracy article ”Could...
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Published in: oDRSo what do Russia’s people think?
In the first of his regular monthly reports for odRussia, Alexei Levinson of Russia’s prestigious Levada Centre...
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Published in: oDRStepan Bandera: a divisive national iconViktor Yushchenko has left his successor a ticking time bomb. His name is Stepan Bandera. Should Yanukovych strip...
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Published in: oDRLife and death of an independent newspaper in OryolIn 2004, some local journalists in Oryol founded an independent newspaper ‘for those who want the truth’. Although...
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Published in: oDRSaving the Amur tigerWith the Amur tiger population facing extinction, organisations from Russia and abroad have been working to save...
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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...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale 8: violence is no joke
Our conscript Tolya continues his study of violence in his airborne division of the Russian army
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Published in: oDRUkraine: preserving nationhoodRussian-Ukrainian ties may have deteriorated during Yushchenko’s presidency, but his successor Yanukovych is...
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Published in: oDRIKEA in Russia: Now 'Everything is Possible'...for a priceIKEA, which has publicly railed against corruption in Russia, has itself been caught paying bribes there. Could...
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Published in: oDRRemembering Chekhov in YaltaOn the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Chekhov’s birth, his English biographer Rosamund Bartlett celebrates the...
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Published in: oDRCould partition solve Ukraine’s problems?In the light of Ukraine’s election result, Ethan S. Burger offers a proposal for the creation of a new Ukrainian...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale 7: Hopes dashed, business as usual!
Our conscript Tolya had such high hopes of his new posting in the elite regiment of the Russian airborne division,...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: a tale of two electionsOlesia Oleshko, who monitored Ukraine’s 2004 election, compares that election with the one which has just brought...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: Yanukovych – president by default?Viktor Yanukovych was elected president not so much for his pro-Russian platform as because he was the only viable...
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Published in: oDRRussian Reform at a Turning Point
Much of Russian history is characterized by pendulum swings between orthodoxy and reform to overcome backwardness....
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Published in: oDRMoscow protests: Groundhog Day in Triumfalnaya SquareTanya Lokshina, Russia researcher for Human Rights Watch, attended a recent demonstration in her professional...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: Yanukovych’s limited mandateUkraine is a diverse nation with a strong civil society. This could restrain a potentially authoritarian political...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier's Tale 6: new beginnings? Perhaps!
Conscript Tolya has been moved again, this time to a show regiment. Life suddenly looks rather better, but is it for real?
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Published in: oDRRussian unemployment: massaging the stats
The economic crisis has hit Russian regions hard. Natalya Zubarevich deems government solutions to the resulting...
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