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Published in: oDRRussian modernisation: between chance and necessityModernisation is a task, not a problem. Russians must first want a modern country if it is to ever emerge. Alexander...
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Published in: oDRSexually liberated, or just badly brought up?There was “no sex in the USSR” (that, at least, is what one Soviet woman famously declared in a 1986 TV talk show)....
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s mysterious exit from the arms tradeHaving spent six years preparing for a lucrative deal supplying arms to Iraq, Ukraine seems to be about to breach...
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Published in: oDR"Russia cannot go on like this”On Friday, prominent Russians of varied political hue presented a daring open letter to President Medvedev. In the...
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Published in: oDRMangoes can’t buy you love: letter from OrenburgExternal factors like the Internet, post-Soviet economic upheaval and the availability of exotic fruit have given...
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Published in: oDRYeltsin’s complicated legacy in the CaucasusBoris Yeltsin inherited many problems which he had to try and address while at the same time establishing the new...
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Published in: oDRVoina: artists at warIn October, two members of the Voina art collective were imprisoned for overturning police cars in provocative...
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Published in: oDRKhodorkovsky: ballerinas, singers and ice-skaters turn against PutinIn 2005, encouraged by the Kremlin, 50 prominent Russians wrote an open letter supporting the original verdict...
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Published in: oDRBroken Justice: how Khodorkovsky judge was pressured into verdictNatalya Vasilyeva is a court clerk and press secretary of Khamovniki Court, the unexpected last-minute venue of...
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Published in: oDRSovereign democracy, Egyptian styleThe similarities between the Egyptian and Russian regime are striking, says Grigorii Golosov. Arguably, Mubarak’s...
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Published in: oDRWas that really Daddy on the phone? A woman’s battle with the Belarusian KGBMilana Mikhalevich’s husband was a presidential candidate in Belarus’ disputed election, and is now one of dozens to...
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Published in: oDRBoxing with Lukashenka: why Belarus needs Europe to stay strongIn ten days time, Belarus will hold the first of its post-election political showtrials. The fate of all the...
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Published in: oDRThe people’s web: Russia’s citizen bloggersAfter a decade in the wilderness, Russian civil society is finding a powerful voice online. Alexey Sidorenko and...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s heroin epidemic: why the government is ducking the issueDrug addiction in Russia has reached epidemic proportions, but the government is refusing to address the problem...
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Published in: oDRFriends and neighbours: religious harmony in Tatarstan?In a world riven by the conflict between Christianity and Islam, the Republic of Tatarstan offers a heartening...
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Published in: oDRWho was Mister Putin? An Interview with Boris NemtsovRussians can sense that Project Putin has reached its twilight. The prime minister would be well served by retiring...
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Published in: oDRWhat Medvedev didn’t say at DavosThe terrorist attack at Domodedovo Airport could have exempted Medvedev from going to the Davos Forum, but in the...
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Published in: oDRBBC Russian Service: farewell to old friends
In 2006 London’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral was controversially taken over by Moscow Church authorities. The affair...
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Published in: oDRAzerbaijan: rights situation no cause for celebration
It has been ten years since Azerbaijan became a member of the Council of Europe, but no one is in the mood for a...
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Published in: oDRRussian Reality TV: a diaryAs a British producer selling British programmes in a country that loves British TV, Peter Pomerantsev thought...
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