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Published in: oDRThe EU’s human rights policy in Russia: more than rhetoric?Are the EU’s attempts to promote human rights in Russia capable of going beyond mere rhetoric, asks Eleanor Bindman?...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: don’t ask who killed Georgiy GongadzeTen years ago Ukrainian investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze was murdered. Various officials were named as...
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Published in: oDRChechnya: choked by headscarvesIn Chechnya there is official support for attacks on women when they are considered to have ‘flouted’ Islamic rules...
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Published in: oDRGreed, corruption and impotence: Samara battles for its architectureA city with a grand architectural heritage, Samara is today under threat, pincered by the greed of corrupt...
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Published in: oDRLatest on Ukraine’s history wars: Orange fighter downThe recent arrest of Ukrainian museum director Ruslan Zabily provoked an outcry. Did he actually leak state secrets...
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Published in: oDRForget Luzhkov: bulldogs under the carpet againThe struggle between Moscow’s mayor Luzhkov and President Medvedev has gripped Russia. What are those’ bulldogs...
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Published in: oDRDown on the farm: a history lesson in KazanStalin’s collectivization of agriculture in the USSR in the 1930s led to famine, repression and widespread family...
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Published in: oDRTricky business in Abkhazia
Since Abkhazia declared its independence from Georgia in 2008, Russian money has been pouring in. But when it comes...
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Published in: oDRDon't get me wrong, Mr Travin!Mary Dejevsky was surprised when her enthusiastic profile of St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matviyenko in...
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Published in: oDROryol: when the ‘new nobility’ turned terroristThe sleepy city of Oryol has erupted in terrorism. Investigations revealed how frustration at the state of Russia...
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Published in: oDRRussian documentary film: extinct, or almost. Interview with Vitaly Mansky. Part twoDuring perestroika Russians flocked to documentary films to find out about their ‘lost’ history. Then they lost...
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Published in: oDRMatviyenko for President? I think not!To the amusement of the Russian media, an article appeared in Britain’s The Independent on 6 September suggesting...
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Published in: oDRPutin: on the shifting sands of doubt
A recent Kommersant newspaper interview with Putin revealed the extent of his isolation from reality and inability...
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Published in: oDRRussian documentary film: extinct, or almost. Interview with Vitaly ManskyIn the late 80s Russians flocked to documentary films to find out about their ‘lost’ history. Now they’re becoming...
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Published in: oDRYaroslau Romanchuk: my vision of a post-Lukashenka BelarusNext year's presidential elections offer a real opportunity of disposing a tired, weakened and unpopular Lukashenka,...
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Published in: oDRA prognosis for Ukraine's ebbing democracySix months into office, Yanukovych has moved swiftly to strengthen government. Indications are mounting that his...
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Published in: oDRUkraine's new regime: the first 200 days
Mykola Riabchuk is one of Ukraine’s leading intellectuals. In an interview with Ingo Petz he outlines his views on...
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Published in: oDRWanted: Economic Equality to Mend Kyrgyzstan
Media reports of disturbances in Kyrgyzstan’s two main cities Bishkek and Osh focused on human rights and ethnicity....
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Published in: oDRBeware of meddling in Kyrgyzstan!Despite deep fissures in Kyrgyz society in the aftermath of the upheavals, external intervention would be...
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Published in: oDRKaliningrad's Day of AngerSome weeks ago Kaliningrad achieved a first in Russia by getting its governor Georgy Boos fired by the Kremlin. On...
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