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Published in: oDR: OpinionHow Putin could yet boost domestic support for the Ukraine warOPINION: Putin has many problems – not least that support for the war is flagging. But he may have a trump card
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Published in: oDR: OpinionUkraine is fighting for freedom. That means protecting independent journalismOur Kyiv correspondent reflects on a year covering Russia’s war against Ukraine – and her own role in the fight
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionI grew up in a war that has never endedThe war between Armenia and Azerbaijan changed my childhood, and now it’s changing my children’s lives
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhy betting on Putin’s departure is a losing gameTo avoid years of warfare in Ukraine, the West needs to deal with Russia as it is now, not as it should be
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Published in: oDR: NewsThe UK firm at the heart of a high-level fraud conviction in RussiaThe Magomedov brothers defrauded the Russian state of billions – via a Scottish limited partnership
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisRussia’s recently exiled media learn hard lessons abroadRussian independent media outlets are making a painful transition from Kremlin censorship to life in exile
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Published in: oDR: OpinionNorway’s oil deals helped empower Putin. It must learn from its mistakesNorway’s cooperation with Russia’s oil and gas majors has enabled Putin’s war
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Published in: oDR: FeatureRussia promised Kherson it would stay forever. It left chaos behindThe author returns to his home town, to discover how locals are coping now the Russians have gone
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationAbducted and tortured by the Russians, Kherson’s survivors tell their storiesThree torture survivors from Kherson, Nova Kakhovka and Kakhovka told openDemocracy what happened to them
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Published in: oDR: FeatureUkrainians on the front line face a winter without warmth or lightZaporizhzhia, a once 700,000-strong city 40km from Russia’s front lines, remain defiant – but life is hard
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Published in: oDR: NewsUkraine’s nurses face brutal winter as health austerity collides with warKey workers told openDemocracy they are being paid months late or not in full due to a controversial healthcare reform
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussia’s war has exposed the limits of liberal peaceRussia’s war against Ukraine and long-running border conflicts raise doubts about regional institutions – and how...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureAt COP27, Russia acted as though it had not invaded UkraineRussia urged international cooperation while ignoring its own role in making the climate crisis worse
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Published in: oDR: NewsBBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ autocratic Azerbaijan in BP-sponsored film‘Wonders of Azerbaijan’ film was made with BP funding and the help of the country’s controversial ruling Aliyev family
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Published in: oDR: FeatureThese must-read books are key to understanding the war in UkraineSpanning history, politics and society, five books offer a comprehensive look at Ukraine’s past – and its future
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerHow Russia’s loyal ‘opposition’ parties support the war against UkraineOn Ukraine, little separates Putin’s United Russia from either the Communist Party of Russia or A Just Russia
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Published in: oDR: OpinionUkraine’s debts to Western banks are destroying its social safety netOPINION: The reconstruction of Ukraine will be crippled by the debts it owes to the IMF and other institutions
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Published in: oDR: FeatureRussia forced them to fight. Ukraine tried them for treasonRussia has forcibly mobilised tens of thousands in Ukraine’s occupied territories to fight
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Published in: oDR: FeatureUkrainians who told Russian warship to ‘f*** yourself’ still in jailSnake Island became a powerful symbol of Ukraine’s resistance. But the prisoners’ families say they feel forgotten
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Published in: oDR: FeatureThe painful traces of Russian propaganda remain in eastern UkraineRussian disinformation is still causing distrust and resentment among residents of Ukraine’s ‘second Mariupol’
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