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Published in: oDRRuNet: Russia on the Chinese road?A new internet law came into effect in Russia this month. Ostensibly designed to tackle extremist websites, the list...
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Published in: oDRBlue skies, clear thinking: Russian democracy in the CloudThe recent election to the Coordinating Council of the Russian opposition was a first. Run across the whole country,...
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Published in: oDRRadio Liberty making waves: have no lessons from the past been learnt?
The imminent withdrawal of Radio Liberty from medium wave broadcasting has dented the image of American public...
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Published in: oDRThe death of Radio Liberty
US-funded Radio Liberty started broadcasting to the USSR in 1953. Now Russia’s new media law has led to the mass...
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Published in: oDRRuNet, hate crime and soft targets: how Russia enforces its anti-extremism lawThe internet is a tool that can be used for good, but it can also be manipulated by fanatics preaching violent hate...
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Published in: oDRVladimir Putin’s ever-decreasing circle of friendsPresident Putin’s popularity has been dented by the open opposition of two celebrities, hitherto ardent supporters:...
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Published in: oDRAgainst persecution and torture: a statement from the Russian opposition
Responding to reports of an activist being kidnapped in Kyiv and then imprisoned in Moscow amid allegations of...
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Published in: oDRNord-Ost, ten years onToday marks ten years since the start of the Nord-Ost theatre siege, which ended tragically with a bungled special...
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Published in: oDRPrisoner of Bolotnaya squareThe ‘March of Millions’ opposition protests in Moscow on May 6 turned into a bloody standoff between demonstrators...
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Published in: oDRThe end of ‘Liberty’
In Soviet days foreign radio stations were a lifeline for people seeking another point of view. They continued...
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Published in: oDRMedia freedom in the Russian regions? You must be joking…
As the Kremlin tightens its grip even further on the Russian media, lawyer and legal rights activist Galina Arapova...
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Published in: oDRWhy Russia needs a defamation law... a proper one.
Many democratically-minded Russians have seized upon the recent re-criminalisation of defamation as an further...
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Published in: oDRLittle Strangers. ‘Get me out of here!’When twelve-year-old Lyosha tried to escape a children’s home to return to his family, he was sent to a psychiatric...
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Published in: oDRChinese systems and Western technology: the Kremlin moves to control the internetOn July 11, the Russian Duma passed legislation to establish a central register of extremist websites. The new laws...
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Published in: oDRRussian journalists: poor, venal… but (usually) honestJournalism in Russia has never been easy, but today the complications are many. If you write to order, you may be...
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Published in: oDRThe West on Ukraine: when ‘anti-racism’ becomes xenophobia
Condemnation in the British media of racist incidents in Ukraine has moved on from concern into hysteria, says Anton...
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Published in: oDRHow Moscow protesters turned from angry urbanites into enraged citizensVladimir Putin’s swearing-in as President last week was accompanied by protest rallies that were brutally broken up...
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Published in: oDRThe Kremlin and the hackers: partners in crime?The recent Russian parliamentary and presidential elections were notable for the wide use of cyber attacks on the...
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Published in: oDRGoing on empty: interviews with Astrakhan’s hunger protestersA month ago today, more than twenty people joined ex-candidate Oleg Shein in a hunger strike against disputed...
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Published in: oDRThe free city of Moscow: reflections on Russia’s protest movement
It is easy to write off the events of the last few months as a predictable prelude to bureaucratic revanchism. But...
