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Published in: oDRBook review: Veiled and unveiled in Chechnya and Dagestan
This new book aims to “unveil” society in Chechnya and Dagestan — instead, it’s a perfect guide of how not to write...
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Published in: oDROssetians in Georgia, with their backs to the mountains
In the shadow of conflicts past and present, Ossetians and Georgians have found ways to coexist. Twenty-five years...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia at the crossroads
Georgia's visa liberalisation process with the European Union could be delayed. This is bad news for a fragile democracy.
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Published in: oDRGeorgia: the exiles’ election
Twenty five years after the separatist wars that shook Georgia, 265,000 displaced people still struggle to make ends...
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Published in: oDRBreaking the cycle: ending underage marriage in Georgia
Every year, girls across Georgia become wives and mothers before their 18th birthday. How should the country address...
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Published in: oDR“Karabakh rules Armenia”
Shots have been fired over Nagorno-Karabakh, and leaders in Baku and Yerevan demand national unity. But behind the...
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Published in: oDRKarabakh: the view from Georgia
Renewed hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh have put Georgia’s Armenian and Azeri communities in a delicate situation....
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Published in: oDRChecking your sources in Nagorno-Karabakh
When war in Nagorno-Karabakh flares up again, researchers, reporters, and journalists need to be careful not to feed...
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Published in: oDRTerrorism and Russia’s power vertical
Russia has been conducting a war on terror for 15 years. No wonder counter-terror is a part of the country’s system...
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Published in: oDRWalking the line
Plans for a new Euro-Caspian pipeline will solidify the west's dependence on fossil fuels and authoritarian regimes....
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Published in: oDRLife slows down in Chiatura
The mining town of Chiatura in western Georgia has already been cursed with poor conditions and self-serving owners....
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Published in: oDR2016: Unsteady ground for Armenian media
Protecting sources at risk, self-censorship and poor financing — Armenia has no shortage of obstacles for its...
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Published in: oDRAzerbaijan’s 2016: sink or swim?
Protests have broken out in Azerbaijan against rising prices and falling living standards. Will the regime respond...
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Published in: oDRCan the North Caucasus adapt to political change?
Amid a crumbling and fragile system, central and regional elites gear up for a new power struggle in Russia’s North Caucasus.
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Published in: oDRCan Georgia ditch its surveillance culture?
Mikheil Saakashvili may have left his native Georgia for Odessa, but one particular legacy of his years in power is...
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Published in: oDRAn unlikely home
Abkhazia may not be the first port of call for Syrian refugees, but historical ties link this unrecognised state on...
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Published in: oDRBetween dialogue and violence: the North Caucasus's bloody legacy
After Paris, we need to act against radicalisation. Russia's legacy in the North Caucasus tells us how not to. Русский
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Published in: oDRLike me, I'm an autocrat
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov might be the Russian Federation’s second most powerful figure. With such friends in...
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Published in: oDRGubden, Dagestan: where ‘radicals’ police themselves
This village used to house one of the North Caucasus’ most dangerous Islamist paramilitary units. With the Russian...
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Published in: oDRRefugees or repatriates? Syrian Armenians return to Armenia
Armenians have lived in Syria for centuries. Following the outbreak of war, many have been seeking refuge in...