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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan: what will happen to the tulips?As another “colour revolution” is overthrown in Kyrgyzstan, Boris Dolgin reflects that it changed nothing. Will the...
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Published in: openSecurityUS and Russia sign historic nuclear dealUS and Russia sign historic nuclear deal. Sudan elections in doubt as more opposition parties boycott. Kyrgyz...
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Published in: oDRCharisma and complications: the legacy of Abkhazia’s founding fatherWith the death of Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazia’s first president, a period of post-Soviet upheaval passes further...
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Published in: openSecurityKyrgyzstan on brink of revolution, state of emergency declared
Violent protests erupt in Kyrgyzstan. Thai government declares a state of emergency. NATO accused of civilian deaths...
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Published in: oDRForums and flame wars in GeorgiaDuring the war with Russia in 2008, Georgians turned to online media in a big way. But with Western funding...
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Published in: oDRDon't mention the bombings
The terrorist bombs pose a problem for the Kremlin, Sam Greene reports from Moscow. Since tightening the screws has...
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Published in: oDRCracking heads open in Ukraine: a neurosurgeon’s story. Part 3Henry Marsh, an English neurosurgeon, tells the story of his twenty-year friendship with Igor Kurilets, a young...
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Published in: oDRCracking heads open in Ukraine: a neurosurgeon’s story. Part 2Henry Marsh, an English neurosurgeon, tells the story of his twenty-year friendship with Igor Kurilets, a young...
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Published in: oDRVictims of the bulldogs under that carpetIn Maxim Kantor’s opinion, the 39 deaths in the Moscow metro bombings on 29 March are victims of that fight between...
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Published in: oDRCracking heads open in Ukraine: a neurosurgeon’s story. Part 1Henry Marsh, an English neurosurgeon, tells the story of his twenty-year friendship with Igor Kurilets, a young...
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Published in: oDRUnder Western eyes: reflections on Tolya’s letters
In conversation with oDRussia’s Deputy Editor, a former British Army officer reflects on Tolya’s experience as a...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier's TaleopenDemocracy Russia now puts together in one document the 9 letters written by Tolya (probably not his real name),...
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Published in: oDRStyle over kitsch: the four lives of David SarkisyanRussia has lost a great dissident campaigner for Moscow’s built heritage with the death of David Sarkisyan, museum...
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Published in: HomeThe Prorizna Street rebellion
A spirited protest in central Kyiv embodies the ethos of a new, civic Ukraine whose people - despite their...
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Published in: oDRThe rise and fall of Mikhail KhodorkovskyDoes a personal vendetta lie behind the imprisonment of Russia’s once-richest oligarch, Mikhail Khodorkovsky? Was...
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Published in: oDRKafka’s Castle is collapsingYou can’t reason with the absurd, as IKEA found when it tried to build a model business in Russia. Institutional...
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Published in: openSecurity'Red Shirts' continue symbolic blood protest in Bangkok
‘Red Shirts’ continue symbolic blood protest in Bangkok. Israel lifts West Bank closure. North Korea has 1,000...
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Published in: oDRArthur Koestler: 20th century manArthur Koestler, whose turbulent life charts the intellectual history of the 20thc in the West, has finally found a...
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Published in: oDRIs Russia’s judicial system reformable?In this interview for oDRussia, Prof.Alena Ledeneva talks to Oliver Carroll about the prospects for judicial reform...
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Published in: oDRTackling Russia’s legal nihilismOlga Kudeshkina made headlines in 2004 as the first Russian judge to flag up political interference in the judicial...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
