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Published in: oDRSeventy years on, the Kumyk people in Dagestan are still fighting territorial claimsIn Russia's North Caucasus, wartime deportations influence the complex relations between ethnic groups to this day. RU
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Published in: oDRThe burning land of Lenin-AulIn a remote corner of Dagestan, a vicious land dispute has erupted between Avars and Chechens. RU
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Published in: oDRThe inequality of women keeps the North Caucasus vulnerableCorruption, violence and underdevelopment still plague Russia’s North Caucasus. By empowering women, the Russian...
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Published in: oDRDagestan's long-distance truckers are fighting for their rightsHundreds of truck drivers in Dagestan have joined Russia’s countrywide strike against additional taxation. I spoke...
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Published in: oDRWho owns women’s bodies in Dagestan?A recent scandal over female genital mutilation reveals how, for Russia’s Muslims, “universal values” are just...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s regions: federalism and its discontentsCreating the appearance of stability is the Russian political elite’s primary goal. Yet colonial-like rule over the...
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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: oDRGubden, Dagestan: where ‘radicals’ police themselvesThis village used to house one of the North Caucasus’ most dangerous Islamist paramilitary units. With the Russian...
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Published in: oDRSOS from DagestanOne year since a young man was killed in a police station in this North Caucasus republic, the victim’s family is...
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Published in: oDRA sudden warning in DagestanOn 27 July, Russian special forces abducted a senior Dagestan official from his home and transported him to Moscow...
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Published in: oDRBook review: Alisa Ganieva, 'The Mountain and the Wall'The Mountain and the Wall is the first Dagestani novel to be published in English. Ganieva is very courageous to...
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Published in: oDRIs this the end of the Caucasus Emirate?After several North Caucasus commanders transferred their allegiance to Islamic State, an ISIS spokesman announced...
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Published in: oDRSlavery in modern Russia
Slavery flourishes in Russian regions where a weak state, low salaries, and corrupt police make it profitable.
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Published in: oDRDerbent: how the oldest city in Russia missed its birthdayDerbent, the oldest city in Russia, was supposed to mark its 2000th birthday – or was it 5000th – this year, but...
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Published in: oDRThe Russian politics of multiculturalismThe relationship between religion and ethnicity on the one hand, and civic assimilation on the other, is far less...
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Published in: oDRDagestan: Russia’s hottest spotAsked to name Russia’s most troublesome region, most people would plump for Chechnya. But its neighbour Dagestan is...
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Published in: HomeThe motivation of the Boston Bombers
The background of the Tsarnaev family must provide some clues to the Boston bombing.
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