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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Divest!’: a minute to hold banks to account on fossil fuels
If banks won't pull investment from fossil fuels, perhaps it's time to try another route.
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Published in: TransformationFacing up to the capitalist within
It’s easy to blame the economic system for causing social and environmental problems, but what is that system built...
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Published in: oDRWhat does Russia really want with Abkhazia?
Will the new treaty being discussed between Abkhazia and Russia provide a blueprint for cooperation or something...
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Published in: oDRWhat is really going on with Russia's new internet laws
On paper, Russia’s new laws on data storage seem to make business impossible for big internet companies like Google,...
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Published in: oDRPost-election, Ukrainians and Russians face an uncertain future
Ukraine’s snap parliamentary elections have once again proved that the mainstream of society rejects the far right –...
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Published in: TransformationLove, faith and economic justice
Transformation doesn’t fit into neat and tidy boxes. Intangible emotions are just as important to social change as...
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Published in: oDREU accession and the Ukraine crisis
EU accession might be said to have ignited the Ukraine crisis. But it's still a long way off.
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Published in: oDRAzerbaijan and the Ukraine crisis
The crisis in Ukraine put the Azerbaijani government in an uncomfortable position.
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Published in: oDRNatural gas diplomacy and the Ukraine crisis
Natural gas diplomacy is rather like gunboat diplomacy – only effective if the other side has no gunboats.
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Published in: oDRThe metamorphoses of Nikita Belykh
In the recent regional elections, Governor Nikita Belykh of Kirov Region – the man who used to call Aleksei Navalny...
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Published in: oDRMaking work easier for Kazakhstan’s migrant workers
Astana has introduced a new patent system for its guest workers, the ‘gastarbaitery.’ But does the new system work...
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Published in: TransformationThe commons as a fount of hope
Recasting our relationships to the commons should take pride of place as we build alternatives to capitalism.
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Published in: oDRRussian Railways: quicker to walk
Russian Railways is one of the three largest transport companies in the world, but its infrastructure is crumbling...
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Published in: oDRConcreting over the Silk Highway
The ‘Silk Highway’ will connect Western Europe with China, no matter what the locals think.
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Published in: oDRFeeding democracy in Slovyansk
Life in Slovyansk is no picnic. Now election candidates think votes can be bought with food parcels. На русском языке
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Published in: oDRThe ecology of sanctions
Sanctions against Russian natural resources tycoons will be good for the environment. на русском языке.
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Published in: oDRGeorgia looks west, Armenia east
This summer, Georgia signed an Association Agreement with the EU, but its southern neighbour, Armenia, has opted for...
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Published in: oDRThe spillover effects of Western sanctions, in Kazakhstan
There is anxiety in Kazakhstan about the spillover effects of Western sanctions
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Published in: oDRIf you want to be a millionaire, go to Belarus
If you want to know what the Soviet Union was like, go to Belarus.
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Published in: oDRHow Russia is coping with its Ukrainian refugees
Russia has almost the same number of Ukrainian refugees, as Ukraine has internally displaced persons. But what are...