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Published in: oDRRussia’s economic decline looms large over Central AsiaThe Russian economy is perhaps already in recession, certainly in decline. This could be contagious because a...
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Published in: oDRMaidan comes to AbkhaziaEvents in Ukraine have both highlighted and influenced Abkhazia’s political divisions, as yesterday’s protests...
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Published in: oDRThe collapse of the USSR and the illusion of progressThe collapse of the USSR was the occasion for much rejoicing. But 25 years later, there is not much to cheer about.
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Published in: oDRThe Russian internet todayThe first ‘.ru’ domain was registered twenty years ago. Russia’s internet (or RuNet) used to be one of the least...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy we can’t leave the power to create money in the hands of banks or regulatorsWe cannot rely on failed regulators to prevent banks from abusing the power to create money, as Ann Pettifor suggests.
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Published in: oDRKazakh banking – devaluation, consolidation and bad loansKazakh banking is in a state of disarray, as banks assimilate the consequences of a recent 20% devaluation of the...
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Published in: oDRArmenia and the EEU: the point of no return for YerevanEarly last year Armenia entered into accession talks with the Russian-led Customs Union – a precursor to the EEU....
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan and the EEU: the rise of Eurasian scepticismAs in Europe, scepticism towards regional integration is on the rise in Kazakhstan. And just like the Old Continent,...
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Published in: oDRBelarus and the EEU: caught between a rock and a hard placeOn 29 May, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan are set to sign an agreement on the formation of the EEU (Eurasian...
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Published in: oDRA burning issue in SiberiaFarm workers in the Omsk region, cheated out of their land by big business, have taken their cases to the courts;...
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Published in: oDRThe Eurosphere is losing UkraineUkrainians may have had high expectations, but the unpleasant truth is that the EU has offered them more than it can deliver.
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Published in: oDRUkraine's gas politicsIt is commonly assumed that the main economic challenge facing Ukraine is its dependence on energy supplies,...
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Published in: oDRA new (failing) state or more of the same?Ukraine is a state in political turmoil. But how much of this is the fault of separatists in the east and how much...
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Published in: openSecurityRana Plaza: the struggle continuesA year after the huge loss of mainly-female Bangladeshi garment workers’ lives at Rana Plaza, unions are still...
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Published in: oDRCan Russia afford to be an outcast in world politics?
What President Putin has been pursuing during his months-long battle against Ukraine’s economy and society is the...
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Published in: oDRWhat next for the Crimean Tatars?Crimean Tatar leaders are vehemently against a return to Russian rule. But why, when so often they have been at odds...
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Published in: oDRThe rehousing scam in OmskSix years ago the Omsk regional authorities embarked on a programme aimed at rehousing people living in unsafe and...
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Published in: oDRWhose Crimea is it anyway?On 18 March, Vladimir Putin declared to the Russian parliament that Crimea had always been an inseparable part of...
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Published in: oDRWhen charity should begin at homeCivil society development in Russia has been hampered by restrictive laws and apathy or suspicion on the part of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt is bust, so fix it: time to discuss the basic incomeWitnessing first hand the problems in our current system of welfare payments, basic income has many attractions. But...
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Published in: Live discussionsWhy do Russians support the war?
