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Published in: oDRFrom Panama, via London, with loveThe Panama Papers implicate more than just a few select international leaders. They demonstrate how offshore finance...
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Published in: oDRCorbyn and Russia: hysteria and hindsightTalk of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘ties to Russia’ reveals how the media present us with false choices. There must be a space...
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Published in: oDRThe destruction of sanctioned food only exposes Russia’s poverty gapIn Russia, while food imports from western countries are being destroyed in massive quantities, many ordinary...
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Published in: oDRRussia's senseless investigation into Baltic independence
In another manifestation of the absurd, Russia's latest investigation into the legality of Baltic independence uses...
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Published in: oDRAfter Baku, let's not forget about human rights
With the European Games in Baku over, what does the future hold for Europe's relationship with Azerbaijan?
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Published in: oDRThe ‘parasite law’ in BelarusIn the Soviet Union, anyone without an official job could be charged with ‘parasitism’ and sentenced to internal...
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Published in: oDRTransnistria: West Berlin of the post-Soviet worldHow to play hardball: Ukraine's parliament has revoked the agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the movement of...
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Published in: oDRThe elephant in the room at Riga
Russia was everywhere and nowhere at the recent Eastern Partnership summit in Riga.
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Published in: oDRA new partnership for co-operation in the Black SeaAn economic and strategic partnership between Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey is ramping up, and turning to the West.
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Published in: oDRBelarus has an identity crisisAfter two decades of russification, the Belarusian government is rethinking its identity politics.
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Published in: oDRRussia's short-termism in the Middle EastIs the Ukraine conflict shifting Russia's Middle Eastern policy from real strategy to scoring cheap points?
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Published in: oDRHow Russia’s opposition learned to stop worrying and love Crimea
A recent statement by a prominent Russian opposition figure is testament to an unpalatable truth: Crimea’s...
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Published in: oDRSanctions and regime survivalThe sanctions knife cuts both ways – rallying around the flag, and regime change.
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s European integration
If the EU is serious about helping Ukraine, both parties should focus on the country’s most glaring problem, and the...
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Published in: oDRMoldova's ambiguous European integrationThe EU may like to think of Moldova as its ‘star pupil’, but its unconditional support for successive corrupt...
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Published in: oDRHow well does Russia speak the language of international law?
The language of international law has become another battleground between Russia and the West.
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Published in: oDRIn Auschwitz, Poland has outmanoeuvred RussiaThis year, the Poles were determined not to invite the Russians to Auschwitz. And they succeeded.
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Published in: oDRThe end of the Georgian dreamGeorgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili's decision on 4 November 2014 to dismiss Defence Minister Irakli...
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Published in: oDR‘Russian passport, please’
It is now a criminal offence for Russian citizens not to declare their foreign passports or permanent residence permits.
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Published in: oDREducating Russians abroadIn 2014, the Russian government launched the ‘Global Education’ programme of postgraduate education abroad. But the...
