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Published in: oDRAtomic energy and political power in Russia
In Russia, the space for environmental activism and advocacy is changing under increasing state pressure. An...
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Published in: oDRWalking the line
Plans for a new Euro-Caspian pipeline will solidify the west's dependence on fossil fuels and authoritarian regimes....
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Published in: oDRBehind the storm
At 17.40 local time on 4 December, a storm ripped through Platform 10 of the Guneshli oil and gas field, owned by...
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Published in: oDRThese hills are ours
In Bashkortostan, the hills are alive with the sound of limestone quarrying. Now local civil society is taking on...
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Published in: oDRCOP21: stories from Russia’s indigenous peoples
At the UN's recent climate change conference in Paris, Russia's indigenous peoples told stories of how climate...
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Published in: oDRWe need to find the common ground between climate change and civil society
To combat Russia’s industrial polluters, public indifference and limits on NGO activity, we need to link climate...
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Published in: oDRCOP21: a diary from Paris
oDR correspondent Angelina Davydova is in Paris attending the UN climate conference COP21, where she's keeping her...
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Published in: oDRThere's something in the air in Russia
Russia’s cities are choking. If we’re going to change the state of air pollution in this country, we need to open up...
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Published in: oDRWhy climate change is not on Russia’s agenda
In Russia, global climate change has already had serious economic, environmental and social impact. A heady mix of...
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Published in: oDRRussia is swimming in oil
Russia’s oil industry lacks the infrastructure to avoid spills and leaks; and the environmental consequences are horrific.
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Published in: oDRCorruption, credits and bad luck in Siberia: the crisis of Russian agriculture
In Siberia, agriculture faces crisis after crisis as small farmers find themselves in debt caused by bad weather,...
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Published in: oDRWhere has all the wildlife gone in Siberia?
Poaching is drastically reducing numbers of many wildlife species in Siberia, and government at national and...
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Published in: oDREnergy efficiency in Russia
Russia intended to improve its energy efficiency by 40% of GDP by 2020. How is it doing?
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Published in: oDRClimate policy according to Gazprom
As Russian dreams of becoming a ‘great ecological power’ fade, Gazprom, it seems, has been driving climate policy all along.
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Published in: oDRMy vast Siberian motherland is dying
Southern Siberia is dying: farms are failing, the forests have been felled, and the people are leaving – a vast area...
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Published in: oDRDiscounting the future of climate change in Russia
Like it or not, global warming will affect Russia, and ignoring it only stores up problems for later.
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Published in: oDRThe problems of environmental activism in Russia
Climate change is still of little interest to Russians. But why? на русском языке
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Published in: oDRWelcome to the not-so-new world order
The latest IMF report has confirmed what some have long argued – ‘rising powers’ like Russia and China are changing...
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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: oDRHare today and gone tomorrow
A recent St Petersburg conference dedicated to hares has become the unlikely subject of a feud between the Russian...