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Published in: oDROn the run in RussiaKonstantin Rubakhin, an ecology activist, is on the run in Russia, trying to escape both the police and the security...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s gamekeeper has turned poacherRussia has a vast number of nature reserves and national parks. But the government body supposed to be protecting...
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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: oDRAfter the floodIn Russian, Krymsk and Krym (Crimea) sound quite similar. They also share double standards – as some residents of...
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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: oDRThe last camping groundRussia’s oil goliaths have been devastating vast areas of natural landscape, and indigenous people’s lives, in their...
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Published in: oDRThe mistake that is SochiThe Russian Government has a lot riding on the Sochi Olympics – prestige, glory, credibility, and an enormous amount...
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Published in: oDRThe Siberian archipelagoThere’s a popular misconception about Russian politics that ‘everything happens in Moscow.’ But sometimes it’s the...
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Published in: oDRChemfest in Russia’s ‘chemical capital’Russia’s industrial cities are more than a blot on the landscape. They are the source of appalling chemical...
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Published in: oDRHas Siberia had enough of Russia?With Siberia’s enormous natural resources being mercilessly exploited by Russia, and now China as well, Aleksei...
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Published in: oDRA father’s last dreamIn July 2012, a mix of flash flooding and gross negligence conspired to kill nearly 200 in Southern Russia. One man...
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Published in: oDRWhere there’s muck, there’s brassProtests against the proposed mining of nickel and copper in the heart of Russia’s Black Earth belt have been...
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Published in: oDR'Hands off our Russian Arctic!'Russia’s seizure in international waters of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, the arrests, refusal of bail and...
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Published in: oDRSold down the riverThe Angara, the only river draining Lake Baikal, might disappear by 2020, as it is progressively dammed for massive...
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Published in: oDRLicence to kill on Lake BaikalThe unique Baikal seal has a beautiful coat, which is its undoing. Poachers make good money by killing the babies...
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Published in: oDRA storm in a paint potThe Russian Orthodox Church has, since the late 1990s, become an increasingly powerful force in Ukrainian politics...
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Published in: oDR‘Delai Sam’ - Russian community DIY‘Delai Sam’ is Russian for ‘Do it yourself,’ a concept supposedly alien to the average Russian, who is used to...
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Published in: oDRTaken from Chita, Made in ChinaLake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake on the planet, is part of Russia’s DNA, and many romantic ballads sing of...
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Published in: oDRAleksei Navalny takes on ‘the fools and the roads’As the saying goes: ‘Russia has two misfortunes: the fools and the roads.’ Aleksei Navalny is just about still...
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Published in: oDRNickel and dimesThe fertile territories around Voronezh have long been referred to as Russia’s ‘breadbasket’. They also hold the...
