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Published in: oDRThe Spice of life – and deathThe drug of choice for young people in Russia has the innocent name ‘Spice,’ but its effects can be fatal.
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Published in: oDRThe sex change commission in UkraineTransgender citizens in Ukraine have good reason to think that they are all but invisible. Even the EU is not...
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Published in: oDRHuman capital and the Ukraine crisisHuman capital – demography, health, and migration – will be significantly influencing and determining the future of...
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Published in: oDRDrowning their sorrows in BelarusBelarus is now officially the world’s heaviest drinking nation; and the socio-economic consequences are enormous.
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Published in: oDRCold turkey in RussiaIn Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman’s City Without Drugs Foundation has been engaged in some very questionable...
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Published in: oDRLegal limbo in CrimeaJudges, prisoners and drug addicts are all in legal limbo in Crimea because the judicial status of Russia’s new...
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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 serfs of the Volga Car FactoryThe Volga Car Factory in Togliatti is the biggest in Russia. The management recently announced 7,500 redundancies,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDo we have a right to ill-health and an early death?With a media epidemic of obesity-panic, do we not have a right to choose ill health and an early death?
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Published in: oDRRussia’s orphan outcastsMany young Russians brought up in institutional care have ended up homeless because regional authorities are...
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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: oDRPrayers for the deadIn Kyiv, Metropolitan Pavel – aka ‘Pasha the Merc’ – has succeeded in closing down Ukraine’s only specialist...
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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: oDRHas punitive psychiatry returned to Russia?Harsh sentences have been meted out to Russians who took part in last year’s political demonstrations on Bolotnaya...
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Published in: oDRWhat chance of going gently into that good night?Russia has an ageing population, a growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, and an inadequate system of palliative care for...
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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: oDRHIV positive? Russia’s reaction is negative.In most parts of the world the incidence of HIV/AIDS is falling, but official figures for Russia show 200 new cases...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWar on wildlife: the truth about badger cullingThe decision to initiate the badger culling scheme is not only ill-informed, but deliberately shallow. It is time to...
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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...
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Published in: oDRNew Russian laws: no chance of a drink or a smokeThroughout Russia’s history its rulers have attempted to curtail the consumption of alcohol and/or tobacco....
