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Published in: oDRA free-thinker loses his freedom in AzerbaijanOn 12 January, Arif Yunus, the distinguished Azerbaijani scholar, will ‘celebrate’ his 60th birthday in a prison cell.
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Published in: oDRIsraeli RussophonesIn Israel, immigration from Ukraine increased by 110% this year. The Israeli government has described FSU...
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Published in: oDRFilm review: 'I Don't Believe in Anarchy' (dir. Natalia Chumakova and Anna Tsyrlina)'Everything will be free. Everyone will be fucking high.' Between 1985 and 1990, Yegor Letov and his Siberian punk...
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Published in: oDRThe ‘return’ of nuclear weaponsThe current crisis unfolding in Ukraine has brought the issue of nuclear weapons back into sharp focus.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLord Smith, King Alexander, and what it all means for England
Scotland has opened the door to radical changes to Britain's constitution.
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Published in: oDRGermany and the disinformation politics of the Ukraine crisis
Looking at both the historical and current pro-Putin segment of German public discussion, one can identify the...
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Published in: oDRThe ‘kiss of the titans’ in KazakhstanIn Kazakhstan, a local court has ordered compensation to be paid to the ‘victims’ of a poster showing Russian...
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Published in: oDRKremlinphobia, russophobia and other states of paranoia
The Russian government likes to regularly accuse the West of being ‘russophobic.’ They’re right, but not for the...
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Published in: oDRBook review: Andrew Wilson, ‘Ukraine Crisis'
For Wilson, two men – Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych – bear the main brunt of responsibility for Ukraine’s crisis.
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Published in: oDRIn Belarus, women need not apply
There are 181 occupations from which women in Belarus are banned. The Lukashenka government says this is progress....
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Published in: oDRWhat are Russians celebrating when they celebrate National Unity Day?
Russians celebrate National Unity Day on 4 November, but the name masks Russian anxieties about disunity and disintegration.
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Published in: oDRMoscow’s young Muslims might be tomorrow’s militantsA recent clash with the police is a sign of the alienation felt by some young men from Moscow’s Muslim community. на...
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Published in: oDRYevtushenkov is no KhodorkovskyOne of Russia’s richest men, the owner of an oil company, has been arrested. There have been inevitable comparisons...
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Published in: oDRDown with Lenin!As they are toppled one after another in cities across the country, statues of Lenin are becoming an endangered...
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Published in: oDRNagorno-Karabakh: a gender inclusive approach to peaceResearch suggests that engaging local women in conflict resolution efforts increases the likelihood of violence...
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Published in: oDRNagorno-Karabakh: the not-so-frozen conflictIn recent months, the ‘frozen’ Karabakh conflict has been more fire than ice. With outside powers stoking the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTake a look at the Magna CartaThere is now an online version of the original that lets you see every letter in close up, along with a translation.
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Published in: oDRFive bloody days in North Ossetia
For the Ingush and Ossetians, memories from an overlooked conflict continue to simmer…
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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: oDRWe have made today's Frankenstein with our own handsWhen communism ended, Russia’s people wanted democracy. Instead, they got the market and neoliberalism. Now, it...
