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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of February 7th 2011It gives me great pleasure to lead our report this week with news of the world premiere of "The Exile Nation...
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Published in: oDRWho was Mister Putin? An Interview with Boris NemtsovRussians can sense that Project Putin has reached its twilight. The prime minister would be well served by retiring...
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Published in: oDRThe EU and Belarus: what next?The bloody postscript to last month’s Belarusian presidential elections has made any strategy of engagement clearly...
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Published in: oDRFree fall: a Russian drug addict crashes – again!ODR recently published the story of an intelligent, educated Russian woman who is HIV+ and drug dependent. This was...
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Published in: oDRDecency, hope, friendship: the real story from Moscow's race riots
On December 11, a group of 15-year-old schoolboys found themselves in the middle of a several thousand strong race...
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Published in: oDRPhotostory: a brave new dawn in Moscow
Ilya Varlamov is one of Russia's leading photojournalists, enjoying prominence for his memorable narratives of the...
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Published in: oDRHappy New Year, Russian styleOn 31st of all months with as many days a rally in support of freedom of assembly is held in Moscow’s Triumph...
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Published in: HomeThe non-reform of Pakistan's blasphemy laws tells a wider story about Zardari's failure to foster true democracy
The case of Aasia Bibi, a Christian farmhand who was sentenced to death in Pakistan, teaches us how difficult it is...
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Published in: oDRBringing Belarus in from the Cold
It is said that Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka never misses an opportunity to surprise partners and foes...
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Published in: oDRThe Narkomfin building: life after Luzhkov?The Narkomfin building in central Moscow is an experimental masterpiece and testament to the spirit of a young...
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Published in: oDRHIV positive in Russia: where is our medication?openDemocracy Russia recently published the harrowing tale of a Russian drug-dependent woman Irina Teplinskaya, and...
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Published in: oDRMikhail Khodorkovsky: final trial speech
oDR is proud to publish Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s final speech at his trial, which belongs in the tradition of great...
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Published in: oDRBelarus: a most peculiar election (2)On Sunday, Belarus goes to the polls, ending an election cycle that saw all the usual assumptions turned on their...
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Published in: oDRThe Russian protest movement: why my optimism was misplacedJournalist Oleg Kashin was recently brutally beaten up. To ram the message home, the fingers on his writing hand...
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Published in: oDRMany problems, but one purpose: human rights in RussiaRussian human rights activists routinely put themselves in danger’s way, but are largely unappreciated and...
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Published in: oDROptimism of the will: defending human rights in RussiaThe second week of December promises to be highly symbolic for all those interested in human rights in Russia. Today...
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Published in: oDRNot quite a ray of sunshine: interview with Belarusian writer Uladzimier ArlouThe presidential election in December is unlikely to usher in a new president, young people feel no link to their...
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Published in: oDRRussia: land of the MobRussia is deep in reflection about a mass murder that left twelve dead. For Andrei Konchalovsky, the most shocking...
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Published in: oDRMemory incompatible: the Archangelsk affair continuesWhen a professor and police colonel were arrested and charged for printing a book in memory of the victims of...
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Published in: oDRDecapitated dogs and burning bureaus: the year Kazakhstan did democracyKazakhstan’s 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE has not passed without controversy. Reforms promised at the beginning of...
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