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Published in: oDRRussia’s reluctant electionsThe results may be predictable, but Russia’s parliamentary elections hint at the next stage of regime mobilisation.
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Published in: oDRRussia’s regions: federalism and its discontentsCreating the appearance of stability is the Russian political elite’s primary goal. Yet colonial-like rule over the...
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Published in: oDRThe pitchforks are comingFarm workers in the depths of southern Russia are hardly a protest constituency, but corruption and corporate raids...
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Published in: oDRIs liberalism the future for Russia?For years, ‘liberal’ has been a dirty word in Russia, a shorthand for everything undesirable. Yet state propaganda...
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Published in: oDRFour Russias: the new political realityUneven modernisation has left its mark on Russia, and the authorities are only too happy to exploit it. What does...
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Published in: oDRCan the North Caucasus adapt to political change?Amid a crumbling and fragile system, central and regional elites gear up for a new power struggle in Russia’s North Caucasus.
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Published in: oDRGive back the voteAgainst a background of mass protests, Moldova’s parliament has just approved a new government in record time. Русский
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Published in: oDRCan Georgia ditch its surveillance culture?Mikheil Saakashvili may have left his native Georgia for Odessa, but one particular legacy of his years in power is...
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Published in: oDRThese hills are oursIn Bashkortostan, the hills are alive with the sound of limestone quarrying. Now local civil society is taking on...
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Published in: oDRThe red zoneRussia's prison system is dehumanising people. The recent death of an inmate in a southern Russian penal colony is...
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Published in: oDRSerial violations: finding new ways to limit freedom of association in RussiaThe first sentences under a new law limiting freedom of association in Russia are coming into effect. Their target?...
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Published in: oDRA sudden warning in DagestanOn 27 July, Russian special forces abducted a senior Dagestan official from his home and transported him to Moscow...
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Published in: oDRA house in the countryWith Russia’s housing stock in trouble, many people struggle to find a suitable home. For the people of Koltyshevo...
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Published in: oDRKadyrov and Putin: parallel livesWhile Vladimir Putin has given Ramzan Kadyrov a free hand in Chechnya, the relationship between Moscow and Grozny is...
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Published in: oDRThe ‘parasite law’ in BelarusIn the Soviet Union, anyone without an official job could be charged with ‘parasitism’ and sentenced to internal...
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Published in: oDRKyrgyzstan's conservatives hold their anti-LGBT rallyAgainst a background of possible legislation against 'foreign agents' and 'gay propaganda', Sunday's anti-LGBT rally...
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Published in: oDRFrom emancipation to restraint: violence and gender inequality in AzerbaijanPassing laws against gender-motivated violence and gender inequality is not the same as putting them into practice.
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s labour reforms threaten workers' rightsThe oligarchs have joined forces to railroad a new labour code that strips Ukrainian workers of their already modest rights.
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Published in: oDRTransnistria: West Berlin of the post-Soviet worldHow to play hardball: Ukraine's parliament has revoked the agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the movement of...
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Published in: oDRLooking after yourself in SiberiaThe ‘rationalisation’ of medical and social services in rural Russia has compelled people to acquire new skills in...
