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Published in: oDRDiviner's Sage and Hawaiian Rose: Sakhalin's drug problems
Throwing money at a problem doesn’t always solve it. Allocations for drug control have been increased on Sakhalin,...
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Published in: oDRSkating on thin ice in Sochi
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi threatens to be overshadowed by a centuries-old row between Russia and the...
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Published in: oDRPresident Medvedev summons Russia’s human rights workers
On 19 May, at a meeting with the main human rights organizations working in the republics of the North Caucasus,...
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Published in: oDRChildren in care: the Russian orphan industry
For those in Russia with an interest in preserving the status quo, youth justice is a Western invention with no...
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Published in: oDRFighting for Magnitsky (part 2)
Six months on from the controversial prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, Oliver Carroll spoke to key witness...
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Published in: oDRFighting for Magnitsky: an interview with Jamison Firestone (part 1)
Six months on from the controversial prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, Oliver Carroll spoke to key witness...
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Published in: oDRCircassian Nationalism and the Internet
Circassian communities are scattered throughout the North Caucasus and the diaspora is spread throughout the world....
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Published in: oDRSiberian Shamans Come in From the Cold (part 3)
After decades of repression, Siberia’s shamans are re-emerging. Ken Hyder is a musician who performs with a Tuvan...
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Published in: oDRPrison as a death sentence
The death in custody of Sergei Magnitsky in November shocked the world and mobilised President Medvedev into a...
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Published in: oDRSiberian Shamans Come in From the Cold (part 2)
After decades of repression, Siberia’s shamans are re-emerging. Ken Hyder is a musician who performs with a Tuvan...
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Published in: oDRUkraine's Stolen Memory
During Viktor Yushchenko’s five years in power, Ukraine did not start facing up to its totalitarian history. Since...
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Published in: oDRTeaching History in Orenburg
Against a backdrop of an ever increasing politization of the Soviet past, journalist Elena Strelnikova returned to...
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Published in: HomeSiberian Shamans Come in From the Cold
After decades of repression, Siberia’s shamans are re-emerging. Ken Hyder is a musician who performs with a Tuvan...
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Published in: oDRPsychotherapy returns to Russia
The return of psychotherapy to Russia after Stalin’s ban has had to overcome many obstacles, including Russian...
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Published in: oDRParroting history
History teaching has fallen victim to politics in Russia. Educational standards are falling and children are not...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s people: what is a just war?
Russia’s people do not bow to government opinion on the subject of war, a revealing survey of public attitudes by...
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Published in: oDRDon't mention the bombings
The terrorist bombs pose a problem for the Kremlin, Sam Greene reports from Moscow. Since tightening the screws has...
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Published in: oDRVictims of the bulldogs under that carpet
In Maxim Kantor’s opinion, the 39 deaths in the Moscow metro bombings on 29 March are victims of that fight between...
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Published in: oDRUnder Western eyes: reflections on Tolya’s letters
In conversation with oDRussia’s Deputy Editor, a former British Army officer reflects on Tolya’s experience as a...
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Published in: oDRUses and abuses of Stalin’s image
The Levada Center has been monitoring Russian attitudes to Stalin for years. Alexei Levinson, reviewing changing...