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Published in: oDRUkrainian strategy: take nothing seriously
Ukraine’s post-Soviet governments traditionally follow the logic of safety razors: “tighten as far as you can, and...
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Published in: oDRTymoshenko: a matter for the people, not the courts
Yanukovych’s decision to authorise a Kafkaesque trial against Yulia Tymoshenko is proving to be his most...
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Published in: oDRAnna: five years on
Five years ago today, on 7 October 2006, investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s was found murdered in her...
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Published in: oDRYekaterinburg: where have all the opposition gone?
The past few months have seen a number of opposition activists from the western Siberian city of Yekaterinburg...
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Published in: oDRBehind the scenes at the death squads of Chechnya
Formal hostilities may have ceased in Chechnya, but civilians continue to be abducted, tortured and murdered by the...
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Published in: oDRMoscow attempts to elbow Strasbourg aside
For many in Russia the word ‘Strasbourg’ is identified with justice and the protection of human rights and the...
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Published in: oDRThe Tymoshenko Case as the Apotheosis of Postmodernism
The West has got it wrong about on Tymoshenko. More than a simple struggle for power and influence, her trial marks...
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Published in: oDRWhat is Tymoshenko fighting for?
The trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has rallied the opposition behind her. Her supporters...
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Published in: oDRSergei Magnitsky: sanctions in the name of justice
It is nearly two years since Sergei Magnitsky died a shocking death in Moscow's Matrosskaya Tishina prison. Since...
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Published in: oDRUkraine, Belarus, Russia — family reunited?
Ukraine is busy absorbing the news that opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has been arrested under corruption...
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Published in: oDRYuri Lutsenko: views from a prison cell
On the eve of the new year, Ukraine’s former Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko was arrested by special forces as he...
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Published in: oDRUkrainian politics on trial
Ahead of parliamentary elections in 2012, Ukrainian President Yanukovych has initiated a number of high-profile...
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Published in: oDRThe Navalny effect
Combining a patriotic appeal with new technology and Obama-style presentation, Alexei Navalny has emerged as the...
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Published in: oDRRussia's dead end prison system
Russia imprisons a proportion of its citizens higher than any other major country except the US. And with its...
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Published in: oDRFinding the innocent guilty: part III
A lowly researcher finds himself subject to the forces of the Russian security service and a flawed justice system....
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Published in: oDRFinding the innocent guilty: part II
A lowly researcher finds himself subject to the forces of the Russian security service and a flawed justice system....
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Published in: oDRFinding the innocent guilty: part I
A lowly researcher finds himself subject to the forces of the Russian security service and a flawed justice system....
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Published in: oDRViolence, death and cover-up in the Russian army
Hazing of new recruits is infamously widespread in the Russian army and families of men who have died find their...
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Published in: oDRHalf a victory: the campaign to free Soviet Jews
The campaign to give Soviet Jews the right to leave their country brought two diasporas and a world superpower...
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Published in: oDRThe vicious bind: rights and corruption in Russia
An analysis of human rights violations in Russia reveals the extent to which they occur as the direct result of...