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Published in: oDRSwitch on, switch off: how law sustains the Russian systemIn some card games, the aim is to collect as many cards as possible; in others it is to get rid of cards that have...
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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: 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: oDRKushchevskaya: crime and punishment in a Russian villageThe story of scores being settled with a brutal mass murder in southern Russia has hit the Russian national press....
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Published in: oDR"I'm no hero, but it's time to call a spade a spade" — ParfyonovOn Thursday evening, prominent TV journalist Leonid Parfyonov broke with the etiquette of live award ceremonies, and...
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Published in: oDRThe buzz, the rattle and getting clean: confessions of a former drug addict10 years ago former tennis prodigy Viktor Potemkin (not his real name) decided to come off heroin and leave the...
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Published in: HomeParallel worlds: how connected Russians now live without the stateRussia’s summer of the wildfires brought about a change in society, says Andrei Loshak. Previously the only possible...
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Published in: oDRSticks and stones: the blogs of Oleg KashinOleg Kashin, a journalist for Kommersant newspaper, was brutally beaten in Moscow last weekend. Unknown assailants...
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Published in: oDRTowards the Rehabilitation of Law: interview with Bill BowringBill Bowring is well known to anybody interested in international law, and especially in human rights in Russia....
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Published in: oDROutcasts — inmates of the Black Eagle
In Stalin’s time there were nearly a hundred GULag camps in Ivdel. Today, the maximum security penal colony FBU-IK...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s constitutional debate: finding the way forwardA vital national debate about constitutional reform is under way in Ukraine. But the debate often takes no account...
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Published in: oDRSergei Magnitsky: a death that failed to dieWhen Sergei Magnitsky died in police custody last November, few believed it would lead to anything more than a...
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Published in: oDRGreed, corruption and impotence: Samara battles for its architectureA city with a grand architectural heritage, Samara is today under threat, pincered by the greed of corrupt...
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Published in: oDRTricky business in Abkhazia
Since Abkhazia declared its independence from Georgia in 2008, Russian money has been pouring in. But when it comes...
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Published in: oDROryol: when the ‘new nobility’ turned terroristThe sleepy city of Oryol has erupted in terrorism. Investigations revealed how frustration at the state of Russia...
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Published in: openSecurityNorth Ossetia suicide bombing kills eighteen
A suicide bombing in the restless north caucasian province of North Ossetia kills at least 18 people. A protest in...
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Published in: oDRWhy the FSB is not the KGB!Last month amendments were passed to the law codifying the FSB’s surveillance of those citizens deemed to be threats...
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Published in: oDRIgor Sutyagin and the price of freedomThe imprisonment of military researcher Igor Sutyagin for alleged espionage has long troubled Russian human rights...
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Published in: oDRKhodorkovsky trial: a regime in the dockThe accusations against Khodorkovsky have collapsed now that two senior establishment figures have testified. He may...
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Published in: oDRAnimals in the CourtroomEx-Yukos bosses Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev stand accused of a crime that even prosecutors are finding...
