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Grozny: Rebuilt, Fearful and (Almost) Forgotten by the West

Published on: 10 March 2010

Written by: Tanya Lokshina All articles by Tanya Lokshina

Downtown Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, is ablaze with lights and full of chic shops now. But the paralysing fear...
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Fleeced. A letter from the Russian provinces

Published on: 6 January 2010

Written by: Elena Godlevskaya All articles by Elena Godlevskaya

Corruption has always been part of Russian life, and the Oryol region today just offers a rather extreme example,...
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The psychiatrist as expert witness - between a rock and a hard place

Published on: 13 December 2009

Written by: Emmanuil Gushansky All articles by Emmanuil Gushansky

The independence, or lack of it, of the Russian judiciary has been much discussed, but Emmanuil Gushansky makes an...
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The ones that lost: Russian cases rejected at the European Court

Published on: 7 December 2009

Written by: Grigory Dikov All articles by Grigory Dikov

Landmark victories in defiance of the Russian government have made the European Court of Human Rights the most...

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