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Published in: oDRRequiem for EuroMaidanAs Ukraine turns into an oligarch republic, civil society has few chances left to make itself the true victor of EuroMaidan.
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Published in: oDRInterview with a murdererThere are currently 59,000 women in Russian penal establishments. For many of them prison is not so much a...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s European integration
If the EU is serious about helping Ukraine, both parties should focus on the country’s most glaring problem, and the...
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Published in: oDRMoldova's ambiguous European integrationThe EU may like to think of Moldova as its ‘star pupil’, but its unconditional support for successive corrupt...
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Published in: oDRWho killed Boris Nemtsov?The murder of Boris Nemtsov tells us not that Putin is a strong leader, but rather one who has lost his grip.
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Published in: oDRDetaining the president’s daughterA year on from her disappearance from public life, what does the treatment of Gulnara Karimova reveal about...
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Published in: oDRWhere has all the wildlife gone in Siberia?Poaching is drastically reducing numbers of many wildlife species in Siberia, and government at national and...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s repressive monument to victims of political repression
The Russian state’s recognition of terror victims in marble and concrete is its own form of totalitarianism. на русском языке
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Published in: oDRHow well does Russia speak the language of international law?
The language of international law has become another battleground between Russia and the West.
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Published in: oDRRussian woman accused of treason for phoning Ukrainian embassy
A mother of seven is facing charges of treason in the Russian town of Vyazma. Her alleged crime? Phoning the...
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Published in: oDRRussian nationalism can be deadlyAs the trial of an extreme Russian nationalist organisation continues in Moscow this month, the parents of one of...
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Published in: oDRFarewell to FloridaRichard Florida's 2002 book on the "creative class" has found an unexpectedly fervent following in Russia, but did...
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Published in: oDRTrial and error in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic
Nine years after a series of coordinated attacks on government and military installations in and around Nalchik,...
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Published in: oDRComrade Stalin’s secret prisonSpecial Facility No.110 – Stalin’s secret prison – wasn’t in remote Siberia, it was just outside Moscow. на русском языке
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Published in: oDRWorking in the GulagRussia’s Prison Service, the FSIN, wants to put inmates’ employment on a more businesslike footing, but their...
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Published in: oDRA free-thinker loses his freedom in AzerbaijanOn 12 January, Arif Yunus, the distinguished Azerbaijani scholar, will ‘celebrate’ his 60th birthday in a prison cell.
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Published in: oDRThe trials and tribulations of Alexei NavalnyThe Russian government is determined to maintain the legal pressure on Alexei Navalny, a trained lawyer and leading...
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Published in: oDRThe ‘Muslim radicalisation of Central Asia’ is a dangerous mythSecurity think-tanks and expert communities in the Western world are perpetuating the dangerous myth that Muslim...
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Published in: oDRThe kidnap trail to Central AsiaCentral Asian security services have been abducting their countries’ citizens from Russia to stand trial on...
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Published in: oDRThe Sakharov Centre in Moscow needs your help
Dear oDR Reader,The Sakharov Centre in Moscow is currently facing unplanned inspections, with threats of closure or...
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