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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 helpDear oDR Reader,The Sakharov Centre in Moscow is currently facing unplanned inspections, with threats of closure or...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho cheered Mubarak’s acquittal on?
Less than four years have passed since the people of Egypt revolted against a tyrannical regime. Those tyrants have...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTracing the impact of the Ferguson uprising in Turkey
It seems that the time has come for Erdogan to return the favour and make a similar phone call to Obama. He has an...
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Published in: oDRRussia is still building pyramidsRussians regularly lose their savings in the pyramid schemes flourishing throughout the country. And the government...
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Published in: oDRGender equality is holding Belarus back
Belarus is slowly opening up to the idea of gender equality. But the conservative meaning attached to the concept is...
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Published in: oDRBook review: Samuel Greene, 'Moscow in Movement: Power and Opposition in Putin’s Russia'
Russians pride themselves on their capacity for state-building, but their idea of the state is not one that the West...
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Published in: oDRThe split widens in the ruling family of UzbekistanHaving been accused of misappropriating hundreds of millions of dollars, Gulnara Karimova is now under house arrest...
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Published in: oDRRussian defence before Russian healthIn 2012, President Putin promised to increase the healthcare budget. Two years later, the Russian government is...
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Published in: oDR'I took no prisoners'In his own words, a Russian volunteer who signed up to fight in the Novorossiya militia in Eastern Ukraine. на русском языке
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMoney where your mouth is: Salaita, freedom of speech, and the new market of educationI'd like to unpack the widespread idea that one's freedom of speech is relinquished when it is used in the form of...
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Published in: oDRBook review: Zakhar Prilepin, 'Sankya'
A cult novel by one of Russia’s most provocative and original writers has just come out in English translation.
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Published in: oDRWhen peace means warMoscow's peace march was a demonstration against war, and a declaration of a tacit middle-class war with the Kremlin.
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Published in: oDRCrimean elections Russian styleThis Sunday, 14 September, Crimeans go to the polls to confirm Russian sovereignty over their region.
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Published in: oDRSamara: ripples from the Ukrainian stormSome 5000 people have fled to Samara, from the fighting in Ukraine, but many say they have been victims of Kremlin...
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Published in: oDRConcreting over the Silk HighwayThe ‘Silk Highway’ will connect Western Europe with China, no matter what the locals think.
