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Published in: oDRThe one that didn’t get awayPresident Putin’s amnesty which has seen Pussy Riot’s Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova released, as well, perhaps, as the...
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Published in: oDRThe lower depths in Russia todayOver a century after Maksim Gorky’s famous play about homeless people – ‘The Lower Depths' – Ekaterina Loushnikova...
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Published in: oDRHas Siberia had enough of Russia?With Siberia’s enormous natural resources being mercilessly exploited by Russia, and now China as well, Aleksei...
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Published in: oDRRing out new bells!While lightning and neglect are taking their toll on Russia's wooden churches, a growing volunteer movement is...
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Published in: oDRThe Wizard of OmskOmsk, in south-western Siberia, is known throughout Russia for its theatre, but has never developed a film industry....
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Published in: oDRTaken from Chita, Made in ChinaLake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake on the planet, is part of Russia’s DNA, and many romantic ballads sing of...
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Published in: oDRBrokeback in BelarusValery Sidorenko and Sergei Ostapchuk, both tractor drivers, live together happily in a remote village in the...
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Published in: oDRPrison or presidency for 'Russia’s Kennedy'?Charismatic opposition leader Aleksey Navalny is on trial in the provincial capital of Kirov, 900km from Moscow. He...
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Published in: oDRUlyanovsk: no homes for heroes, but plenty of money for an art prizeMany aging Russian WWII veterans live in appalling conditions, and some die before they can cash a government...
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Published in: oDRWinter in Russia: cold indoors as well as outMost radiators in urban Russian homes are fed by hot water transported from heating plants miles away. Ageing pipes...
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Published in: oDROrenburg 2013: ring out the old, ring in the new!Regional journalist Elena Strelnikova takes a wry look at some of the events of the departing year.
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Published in: oDRVyatlag: the Gulag then and nowMany of the Soviet Gulag camps are now deserted, but Vyatlag is still in operation, though now most of the prisoners...
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Published in: oDRDummy candidates, disillusioned voters: ‘United Russia’ in a tight cornerA small city near Moscow is electing a mayor. Not the most startling news, perhaps, but the ruling party seems to...
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Published in: oDRThe shepherds of SevukhThe Avars are an ancient people living in the mountains of Dagestan (North Caucasus). Many of them are shepherds....
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Published in: oDRThe Gulag doctorDoctor Leonid Atlashkin spent almost 20 years in the Soviet prison camps. Unlike many, he went there of his own...
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Published in: oDROn the river: a Russian holiday diaryHolidays by the sea in Turkey or Egypt are beginning to lose their appeal to ordinary Russians, and they’re no...
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Published in: oDRWhy I fled RussiaMaxim Yefimov was an activist working in the field of human rights in Karelia, in the Russian Far North. Following...
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Published in: oDRSiberia’s crying cannibal: when business became war
Last month, a Siberian gang leader accused of dozens of murders was unexpectedly given a prison sentence. Could it...
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Published in: oDRSnap goes the CrocodileMarina Akhmedova spent four days in the company of drug users in Yekaterinburg, central Russia, and was met with a...
