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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian civil society in Lebanon: challenges and opportunitiesInstead of empowering Syrian civil society and helping it to build its capacity, the aid community is rendering us...
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Published in: oDRThe sex change commission in UkraineTransgender citizens in Ukraine have good reason to think that they are all but invisible. Even the EU is not...
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Published in: oDRNagorno-Karabakh: a gender inclusive approach to peaceResearch suggests that engaging local women in conflict resolution efforts increases the likelihood of violence...
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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: oDRPraying to PutinA recent lecture in Moscow asked, ‘Will Putin become God through grace?'
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Published in: oDRFeeding democracy in SlovyanskLife in Slovyansk is no picnic. Now election candidates think votes can be bought with food parcels. На русском языке
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Published in: oDRThe ecology of sanctionsSanctions against Russian natural resources tycoons will be good for the environment. на русском языке.
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Published in: oDRPacifism and patriotism in RussiaPacifism is incompatible with patriotism in today’s Russia. на русском языке
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Published in: oDR‘Caviar diplomacy’ hides human rights abuses in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, prominent human rights defenders are being arrested; and NGOs raided. ‘Caviar diplomacy’ covers it all up.
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Published in: oDRHow Russia is coping with its Ukrainian refugeesRussia has almost the same number of Ukrainian refugees, as Ukraine has internally displaced persons. But what are...
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Published in: oDRPunitive psychiatry in SamaraPunitive psychiatry is being revived in the Samara region. Doctors are hospitalising healthy people in psychiatric...
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Published in: oDRArresting numbersHuman rights defenders in Russia have released data on the numbers of Russians arrested at protests; and what they...
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Published in: oDRThe parallel realities of President Ilham Aliyev
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan recently addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and...
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Published in: oDRThe (Russian) meat of the matterThe Russian-led Customs Union has introduced new rules on slaughtering livestock. A massive rise in meat prices is...
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Published in: oDRPutin versus the NGOsThe Kremlin is busy dismantling the institutions of civil society. How can NGOs develop, now that the rules have...
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Published in: oDRCold turkey in RussiaIn Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman’s City Without Drugs Foundation has been engaged in some very questionable...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s gamekeeper has turned poacherRussia has a vast number of nature reserves and national parks. But the government body supposed to be protecting...
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Published in: oDRNagorno-Karabakh: Crimea’s doppelgangerCrimea and Nagorno-Karabakh, two regions with similar histories, took very different paths after the Soviet Union...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s invisible youthA new documentary from Russia will have its UK premiere at the closing gala of Open City Docs in London (17-22 June 2014).
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Published in: oDRLGBT in Samara – pederasts and paedophilesIn Samara, LGBT people are seen as paedophiles. They face aggressive homophobia, harassment, and public incomprehension.
