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Published in: TransformationWhen is civil society a force for social transformation?There are more civil society organizations in the world today than at any other time in history, so why isn't their...
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Published in: oDRRuNet: the ‘Shit List’In ten years, the number of active Russian internet users has leapt from 3% to 48% of the population, and counting....
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Published in: oDRThe Kremlin’s marriage of convenience with the European far rightPutin’s strong-arm tactics in Eastern Ukraine and ‘moral, family-based’ policies have won him ardent support from...
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Published in: oDRRussian civil society and the lawRussia’s foreign agents law caused a great deal of controversy when it was introduced late last year. But the woes...
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Published in: oDRBuilding bridges in Russian civil societyDirect aid givers, civic activists, and political activists spend as much time arguing amongst themselves as they do...
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Published in: oDRRussian civil society is a 25-year-old work in progressA summary of the results of the recent Salzburg Global Seminar ‘Russian Civil Society Symposium: Building Bridges to...
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Published in: oDRTrusting in Russian civil society‘We are from the same sector; we want the same things!’ was the result of one discussion at the Salzburg Global...
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Published in: oDRWhen charity should begin at homeCivil society development in Russia has been hampered by restrictive laws and apathy or suspicion on the part of the...
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Published in: oDRIs Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law illegal?On 6 March the Russian Federation’s Constitutional Court began hearings on whether a law affecting thousands of NGOs...
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Published in: oDRCivil war, secession and the body politicWorking with young people is important in any society. The recent story of an unusual Chechen initiative...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Do as I say, not as I do!’: Why radicalism requires self-awarenessOrganisations which claim to challenge or seek to change the power structures of society too often mimic those power...
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Published in: TransformationSuffering happens, but Pakistan's Afghan refugees are more than just victimsThe word 'refugee' conjures up images of rows of tents, barefoot children and saddened faces. The reality is more...
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Published in: oDRThe face of a tyrantOn 16 January the Ukrainian parliament passed emergency amendments to a series of laws on the judiciary and the...
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Published in: oDRThe Siberian archipelagoThere’s a popular misconception about Russian politics that ‘everything happens in Moscow.’ But sometimes it’s the...
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Published in: oDRNow I'm a union manIn both Soviet and more recent times, Russia’s trade unions have tended to be an arm of the regime, but Grigory...
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Published in: oDRImmigrant hunters, paedophile safaris and drug addict cowboysLate Putinism – immigrant hunters, paedophile safaris and drug addict cowboys; in 2013, Russia has had no shortage...
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Published in: oDRRussia's 2013: the year in human rightsThe amnesty, presidential pardon and resulting ‘celebrity releases’ might understandably overshadow the rest of...
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Published in: oDRIKEA and LGBT – falling between the flatpacks?What does a multinational company do when a country where it operates has laws that run counter to international...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia through a glass, darklySince the break-up of the USSR, the South Caucasus has trodden a chequered path, both political and economic. Is...
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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...
