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Published in: oDRThe writing on the wall?On Friday, a Russian news agency had its publishing licence revoked, supposedly for publishing two ‘profane’ Youtube...
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Published in: oDR'Hands off our Russian Arctic!'Russia’s seizure in international waters of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, the arrests, refusal of bail and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOn posh white blokes in NGOsThe world of development NGOs is full of white men from well off backgrounds. One of them wrote about how this is a...
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Published in: oDRSold down the riverThe Angara, the only river draining Lake Baikal, might disappear by 2020, as it is progressively dammed for massive...
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Published in: oDRRussia needs its own Stonewall, not Western sanctionsAs Western sympathizers call for a boycott on the Sochi Olympics, Igor Yasin wonders if this is quite the best way...
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Published in: oDR‘Delai Sam’ - Russian community DIY‘Delai Sam’ is Russian for ‘Do it yourself,’ a concept supposedly alien to the average Russian, who is used to...
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Published in: oDRKeeping calm and carrying onSt Petersburg's Regional Press Institute has defended Russian media rights for the last two decades. Like other...
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Published in: oDRDo Russians give a damn about homosexuality?Popular support is usually one of the reasons offered in support of Russia’s new anti-gay laws. To what extent does...
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Published in: oDRRainbow RussiaWhat is life like for gay men and women in Russia? Sergey Khazov looks at the country's gay infrastructure, and...
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Published in: oDRSticks and stonesInternational public opinion once concerned Russian and Soviet leaders, but not any longer. Pussy Riot, the Navalny...
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Published in: oDRNickel and dimesThe fertile territories around Voronezh have long been referred to as Russia’s ‘breadbasket’. They also hold the...
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Published in: oDRDown, boy!Broadcaster Vladimir Posner’s ‘slip of the tongue’, calling Russia’s parliament the Dura (fool) instead of the Duma,...
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Published in: oDRAll dissidents now: Russia's protests and the mirror of historyTHE CEELBAS DEBATE // How far does the current clash between the opposition and authorities reflect Russia's history...
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Published in: oDRArrest and custody, Russian-stylePolice custody, violence, trials and imprisonment have been all to common features on the Russian protest landscape...
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Published in: oDRRussian NGOs: the funding realitiesContinuing oDRussia's debate on the future for Russian NGO funding, now a view from the coal face. Pavel Chikov is...
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Published in: oDRWhy domestic philanthropy isn’t enough for Russian NGOs
Writing on oDRussia yesterday, Almut Rochowanski argued that Kremlin’s repression of NGOs could work in their favour...
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Published in: oDRFunding Russian NGOs: opportunity in a crisis?
Russian NGOs have traditionally looked abroad for their funding, and are dismayed at recent legislation setting up...
