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Published in: oDRDark blue thread: resisting a sewn-up electionAs Putin once more readies himself for the presidency, Elena Godlevskaya surveys the level of opposition in Oryol...
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Published in: oDRRussian regional elections: Oryol's two-horse raceIn Western Russia's Red Belt effectively only the Communist Party and 'United Russia' are fielding candidates, often...
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Published in: oDROryol: when the ‘new nobility’ turned terroristThe sleepy city of Oryol has erupted in terrorism. Investigations revealed how frustration at the state of Russia...
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Published in: oDRLife and death of an independent newspaper in OryolIn 2004, some local journalists in Oryol founded an independent newspaper ‘for those who want the truth’. Although...
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Published in: oDRFleeced. A letter from the Russian provincesCorruption has always been part of Russian life, and the Oryol region today just offers a rather extreme example,...
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Published in: oDRLife with a Heart ComplaintLife in Oryol has changed little since Ivan Turgenev wrote about it 160 years ago, though the villages he described...
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