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Published in: oDRTbilisi’s Panorama project is urban boosterism at its worstA massive new construction project overlooking Georgia’s capital reveals the true extent of an oligarch’s grip on...
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Published in: oDRThe fate of Georgian dreamsAmid widespread apathy and corruption, Georgia’s democracy faces all too familiar obstacles.
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Published in: oDRSergey Kirienko, from nuclear to political powerAfter ten years as head of Rosatom, Sergey Kirienko is now deputy head of Russia’s Presidential Administration. What...
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Published in: oDRMaking do with the crewIn the aftermath of parliamentary elections, can Georgia build a more stable political culture?
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Published in: oDROur man in MoldovaIn courting the country’s most loathed oligarch, the EU and US will only lose the sympathy of ordinary Moldovans.
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Published in: oDRBig trouble in little GeorgiaFor years, Georgia’s politics has been organised around the “search for a saviour”. But now this search has quietly...
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Published in: oDROn 25 years of postmodernity in the South CaucasusA quarter century since the collapse of Soviet rule in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, where is the region now and...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia’s politics of pietyGeorgia’s church is independent of the state. How long before the state can free itself from the church?
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Published in: oDRRelease Ilgar MammadovAs Azerbaijan votes on constitutional amendments today, let’s not forget the country’s political prisoners.
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Published in: oDRRussia’s security services are trying to reform their way out of the shadowsSweeping reforms to Russia’s power ministries show that the FSB has the country’s security monopoly in its sights.
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Published in: oDRRussia’s reluctant electionsThe results may be predictable, but Russia’s parliamentary elections hint at the next stage of regime mobilisation.
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Published in: TransformationHow democracy vouchers could combat big money in politicsAcross the USA, voters are pushing for public-matching systems to replace the influence of wealthy bankrollers in elections.
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Published in: oDRGoodbye, Bastrykin?Moscow has a new motto: work a little harder, steal a little less. A big name may have just fallen foul of it.
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Published in: oDRWhy Russia needs the Levada CenterIndependent sociological research in Russia is under serious threat. The country’s leading non-governmental polling...
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Published in: oDRA stalemate in BelarusTwo new opposition candidates prepare to take their seats after rigged parliamentary elections in Belarus. As ever,...
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Published in: oDRKremlinology: an interventionProtests and strikes across Russia show that the country’s “silent majority” is becoming louder. But are pundits...
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Published in: oDRThe green shoots of Russian grassroots activism (part 2)Our story on Russia’s grassroots activism continues. From Moscow’s parks to federal highways, ordinary citizens...
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Published in: oDRThe green shoots of Russian grassroots activismWhat do two Moscow parks and a truck drivers’ trade union have in common? They have been the focus of protests that...
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Published in: oDRGoodbye KarimovWe don't know whether Uzbekistan's leader is alive or dead. But the system he created will live on.
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Published in: oDRWho do I call if I want to speak to "pro-Russian forces" in Georgia?In Georgia, whether you're in opposition or in power, you can always call your opponent an agent of the Kremlin.
