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Published in: Home: OpinionWhere ‘levelling up’ funds go doesn’t matter. They aren’t supposed to workOPINION: Meaningful change on inequality would require real powers for local authorities. Anything else is just noise
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Published in: oDRRussia’s elections that weren’tGubernatorial elections in several Russian regions could have been quite competitive. But with a presidential...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s eco-activists: not out of the woods yetIt’s Russia’s Year of Ecology. But as these activists tell us, campaigning on environmental and urban issues is far...
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Published in: oDRFighting back, in the back of beyondAcross Russia, active citizens are fighting for their neighbourhoods, livelihoods and against systemic corruption....
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Published in: oDRThe decorative deputies of the North CaucasusAs a recent scandal in the North Caucasus shows, there are jobs for the boys at all levels of Russia’s power...
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Published in: oDRThe new casualties of Russia’s war on terrorThe death of a man imprisoned for allegedly encouraging others to fight for Islamic State has cast light on murky...
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Published in: oDRPutin CountryAs authoritarian control and renewed superpower tension dominate headlines, telling stories of Russia’s everyday...
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Published in: oDRKalmykia’s long goodbyeSeventy years after their horrific mass deportation by Stalin, the Kalmyk people still live with its traumas. RU
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Published in: oDRWe’ll be living with this for a long timeIn Ekaterinburg, one person in every 50 is HIV positive. A report from the frontline of what some people are calling...
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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: oDRWho owns women’s bodies in Dagestan?A recent scandal over female genital mutilation reveals how, for Russia’s Muslims, “universal values” are just...
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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: oDRHappy 25th birthday, TV-2, or the rise and fall of independent Russian TVThis month TV-2, an independent TV channel in the Siberian city of Tomsk, turns 25 years old. It hasn’t been on the...
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Published in: oDROutrage and outsourcing in Russian healthcareThe doctor is out. Hunger strikes, mistreatment of patients and general desperation are beginning to seem like a...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s regions: federalism and its discontentsCreating the appearance of stability is the Russian political elite’s primary goal. Yet colonial-like rule over the...
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Published in: oDRThe pitchforks are comingFarm workers in the depths of southern Russia are hardly a protest constituency, but corruption and corporate raids...
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Published in: oDRThe Mordovian candidateAs the economic crisis hits Russia’s regions, Samara’s governor is trying to hold on to the kingdom he’s built for himself.
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Published in: oDRTerrorism and Russia’s power verticalRussia has been conducting a war on terror for 15 years. No wonder counter-terror is a part of the country’s system...
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Published in: oDRFour Russias: the new political realityUneven modernisation has left its mark on Russia, and the authorities are only too happy to exploit it. What does...
