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Published in: oDRThe real ‘Leviathan’In the town where the Oscar-nominated Leviathan was shot, locals are ambivalent about the film that purports to...
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Published in: oDRRe-drawing the map of migration patternsThe Ukrainian crisis has triggered a redirection of migration patterns in the post-Soviet space, affecting both host...
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Published in: oDRRussian woman accused of treason for phoning Ukrainian embassyA mother of seven is facing charges of treason in the Russian town of Vyazma. Her alleged crime? Phoning the...
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Published in: oDRMy vast Siberian motherland is dying
Southern Siberia is dying: farms are failing, the forests have been felled, and the people are leaving – a vast area...
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Published in: oDRTV-2 goes off airThe closure of Tomsk’s TV-2 is a reminder of what has happened to regional media in Russia.
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Published in: oDRJournalism has become a form of ‘prostitution’ in Russia
The Samara region has one of the highest numbers of media outlets in Russia, but local journalists find it hard to...
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Published in: oDRThe rouble crisis in SiberiaAs the rouble collapses, residents of Tomsk have long memories — from Black Tuesday 1994 to Black Tuesday 2014.
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Published in: oDRStepford Wives in ChechnyaChechen women have to be very careful about what they wear because of Ramzan Kadyrov’s ‘virtue campaign.’
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Published in: oDRJehovah's Witnesses go underground in Samara
The branding of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara as an extremist organisation has turned them into religious...
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Published in: oDRThe battle for the Siberian harvestPresident Putin’s special envoy to the Urals, recently praised the region’s farmers for their heroic efforts to save...
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Published in: oDRThe Spice of life – and deathThe drug of choice for young people in Russia has the innocent name ‘Spice,’ but its effects can be fatal.
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Published in: oDRAsher Krichevsky – exemplary Rabbi or an Israeli spy?Could it really be that Chief Rabbi of the Omsk Region, Israeli-born Asher Krichevsky, is an Israeli spy? На русском языке
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Published in: oDRPunitive psychiatry in SamaraPunitive psychiatry is being revived in the Samara region. Doctors are hospitalising healthy people in psychiatric...
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Published in: oDRThe (Russian) meat of the matterThe Russian-led Customs Union has introduced new rules on slaughtering livestock. A massive rise in meat prices is...
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Published in: oDRLGBT in Samara – pederasts and paedophilesIn Samara, LGBT people are seen as paedophiles. They face aggressive homophobia, harassment, and public incomprehension.
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Published in: oDRA burning issue in SiberiaFarm workers in the Omsk region, cheated out of their land by big business, have taken their cases to the courts;...
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Published in: oDRAfter the floodIn Russian, Krymsk and Krym (Crimea) sound quite similar. They also share double standards – as some residents of...
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Published in: oDRRough justice in ChechnyaThree recent court cases in Chechnya suggest that torture is routinely used to persuade people to confess to trumped...
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Published in: oDRThe rehousing scam in OmskSix years ago the Omsk regional authorities embarked on a programme aimed at rehousing people living in unsafe and...
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Published in: oDRSorting out the opposition in SamaraPeople protesting against the Russian annexation of Crimea in the Russian city of Samara have been subjected to...
