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Published in: oDRSummer is cancelled for Russia’s bureaucrats – but will they play ball?October is Russia’s local election month, and some regions have just elected governors for the first time in seven...
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Published in: oDRVladimir Putin’s ever-decreasing circle of friendsPresident Putin’s popularity has been dented by the open opposition of two celebrities, hitherto ardent supporters:...
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Published in: oDRUS elections: hopes and expectations from a ‘post-rosy’ Georgia
The recent parliamentary election in Georgia brought defeat to the party of President Saakashvili, though he himself...
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Published in: oDRCan Ukraine find a way out of its political stalemate?
Neither democracy nor authoritarianism has completely succeeded in Ukraine, though Yanukovych has moved towards...
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Published in: oDRObama or Romney? The Russian view
Russia may not figure much in American elections, but President Putin finds Mitt Romney’s description of that...
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Published in: oDRUkraine and Belarus: the dawn of change?
Rigged elections and corruption in post-Soviet states such as Belarus and Ukraine are hardly news. Ukraine’s shift...
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Published in: HomeGeorgia's election: lesson and prospect
The first constitutional transfer of power in Tbilisi has implications for an assessment of the immediate past as...
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Published in: oDRPrisoner of Bolotnaya squareThe ‘March of Millions’ opposition protests in Moscow on May 6 turned into a bloody standoff between demonstrators...
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Published in: HomeTowards a greater Putistan?
Russia's comeback president is intent on consolidating his power both at home and abroad. But against the odds,...
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Published in: HomeRussia-Pakistan relations: beyond Putin’s cancelled trip to Islamabad
Vladimir Putin was due to visit Pakistan this week, but has postponed his trip indefinitely and given no reason for...
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Published in: oDRCan rancour in the south Caucasus go beyond tit for tat?
For close on a millennium Azeris and Armenians co-existed reasonably peaceably. At the end of the Soviet period...
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Published in: oDRGeorgian divisions: a dangerous poison?
Georgia goes to the polls today for tightly contested parliamentary elections. Despite an horrific prison abuse...
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Published in: oDRThe end of ‘Liberty’
In Soviet days foreign radio stations were a lifeline for people seeking another point of view. They continued...
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Published in: oDRRussia, EU and ECU: co-existence or rivalry?
The creation of the Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) could well enhance Russia’s position in the post-Soviet space at...
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Published in: oDRGetting by as a gastarbeiter in KazakhstanThe stream of migrants from Central Asia seeking work in Russia is considerable, but racism and the migration laws...
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Published in: oDRWork permits: creating a documented self in RussiaThe life of a migrant worker is never easy. The upheavals of the past 20 years in the former USSR have resulted in...
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Published in: oDRThe quest for homeInter-communal conflict in Kyrgyzstan flared up in 2010. Since then ethnic Uzbeks, the largest racial minority, have...
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Published in: oDRBeyond the gastarbeiter: the other side of post-Soviet migration
The collapse of the Soviet Union left desperate human situations in its wake: prices shot up, wages weren’t paid and...
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Published in: oDRPutin Redux: Continuity and changeIs Putinism a static system, or is it in need of renewal after the events of the past year? Richard Sakwa discusses...
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Published in: oDRThe shepherds of SevukhThe Avars are an ancient people living in the mountains of Dagestan (North Caucasus). Many of them are shepherds....
