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Published in: oDRLife under the Soviets and after: a photographer’s storyLondon’s Pushkin House has been showing an exhibition of work by the renowned Lithuanian photographer Antanas...
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Published in: oDRMedia freedom in the Russian regions? You must be joking…As the Kremlin tightens its grip even further on the Russian media, lawyer and legal rights activist Galina Arapova...
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Published in: oDRThe Nationalists and the Protest Movement
The Russian opposition movement is of necessity a broad coalition, with little to hold it together but a common...
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Published in: oDRCustoms and revenue on the Russia-Ukraine border
The break-up of the Soviet Union made foreign travel for Russians much easier, except, paradoxically, over the...
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Published in: oDRSee it like Putin
Russia’s attitude to events in Syria and her stated determination to respect the viewpoints of both sides in that...
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Published in: oDRTatarstan: the restoration of history, religion and national feelingThe Republic of Tatarstan is spending some of its not inconsiderable oil and gas revenues on restoring the ruined...
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Published in: oDRBig Brother, little drones – protestors bewareRussia’s police are starting to use unmanned drones much more often for monitoring street protest rallies, Irina...
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Published in: oDRNatalya Estemirova – murdered, not forgottenThree years ago the indomitable Natalya Estemirova was murdered in Chechnya. Her killers remain at large, and...
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Published in: oDRSex and Lies in Kabardino-BalkariaYoung women in Kabardino-Balkaria must resort to lies and stratagems to navigate a society governed by man-made...
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Published in: HomeAbkhazia, from conflict to statehood
A bitter post-Soviet war in 1992-93 saw the Black Sea territory of Abkhazia resist invasion from Georgia and...
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Published in: oDRRussian journalists: poor, venal… but (usually) honestJournalism in Russia has never been easy, but today the complications are many. If you write to order, you may be...
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Published in: oDRTbilisi – where ‘restoration’ means redevelopmentGeorgia’s capital is undergoing a massive rebuilding programme, with shabby historical buildings being replaced with...
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Published in: oDRThe end of the line for the Aurora?One of the iconic sights of Leningrad, and now St Petersburg, has been the cruiser Aurora, permanently moored in the...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan's Democracy Gap
Over its two decades of independence Kazakhstan has made enormous progress. Economic reforms, energy exploitation...
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Published in: oDRThe Kremlin’s Revolutionaries
Revolution may be a dirty word in Russia, but journalist Maхim Trudolyubov argues that conditions for revolution are...
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Published in: oDRPutin’s draconian new laws – a sign of his limited options?
After previous repressive measures by the Kremlin, the ‘March of Millions’ in Moscow on 12th June was expected to...
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Published in: oDRVoices from Abkhazia: Helmut’s StoryBorn in Germany during the war, Helmut ended up in a Soviet internment camp. Later he moved to the region of...
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Published in: oDRWar minus the shooting: Russia vs Poland at Euro 2012‘War minus the shooting’ was George Orwell’s definition of sport, unpleasantly brought once more to mind during the...
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Published in: oDRAzerbaijan: the geopolitical conundrumThe recent Eurovision song contest catapulted Azerbaijan into world news and focused attention on its internal...
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Published in: HomeArmenia's election: dark deeds, slim hopes
The Armenian authorities' capacity to secure the right result in the country's parliamentary election is matched by...
