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Published in: Can Europe Make It?An autonomous Europe for a cooperative worldOnly as second best will the EU opt to act alone. By becoming better able to act, Europeans will, by definition, be...
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Published in: HomeWhy is Turkey torn between the United States and Russia?In the last five years, the majority of Turkish society has embraced anti-western discourses probably at the deepest...
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Published in: oDRHow relatives of Moscow’s deputy mayor earned billions on city contracts, amassing a fortune in real estateLast week, Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was arrested on fabricated drugs charges. In solidarity, we...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan and the USAThe war in Afghanistan has been continuing every day for almost forty years. What could bring it to an end?
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Published in: oDR"We will grind you into dust": Russian activist Dmitry Pchelintsev on how he was tortured by the security servicesAs a high-profile investigation into alleged terrorism by Russian anarchists goes to trial, we publish an account of...
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Published in: oDRThe unbearable silence of Chechnya’s lesbiansIn the past two years, this North Caucasus republic has been rocked by anti-LGBT purges, torture and murder....
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Published in: oDRA war of worlds in EkaterinburgIn this city, a scandalous confrontation between the authorities and local citizens over a new Orthodox church is...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#metoo in the East? Women's rights in south-Eastern and Eastern EuropeJust over a month ago on April 10, Marija Lukić, pioneer of the #metoo movement in Serbia, went on her second trial...
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Published in: oDRFor men living in Russia’s North Caucasus, life is far from easyWe speak to sociologist Irina Kosterina, who recently studied men’s lives in four North Caucasus republics.
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Published in: oDRIn Russia, calling yourself Circassian is always politicalScattered across the world, Circassians are increasingly active online. Now in Russia, activists are putting forward...
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Published in: oDROn Russia's border, impunity drives further violenceTwo new reports about human right violations in Russian-occupied regions of Georgia underline that the EU needs to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEven if confronting Putin comes at a price, we should be prepared to pay itPussy Riot, the famous Russian feminist punk band, gave a concert at CIVICUS’ ICSW annual conference in Belgrade...
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Published in: oDRSilence in the courtroom: how one of Chechnya’s last human rights defenders was convicted on drug chargesAfter a year in pre-trial detention, Oyub Titiyev becomes the latest civil society activist to be convicted on what...
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Published in: oDRWhat’s behind anti-migrant feeling in Russia’s arctic republic of Yakutia?In Yakutia, crime and nationality intertwine in the latest wave of anti-migrant feeling in Russia.
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Published in: oDR“My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaignMass arrests of Crimean Tatar activists on terrorism charges once again testify to the “special rules” that are...
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Published in: oDR"No serious evidence" in high-profile terrorism case against Russian anti-fascistsIn Russia, 11 anti-fascists and anarchists are facing terrorism charges - and the case is about to go to trial....
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Published in: oDR“Everyone’s involved and everyone stays silent”: Igor Kochetkov on Chechnya, LGBT activism and neotraditionalismThis year, brutal repressions against LGBT people continued in Chechnya. Here, the director of the Russian LGBT...
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Published in: oDRFractured friendships: Soviet-Afghan War veterans make their way through instability and conflictThirty years on from the end of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, war veterans are having to deal with...
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Published in: oDRHow ordinary Crimeans helped Russia annex their homeFive years on, the role of local people in Russia’s annexation of Crimea has been underestimated. Yet their help was...
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Published in: oDR"Always depoliticise!" How public politics became a headache for Russia’s ruling eliteThe fundamental ideology of the Putin regime may be depoliticisation, but protests and petitions are leading to...
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