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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDistancing to protect: the US role in preserving the Syrian regimeHow the US prevented the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria by dissociating itself from it.
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Published in: 50.50The American dark money behind Europe’s far rightFrom Britain to Hungary to Italy, the far right is on the rise. openDemocracy investigations over the past year have...
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Published in: oDRThe republic of broken promises: how Ingushetia’s trust was won - and then lostAfter over ten years in the job, the head of Ingushetia Yunus-bek Evkurov has resigned - and people are over-the-moon.
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Published in: oDRWhat is the Council of Europe for?This week, the Council of Europe restored Russia's voting rights - and in doing so, has taken another step closer to...
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Published in: oDRArrests, lies and borders: what’s happening with land disputes in Russia’s North CaucasusThe border dispute between Ingushetia and Chechnya has led to an outburst of civic activism in the North Caucasus -...
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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...
