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Published in: oDR“He’s not our tsar”: Navalny supporters prepare for new protest on 5 May
While a Russian state agency attempts to close down the internet, protests in Armenia are resonating in Moscow
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Published in: oDR“You’re a normal guy, you understand everything”: Russian anti-fascist Viktor Filinkov on prison life under threat of torture
In January 2018, Viktor Filinkov was abducted in St Petersburg. When he resurfaced days later, he had been tortured...
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Published in: oDRHow Ingushetia's independent media and opposition were harassed, exiled and murdered out of existence
Ten years ago, the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia was undergoing a bloody security operation. Today, there’s...
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Published in: oDRAlexey Navalny’s election boycott reveals the symbolic matrix of Russian politics
Boycotting the Russian presidential elections is the logical extension of the opposition politician’s radical street...
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Published in: oDRWhy are some Ukrainian feminists boycotting the International Women’s Day march in Kyiv?
With increased donations and grants to Ukraine from Western countries after Euromaidan, the number of...
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Published in: oDR“The main thing at that moment, in that situation, was to come out alive”
A recent public action in support of tortured anarchists in the city of Chelyabinsk has led to a backlash. Here, two...
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Published in: oDRWhat is Russian influence, anyway?
A new book on Russia’s role in the Balkans demonstrates not just the extent of Moscow’s influence — but also its limits.
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Published in: oDRHow can Russia’s left work with Navalny?
Across Russia, Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption campaign is gaining an audience. Can Russia’s left benefit from the...
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Published in: oDR“Honour killings” in Russia’s North Caucasus
When women in the North Caucasus are murdered by their families for “immoral behaviour”, justice is rarely done.
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Published in: oDRAlexey Navalny and the moral pillars of democracy
Will the restoration of democratic institutions in Russia usher in a liberal paradise? The answer could very well be “no”.
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Published in: oDRDonbas: “We’re used to the shelling”
The situation in Ukraine's Donbas is tense as ever. While politicians play at diplomacy, civilians spend their lives...
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Published in: oDRInside Ingushetia’s anti-extremism centre: torture, extortion, murder
Russia’s anti-extremism centres are notorious for their brutal torture. Here are the stories of its victims in...
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Published in: oDRRussian authorities take aim at supporters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny
Interference with the Russian opposition's nationwide campaign is reaching new heights.
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Published in: oDRDisconnected society: how the war in the Donbas has affected Ukraine
People displaced by the war in eastern Ukraine need a community to represent their interests — any community. Why is...
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Published in: oDRAlexei Navalny's campaign: effective management or grassroots movement?
Russia’s new wave of protest poses a question for those riding it: what kind of movement are they building?
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Published in: oDRWho will make Russia “great again”?
Russia’s legal-rational establishment has yet to emerge. But the rise of Alexei Navalny demonstrates that when it...
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Published in: oDRHow ‘eastern Ukraine’ was lost
Nearly two years after the outbreak of fighting, nearly 9,000 people have died in eastern Ukraine. To understand how...
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Published in: HomeRussia in Syria, and a flawed strategy
Moscow's entry into Syria's war is a challenge to the United States. But it also conjoins the two powers in...
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Published in: oDRThe war in Donetsk - end of a post-Soviet taboo?
The devastation of eastern Ukraine has woken Russians up to the reality of war for the first time since 1945. на...
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Published in: oDRWhen Russia sneezes, Central Asia catches a cold
Russia’s financial crisis has produced a contagious effect in Central Asia, where cheap oil is exacerbating the poor...