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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...
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Published in: oDRPutin’s International Brigades
The Donbas separatists have been fighting the Ukrainian army with the help of volunteers from all over the world –...
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Published in: oDRLicence to kill on Lake Baikal
The unique Baikal seal has a beautiful coat, which is its undoing. Poachers make good money by killing the babies...
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Published in: HomePussy Riot: Russia’s unwitting gift to the women of the Arab Spring
What if a feminist post-punk collective's action in Moscow could influence the cause of women everywhere, starting...
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Published in: HomeCrime without punishment: Russian policy in Chechnya
In Chechnya there is no crime committed by a member of the Russian armed forces against a Chechen national which...
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Published in: HomeChechnya and Iraq: imperial echoes, militant warnings
Despite all the differences between the two wars, and the countries prosecuting them, the parallels provide a tool...