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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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Published in: oDRLeft behind? Russian life in ChechnyaAfter years of violence, displacement and an authoritarian peace, what is life like for ethnic Russians in the most...
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Published in: oDRGrain truck drivers in south Russia wage war on corruptionA strike by Russian grain hauliers, demanding higher pay and an end to corruption, has gripped the south of the country. RU
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Published in: oDRChechnya LGBT crisis 2.0: what questions we need to be askingNew reports of mass arrests, torture and murder of LGBT people in Chechnya remind us that accountability is...
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Published in: oDRDid the FSB use a neo-Nazi agent provocateur in their case against Russian anti-fascists?After the first defendant in a high-profile terrorism investigation is sentenced, new evidence emerges that security...
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Published in: oDRStanislav Markelov: Russia’s Trade Union Movement, 1990s-2000sTen years ago this month, Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered. Here, we publish an extended...
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Published in: oDRStanislav Markelov: F*** anarchy, there’s no future anywayTen years ago this month, activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered in Moscow. We publish his reflections on...
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Published in: oDRThe Living Front of Stanislav MarkelovTen years ago, activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered in Moscow. His legacy tells us why anti-fascism...
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Published in: oDRStanislav Markelov: Times change but the stagnation remainsTen years ago this month, activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered in Moscow. We publish his reflections on...
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Published in: oDRHow Russia’s security services try to recruit opposition activistsFor Russian law enforcement, informal connections with the opposition can be anything from genuine...
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