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Published in: oDR: OpinionPutin’s attack on Ukraine isn’t going as planned. What will happen next?
With an unexpectedly strong Ukrainian resistance, harsh global sanctions and low morale among Russian troops, we...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe Western Left doesn’t understand Putin – or the world outside the US
After Russia’s shelling of Kharkiv, the post-Soviet Left sees all too clearly what has been lacking from the West’s analysis
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Published in: oDR: Feature‘Nothing can break these people’: Social media dispatches from Ukrainians
On Facebook and in group chats, people share what is happening to them in real time
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAn African view of what’s happening in Europe
Africans support the Ukrainian people, but centuries of experience also make us wary of ‘solutions’ by our former colonisers
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe EU is wrong to arm Ukraine. Here’s why
Weapons won’t bring stability – they will fuel further destruction and death. The EU must back diplomacy,...
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Published in: oDR: NewsStranded Indian students ‘watched as Ukrainian pets crossed border to safety’
African, Asian and Caribbean people said they had seen refugees being assaulted and others left needing emergency...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow Ukraine’s LGBTIQ community is rallying to resist Russian invasion
The crisis threatens to derail years of progress for marginalised groups, but activists are determined to stand...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhat is Belarus’s role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
To the West, Lukashenka hopes to appear impartial; to Putin, he hopes to appear a loyal ally. Juggling both is backfiring
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: Russian army’s football club channelling cash through London
Sanctioned CSKA Moscow is chaired by Putin’s personal adviser, but a significant stake in the club is still owned by...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRacist war reporting undermines trust in media
Racist language in the coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have viewers switching off, writes veteran...
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Published in: oDR: ExplainerWhere to donate to support Ukrainian civilians in and outside Ukraine
As Ukrainian civilians flee or endure escalating Russian attacks, openDemocracy has collected a list of...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhy Ukraine needs foreign debt cancellation now
As the country fights a bloody war with Russia, international financial institutions must show solidarity by wiping...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionPutin is the product of a corrupt economic system that we must now reform
Market fundamentalism encourages violence as well as theft. This war should mark a turning point for the world
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Published in: oDR: FeatureThis is what it's like inside Russia's anti-war movement
The suppression last year of Navalny’s activist network destroyed the opposition’s main organising tool. But...
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Published in: oDR: NewsUkraine’s human rights and civil society leaders appeal to world for urgent help
‘We need support and we need it now’ is the plea from Ukrainian organisations, which have issued six immediate...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionPutin was shaped by US greed. His defeat must lead to global change
When the Russian president is finally defeated in Ukraine, the West must avoid past mistakes to ensure peace
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionRussia and the US have more in common than you might think
My experience of living and teaching in Moscow, and studying Russian history, reveals how many imperialist,...
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Published in: Live discussionsWhat can the West do to help Ukraine?
openDemocracy has been reporting from the grassroots in Russia and Ukraine for years. Our expert panel explain what...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureFleeing Kyiv: How we escaped the Ukrainian capital as war broke out
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced five friends and their young families to leave their homes for the second time...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisAs Russia invades Ukraine, the EU must seek to protect the Western Balkans
The region remains vulnerable to contagion from the crises in eastern Europe, and unattended problems will fester...