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Published in: oDR: InterviewWhat do persecuted Russian Muslim converts tell us about Putin’s Russia?
Interview: Olga Kravets discusses her book on Russian converts to Islam, and how their repression bodes ill for...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThere’s still hope for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war
While there remains a danger that Russia will yet escalate the conflict, perhaps with nuclear weapons, this can...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisWill Putin use 9 May to escalate the Ukraine war or signal its end?
The president is likely to make an announcement on Russia's annual Victory Day. What he says will offer insight into...
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Published in: Home: Feature‘Forget about Elon Musk’: How to save the world from Big Tech
In an openDemocracy live discussion, Shoshana Zuboff and Susie Alegre warned that, left unchecked, Big Tech can...
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Published in: 50.50: Video‘War gave us the final push’: Why one gay couple fled Russia for Turkey
Turkey’s record on LGBTQI rights is little better than Russia’s. All the same, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was the...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureZelenskyi’s spokesperson: soldier, actor, psychologist, propagandist
Oleksiy Arestovych, presidential adviser and key spokesperson for Ukraine at war, has a strange past
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Ukraine war is at a dangerous stalemate. What’s next?
Vladimir Putin is now fighting a proxy war against NATO. Losing would be a disaster for either side
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisWhat Russia-Ukraine war means for disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory
Thousands of Russians have fled to the Armenian capital of Yerevan. But the war has far bigger implications for the...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureRussia and China are moving closer together. Is this a new world order?
Now that Putin and his generals have threatened Russia’s economic power by invading Ukraine, they have one place...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCan Russia be brought to justice for war crimes in Ukraine?
As more Russian troops withdraw, many more instances of appalling conduct – including torturing and killing...
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Published in: ourEconomy: NewsArms firms spent €6m lobbying Germany ahead of defence budget hike
The news raises questions over industry’s access to power, with influential politicians known to work with...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWe know Russia funds Europe’s far Right. But what does it get in return?
Many influential European ultra-conservatives share an ideological alignment with Moscow – particularly on the...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionEuropean trade unions could send convoys to help Ukraine. Here’s how
International trade union convoys to Bosnia were a vital reminder that the world cared about the people there and...
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Published in: Home: NewsUK anti-corruption laws aid kleptocrat regimes like Putin’s, report says
Government-funded experts claim legislation to seize UK property bought with dirty money may do more harm than good
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWestern hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about Russia
Those in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator
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Published in: Home: FeatureNigerian students on facing racism as they fled the Ukraine war
Trying to escape Russia’s invasion was ‘dehumanising’, say Nigerians who were stopped by border guards prioritising...
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Published in: Technology and Democracy: OpinionDoes facial recognition tech in Ukraine’s war bring killer robots nearer?
Clearview AI is offering its controversial tech to Ukraine for identifying enemy soldiers – while autonomous killing...
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Published in: oDR: Feature‘I was forcibly evacuated from Mariupol to Russia’
A Ukrainian writer was forcibly evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol into Russia. This is her account of...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisUK law is masking corruption. Why is the government delaying its reform?
Law professor Elspeth Berry explains the loopholes that have let faceless ‘partnership’ firms get away with fraud for years
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Ukraine war will hurt people worldwide – no matter who wins
As the war crawls towards stalemate, the world’s poorest will suffer most from shortages of food and fuel, rising...