Russian anarchist writer Pyotr Ryabov was recently imprisoned and deported from Belarus. I asked him about freedom of assembly, the power of the hunger strike and why history lectures are a threat to authoritarian rule. RU
Russia’s digital security doctrine is isolationist and authoritarian. It not only trumps the development of the country, but blocks it. RU
This week has seen members of a Russian radical nationalist movement searched, detained and charged with various offences, including terrorism.
Transparency International-Russia’s recent report on the financial operations of Russia’s state theatres is yet more evidence that the anti-corruption agenda is squeezing out concerns for human rights. RU
Syrian citizens are fleeing from their war-torn homeland, and some of them have chosen Russia as their country of asylum. But life for them here is also a struggle. RU
As the opposition splinters, the line between protest and destabilisation grows thinner in Ukrainian minds.
Russia’s westernmost district is dying out — and with it, hopes for the country’s rebirth. RU
Совместно с социологом Сергеем Дамбергом oDR начинает цикл колонок под общим названием "Социология родины". Первая тема этого цикла – социальная атрофия. Неприятная тема – но мы гарантируем хэппи-энд. English
Why being a woman is not enough.
oDR поговорил с Петром Рябовым — российским историком античности, проведшим неделю в белорусской тюрьме. Петр рассказал нам о работе в заключении, o голодовке и о том, почему исторические лекции — это угроза авторитаризму. English
In late September Azerbaijan’s police rounded up and detained dozens of LGBT people. What explains this sudden crackdown?
Andrei Sabinin, a veteran human rights lawyer, explains how the Russian state reacts to civic activism — and why defending human rights is impossible without publicity. RU
