In hardship, people turn to religion for help. Ukraine today is no exception. But is it the answer to the country’s problems?
Security think-tanks and expert communities in the Western world are perpetuating the dangerous myth that Muslim radicalisation is rife in Central Asia.
Central Asian security services have been abducting their countries’ citizens from Russia to stand trial on trumped-up charges. And the Russian police have been helping them.
The latest crackdown on journalists in Turkey is another twist in the spiral into authoritarianism of a state bereft of an effective political opposition—with 'Putinisation' an increasingly realistic description.
Orthodox ideology is being rushed into the Russian school curriculum – in the interests of nationalism.
The branding of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara as an extremist organisation has turned them into religious dissidents. на русском языке
Russell Brand has a deft ability to weave his spiritual convictions into a case for wholesale political and economic transformation.
In Novosibirsk ‘Orthodox activists’ have declared open war not only on rock fans but on the mayor and governor as well. на русском языке
The self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ has been seizing more and more territory in the Middle East, and now has its eyes on Central Asia.
A recent clash with the police is a sign of the alienation felt by some young men from Moscow’s Muslim community. на русском языке
