Corruption, violence and underdevelopment still plague Russia’s North Caucasus. By empowering women, the Russian authorities could build grounds for a more sustainable peace.
Russian citizens are fed up. Truckers keep on protesting, and allegations of corruption at the highest levels are drawing crowds. Recent demonstrations teach us that protest could be the only right we’ve got left. Русский
News of mass arrests, detentions and murders of LGBT people in Chechnya has spread around the globe. The outrage prompts this Chechen journalist to reflect on his people’s place in the world.
By reinforcing libertarian principles in Georgia’s constitution, the ruling party aims to keep government small — and the space for egalitarian politics even smaller. ქართული
Ukraine’s military conflict and economic crisis are affecting the country’s sex workers. Read how these women’s lives and concerns are changing, in their own words.
Living with HIV in Ukraine is fraught with stigma and discrimination. It’s even harder if you’re a woman.
What should International Women’s Day mean to contemporary Ukraine?
In Russia, a punitive Soviet approach to drug users is still in place. But a new generation of activists is ready to challenge it. Русский
Russia has decriminalised domestic violence: one step towards “traditional values” means two steps back from international human rights standards
A new campaign is challenging taboos over speaking about sexual violence in Ukraine, but we need to include survivors of conflict violence too.
I spoke to four Russian gay men on discrimination, rights and Vladimir Putin. Here's what they said.
Years of social and environmental protests in Armenia have proven one thing — our demands must be political in nature. Русский
