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Published in:oDR: OpinionIn Ukraine, taking three pro-Russia channels off the air raises complex issuesUkraine's recent sanctions against three TV channels raise difficult questions about pluralism and rule of law...
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Published in:oDR: OpinionAs Navalny rises in Russia, Kazakhstan watches nervouslyTired of their own government’s corruption, many Kazakhs envy Navalny's open challenge to Putin, while fearing a...
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Published in:oDR: FeatureHow this Russian city became a test site for political prosecutionOn 18 February, the first Russian citizen was convicted of working for a foreign “undesirable organisation” in the...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionDo we have to leave Russia to learn about Russia?My experience as a foreign student and civil rights activist in Prague opened my eyes to what life in Putin’s Russia...
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Published in: oDR: Interview“This is a conflict between grandchildren and grandfathers”: Russia’s young people are caught in protest debateAmidst a new protest wave, Russian youth - whether children or students - have found themselves at the centre of...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussian journalist Sergey Smirnov, jailed for a jokeThe editor-in-chief of Mediazona has just been sentenced to 25 days. Here are five of his team’s best stories in English.
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisSurviving Putin: what’s next for Russian protests after Navalny’s sentencing?With the opposition leader imprisoned, the future rests on organising skill and the protest mood.
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Published in: oDR: FeatureAfter the fighting, uncertainty reigns in Armenia’s borderlandsThe deal that stopped Azerbaijan’s 44-day war against Armenia hints at peace via economic development. Does it...
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Published in: oDRNative son: the rise of Kyrgyzstan’s Sadyr JaparovAs the rise of Kyrgyzstan’s new nationalist leader shows, “traditional” norms and symbols can be effectively revived...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionHow Alexey Navalny changed Russian politics foreverHaving survived an assassination attempt, the opposition leader is now in a Moscow prison. But in many ways, his...
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Published in: oDR“We are not a country. We are just pure corruption”: how Moscow came out in support of Alexey NavalnyOne of the biggest rallies in Moscow in recent years shows that in Russia protest is alive, well and unpredictable.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionTowards a more equal field in Central Asia researchNew initiatives are seeking to challenge imbalances of power in researching Central Asia - a field long dominated by...
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Published in: oDR: Opinion“Japarov is our Trump”: why Kyrgyzstan is the future of global politicsThis weekend, Kyrgyzstan goes to the polls in a high-stakes joint election and referendum that will decide the...
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Published in: 50.50Women self-organise against violence in eastern Ukraine’s frontlinesI travelled across the conflict region and found local women actively organising against gender-based violence –...
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Published in: oDRQuiet amnesty: why Ukraine needs real war crime legislationNearly seven years after the start of hostilities in eastern Ukraine, we speak to one of the human rights activists...
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Published in: oDRWhat happened to democracy in 2020? We ask our contributorsWe ask experts from around the world: what happened to democracy in 2020 - and what comes next? Here are their reflections.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionSliding into isolation: Russia and the worldWhile losing leverage on its neighbours, Putinist Russia has adopted a means of exerting influence and exercising...
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Published in: oDRDoctors becoming activists: a prescription for solidarity in Belarus and RussiaHealthcare workers in Belarus and Russia are breaking new ground in the fight for decent conditions and against...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussia’s liberal intelligentsia and the post-Putin consensusAfter Putin, Russia's cultural consensus will package private property together with neo-colonialism, racism and...
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Published in: oDRIn Kyrgyzstan, social media hate goes uncheckedIn the wake of a contested election, Kyrgyzstan’s civil society activists, opponent politicians, and independent...
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