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The failed economy of Ukraine
The recent history of Ukraine is a clear example of how not to manage a country’s economy. The recent history of Ukraine is a clear example of how not to manage a country’s economy. Had the economic...
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Сахарные речи в Украине
Петр Порошенко – не идеальный политик западного типа. Это – не тот выбор, о котором мечтал Майдан. Но может быть он как раз представляет собой ответ на многочисленные проблемы Украины. in EnglishУже...
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Cold turkey in Russia
In Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman’s City Without Drugs Foundation has been engaged in some very questionable practices. But why has there been so little discussion?Russia has no treatment programme for...
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Uzbekistan prefers regime security over economic integration
Uzbekistan is wary of plans for the economic integration of Eurasia, but why? When the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus gathered in Astana for the historic establishment of the Eurasian...
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Putingrad
In 2013, the Volgograd regional authorities began occasionally using the city’s former name of Stalingrad. Now Putin has suggested a local referendum.President Putin has said that Volgograd’s residents...
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On the run in Russia
Konstantin Rubakhin, an ecology activist, is on the run in Russia, trying to escape both the police and the security services. On 22 June, a big demonstration took place in the Novokhopersk district of...
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Putin versus the NGOs
The Kremlin is busy dismantling the institutions of civil society. How can NGOs develop, now that the rules have changed? Putin versus the NGOsRecent developments in Russian laws concerning NGOs have...
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LGBT in Samara – pederasts and paedophiles
In Samara, LGBT people are seen as paedophiles. They face aggressive homophobia, harassment, and public incomprehension. Aggressive homophobia, harassment and public incomprehension – these are the...
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Путин против НКО
Выстроив вертикаль власти, Кремль принялся за реконструкцию – или разрушение – институтов гражданского общества. Изменились правила - могут ли НКО дальше развиваться? in EnglishПоследние нововведения в...
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Hare today and gone tomorrow
A recent St Petersburg conference dedicated to hares has become the unlikely subject of a feud between the Russian Ministry of Culture and academic institutions. It is a hare raising story... A hare...
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Ломка в России
Некоторые практики екатеринбургского фонда «Город без наркотиков» Евгения Ройзмана считаются сомнительными, но они вообще мало обсуждались. Как же так? in EnglishВ России нет программ для лечения...
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From Georgia to the EU is a long road
Georgia has signed an association agreement with the EU. But there is a long road ahead toward establishing transparent and accountable government.On June 27th, Georgia, together with Moldova and...
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Long live the Donetsk People’s Republic!
What will ‘Defence Minister’ Strelkov do now that Slavyansk has been lost? And can he rely on Vladimir Putin? The loss of Slavyansk to Ukrainian government forces has placed the so-called People’s...
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Tajikistan: Free Alexander Sodiqov!
On June 16, Alexander Sodiqov, a political science PhD student at the University of Toronto, was arrested in Tajikistan while conducting research on conflict resolution.The American Declaration of...
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The (Russian) meat of the matter
The Russian-led Customs Union has introduced new rules on slaughtering livestock. A massive rise in meat prices is forecast; and the end of small-scale farming. Fresh meat is disappearing from many...
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The parallel realities of President Ilham Aliyev
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan recently addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and said that there are no human rights abuses in the country… As I sat waiting on 24 June...
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Ruslan Kutayev: Chechen human rights activist
Ruslan Kutayev, human rights activist, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in Chechnya for possession of heroin. His fellow campaigners are convinced that the charges were false.On Monday 7...
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Look far right, and look right again
The Russian political establishment thinks that Ukrainians are 'traitors to Orthodox civilisation and Russian unity.’ But it is not only Putin’s Russia that is behind the challenge to democracy in...
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Руслан Кутаев: правозащитник
В Чечне на четыре года колонии осужден общественный деятель Руслан Кутаев, которого суд признал виновным в хранении героина. Правозащитники убеждены, что дело сфальсифицировано. in EnglishВ...
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Arresting numbers
Human rights defenders in Russia have released data on the numbers of Russians arrested at protests; and what they were protesting about.At the beginning of 2013, openDemocracy published an article...
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