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A sudden warning in Dagestan
On 27 July, Russian special forces abducted a senior Dagestan official from his home and transported him to Moscow for investigation. The Dagestani authorities knew nothing about it.Andrei Vinogradov,...
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'Is your mum a foreign agent?'
Russian NGOs, large and small, are facing closure after the blacklisting of their foreign funders. Colta.ru speaks to some of the organisations affected.At the end of May, Nadezhda Kutepova, the CEO of...
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Kazakhstan's quiet balancing act
Alongside partners east and west, Kazakhstan has learned how to play a quiet balancing act—with lessons for the Kremlin. With a ‘president for life’, poor human rights record and hydrocarbon-dependent...
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Изменение Конституции Украины: разрешение или углубление политических...
«Кровавый понедельник» повысил ставки по конституционной реформе в Украине. Сам проект оставляет желать лучшего. in English 265 голосов «ЗА». Три смерти. Такими запомнятся итоги предварительного...
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Book Review: Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan's 'The Red Web'
The Russian state has redoubled its efforts to bring the internet to heel. The consequences for defiance are unpredictable – just as intended. In 1950, imprisoned Soviet scientists began laying the...
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Give back the billion
After a billion dollars went missing from Moldova’s banking system last year, people have turned out on the streets to protest the country’s oligarchic regime. на русском языке‘We can say that the...
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Дело Мухина: националисты под прицелом властей
Война в Украине и присоединение Крыма сблизили Кремль и русских националистов. Однако идеология русского национализма продолжает пугать власти. in English«Считается, что власть у того, у кого есть на...
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Knocking back Russia’s nationalists
The conflict in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea has brought the Kremlin and Russia’s ultra-nationalists closer together. Recent prosecutions show that their ideas still have the government...
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Corbyn and Russia: hysteria and hindsight
Talk of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘ties to Russia’ reveals how the media present us with false choices. There must be a space for criticising both austerity politics and Russian state aggression – and for...
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Выборы в районные советы Самары: репортаж
Нарушения, отказы и махинации с бюджетниками. Выборы в Самаре прошли небезынтересно. 13 сентября в Самаре прошли выборы депутатов районных советов. В девяти районах Самары избрали 284 депутата: одну...
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Украина и постколониальное состояние
Что спор о постколониальном статусе Украины говорит нам о будущем ее внутренней и внешней политики? in English Является ли Украина постколониальным государством? Кому-то может показаться, что этот...
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In Georgia, justice delayed is justice denied
Giorgi Ugulava, political ally of Mikheil Saakashvili and former mayor of Tbilisi, has gone behind bars. Behind the charges of corruption may stand a darker motive – a desire for revenge.In a terrible...
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The opposition's last mandate
Deputies of the Pskov regional assembly are attempting to remove a colleague from their ranks—opposition lawmaker and journalist Lev Shlosberg. When the regional assembly of Russia's north-western...
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Anarchism in Makhno’s homeland: adventures of the red-and-black flag
Anarchism may be a popular political brand in Ukraine today, but it’s not anarchism as we know it. на русском языке For westerners on the left, including anarchists, the Maidan protests of 2013-2014...
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Kyrgyzstan's elections: a gentleman's agreement
With Kyrgyzstan’s political parties agreeing to overlook each other’s misdemeanours and the public afraid to speak out, bribery and corruption will continue to be endemic. на русском языкеVoters in...
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Protests in Chișinău: views from the tent towns
After another large-scale protest in the Moldovan capital this Sunday, the Moldovan government has been presented with yet another ultimatum—this time from the pro-Russian opposition. на русском...
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What the Belarusian elections will not be about
If we’re going to understand what happens next in Belarus, we need to listen to the people. на русском языке Belarus’ presidential elections, due to take place on Sunday, are once more likely to be...
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Lukashenka’s victory: the improbable nexus
As Aleksandr Lukashenka wins his fifth term as president, are there signs that Belarus’ political stagnation might be about to change? The outcome of the latest presidential election in Belarus was...
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The Crimean blockade: how Ukraine is losing Crimea for the third time
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 was not the first time that Ukraine lost the peninsula. In fact, Ukraine has been losing Crimea for 23 years.Since the renewal of Ukraine’s independence in...
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Lessons not learned in Kabardino-Balkaria
Ten years after militants attacked the town of Nalchik in the North Caucasus, the cycle of violence continues. On 13 October 2005, Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, suffered the...
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