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Why I didn’t vote in the Ukrainian local elections
Anton Dmytriiev, a journalist based in Kyiv, believes the recent elections in his country were pointless. на русском языкеI belong to that rare category of people who try to do something for their...
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Like me, I'm an autocrat
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov might be the Russian Federation’s second most powerful figure. With such friends in high places, why would he need to make more online? Western media is fond of lampooning...
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Stalin's back
With new monuments and museums afoot, Russians are warming again to Stalin's legacy. But is there any communist content to post-communist nostalgia? на русскомIn this year alone, Russia has seen the...
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Truthiness in Russia
What we’re missing from the propaganda debate: how Russian state media feed off and amplify public sentiment. As opinion polls show, Russian propaganda is not effective in improving Russia’s image...
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«Плохие парни» поднимают ставки
В 2015 году Кремлю многого удалось достичь, резко поменяв игру. О том, что произошло и что случится далее. in English «Россия возвращается на политическую арену в качестве глобального игрока», –...
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Putin’s politics of uncertainty: how the Kremlin raised the stakes
The Kremlin has achieved much in 2015. What has happened so far, and what happens next? на русском языке ‘Russia is returning to the political arena as a global player,’ that’s what the commentators...
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Mariupol elections: will Donbas voters be represented in Ukrainian politics?
The Donbas is being airbrushed out of Ukrainian politics. This will only build another barrier to a united and democratic country. Русский The line of contact with separatist-controlled territory lies...
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Ukraine is caught between war and reform
Two years on from the protests that ignited Maidan, Ukraine is suffering from a clash of agendas. Two years ago, in November 2013, what became known as EuroMaidan began. Civic protesters in central...
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Media responsibility in the age of terror
Professor Katrin Nyman-Metcalf, and journalists Rita Chinyoka and Nadezhda Azhgikhina discuss feeding terror, hate speech, and the responsibilities of mainstream media, at the World Forum for...
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A voice from Russia's truckers' protest
Truckers across Russia have descended on Moscow to protest a new freight tax which will threaten their livelihood. Vladimir shares his story of life behind the wheel. Since mid-November, Russia’s long...
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We need to find the common ground between climate change and civil society
To combat Russia’s industrial polluters, public indifference and limits on NGO activity, we need to link climate change and civil society. Русский Murmansk, a region just shy of the Arctic Circle, has...
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Between dialogue and violence: the North Caucasus's bloody legacy
After Paris, we need to act against radicalisation. Russia's legacy in the North Caucasus tells us how not to. The Paris attacks and the bombing of the Metrojet plane over Egypt have shown that the...
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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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