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Published in: oDRLife and death of an independent newspaper in OryolIn 2004, some local journalists in Oryol founded an independent newspaper ‘for those who want the truth’. Although...
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Published in: oDRWinter Storm in TatarstanJobs are scarce, pension rises mediocre and the local authorities have even taken away the Christmas trees. But...
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Published in: oDRFleeced. A letter from the Russian provincesCorruption has always been part of Russian life, and the Oryol region today just offers a rather extreme example,...
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Published in: oDRPerm blaze sets Russia alightThe recent catastrophic fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm grabbed national headlines. Local authorities all...
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Published in: oDRPanicking about swine flu in OrenburgThe region is gripped by swine flu panic, much of it orchestrated, in the opinion of Elena Strelnikova. But every...
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Published in: oDRLife with a Heart Complaint
Life in Oryol has changed little since Ivan Turgenev wrote about it 160 years ago, though the villages he described...
