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Published in: oDRDispatch from Perm: hands off our healthcare!
Reforms to public health systems are always dictated by the need to cut costs. Russia is no exception, but the...
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Published in: oDRPerm: a city smashed by the waves of globalisation
While teaching students about the architecture of his native Perm, Roman Yushkov has seen many of the Russian city’s...
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Published in: oDRFlowers on a dung heap: markets, politicians and the demise of Russian rural life
The economic and political transformations of the 1990s onwards have allowed much of the Russian countryside to die...
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Published in: oDRLet history be judged: the lesson of Perm-36
The collapse of the USSR in 1991 led to historical reconsideration, but unlike in Germany or South Africa, there has...
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Published in: oDRIn the backyard of Russia’s oil paradise
Pavlovo village was once a quiet backwater in the forest-steppe of Perm Region. In 1997, however, ecological...
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Published in: oDRPerm blaze sets Russia alight
The recent catastrophic fire at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm grabbed national headlines. Local authorities all...