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Published in: oDRMoldova’s political tourists
In Moldova, party allegiances are for sale. MPs are increasingly crossing the floor, and over a quarter of the...
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Published in: oDRFrom Panama, via London, with love
The Panama Papers implicate more than just a few select international leaders. They demonstrate how offshore finance...
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Published in: oDRFear and loathing in Ukraine: a very “European” protest
A new type of mass mobilisation on the streets of Ukraine shows how society is being divided along lines all too...
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Published in: oDRCrimea’s Ukrainian underground
Two years after Crimea became part of the Russian Federation, most traces of Ukrainian culture have effectively...
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Published in: oDRA sinless Russian spring
Russia has been celebrating the second anniversary of its annexation of Crimea. Is there any guilt behind the gloating?
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Published in: oDR#FreeSavchenko
The sentence against Nadiya Savchenko is absurd. Where do we go from here? Русский
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Published in: oDRThe Mordovian candidate
As the economic crisis hits Russia’s regions, Samara’s governor is trying to hold on to the kingdom he’s built for himself.
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Published in: oDRTerrorism and Russia’s power vertical
Russia has been conducting a war on terror for 15 years. No wonder counter-terror is a part of the country’s system...
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Published in: oDRMeet Anatol Matasaru, Moldova’s one-man Pussy Riot
Fed up with Moldova’s corruption and inertia, this protest artist is searching for new limits in political art. He...
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Published in: oDRRussia, Inc.
From “structural reforms” of the 2000s to austerity policies today, neoliberalism has been and remains an organic...
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Published in: oDRMoscow’s authoritarian future
Recent moves against Moscow’s street traders don’t only violate Russia’s Constitution and hurt the economy. They...
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Published in: oDRMoldova’s women in crisis
Moldova’s economic prospects are bleak. Gender-based discrimination makes them bleaker still for the country’s women.
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Published in: oDRWhy we don’t publish articles about Putin
Mainstream media in the west and Russia is fixated on the Russian president. Here’s why we’re not. Deutsch
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Published in: oDRHow can we politicise labour rights in Georgia?
In Georgia, violations of workers’ rights, low pay and negligent treatment by private corporations continue to go...
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Published in: oDRThe “heroes of Novorossiya”: where are they now?
Two years ago, a separatist movement in southeast Ukraine brought war and tragedy to the whole country. Though the...
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Published in: oDROn prison and liberty: an interview with Pyotr Pavlensky
Russia’s leading performance artist on prison and liberty. Русский
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Published in: oDRVlad Plahotniuc: Moldova’s man in the shadows
There’s not much we know for sure about oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc — except that he has his eye on Moldova’s presidency.
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Published in: oDRThe long arm of the despot
Tajikistan’s government doesn’t hesitate to go after its critics abroad. Intimidation, beatings and murder — this is...
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Published in: oDRKryvyi Rih needs an alternative
Next month, this industrial city in southeast Ukraine goes to the polls. The electoral race tells us one thing so...
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Published in: oDR2016: Unsteady ground for Armenian media
Protecting sources at risk, self-censorship and poor financing — Armenia has no shortage of obstacles for its...