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Published in: oDRBringing Belarus in from the ColdIt is said that Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka never misses an opportunity to surprise partners and foes...
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Published in: oDRWith friends in high places, is there hope for the tigers?Where the world's tiger population once numbered 100,000, it now stands at 3,500, with several species facing...
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Published in: oDRSwitch on, switch off: how law sustains the Russian systemIn some card games, the aim is to collect as many cards as possible; in others it is to get rid of cards that have...
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Published in: oDRThe Narkomfin building: life after Luzhkov?The Narkomfin building in central Moscow is an experimental masterpiece and testament to the spirit of a young...
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Published in: oDRHIV positive in Russia: where is our medication?openDemocracy Russia recently published the harrowing tale of a Russian drug-dependent woman Irina Teplinskaya, and...
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Published in: oDRSprinting for votes: Russia prepares for a year of elections
Russia is on the verge of election season. While simmering social tensions and a nervous elite make these...
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Published in: oDRBelarus: a most peculiar election (2)On Sunday, Belarus goes to the polls, ending an election cycle that saw all the usual assumptions turned on their...
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Published in: oDRRussia's national zombie
All authoritarian regimes come to an end at some point. In Russia they tend to implode. The Putin regime is...
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Published in: oDRBelarus: a most peculiar election (1)On Sunday, Belarus goes to the polls, ending an election cycle that has seen all the usual assumptions turned on...
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Published in: oDRMany problems, but one purpose: human rights in RussiaRussian human rights activists routinely put themselves in danger’s way, but are largely unappreciated and...
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Published in: oDRNot quite a ray of sunshine: interview with Belarusian writer Uladzimier ArlouThe presidential election in December is unlikely to usher in a new president, young people feel no link to their...
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Published in: oDRThe battle for Russia’s heritage resumes
When Moscow’s Mayor Yuri Luzhkov was dethroned in late September, heritage campaigners breathed a collective sigh of...
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Published in: oDRRussia: land of the MobRussia is deep in reflection about a mass murder that left twelve dead. For Andrei Konchalovsky, the most shocking...
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Published in: oDRPartners in pragmatism: Why the EU should give a little to take a lotThe EU has missed a trick or two in grasping Russia's foreign policy potential, says Fabrizio Tassinari. If they...
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Published in: oDRKushchevskaya: crime and punishment in a Russian villageThe story of scores being settled with a brutal mass murder in southern Russia has hit the Russian national press....
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Published in: oDRRussia and Poland: a friendship that must not failSince 2008 Russia and Poland have engaged with each other in a way that would previously have been inconceivable....
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Published in: oDRMemory incompatible: the Archangelsk affair continuesWhen a professor and police colonel were arrested and charged for printing a book in memory of the victims of...
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Published in: oDRPutin’s retreat — beginning at the gates of MoscowPresident Medvedev recently sacked the longstanding Moscow mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, despite his closeness to Putin. This...
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Published in: oDRBelarus election: probably no change at the topIs the December presidential election going to be more of the same? Lukashenka has been president for 16 years, but...
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Published in: oDR"I'm no hero, but it's time to call a spade a spade" — Parfyonov
On Thursday evening, prominent TV journalist Leonid Parfyonov broke with the etiquette of live award ceremonies, and...
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