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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 resumesWhen 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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Published in: oDRDon’t mention Transnistria: Moldova on the eve of electionsOn Sunday, Moldova goes to the polling booths for the fourth time in nineteen months. Despite the best efforts of...
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Published in: HomeParallel worlds: how connected Russians now live without the stateRussia’s summer of the wildfires brought about a change in society, says Andrei Loshak. Previously the only possible...
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Published in: oDRAn accusation too far
Last Thursday, Pavel Stroilov presented a piece that alleged I had been paid to publish articles in the Independent,...
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Published in: oDRTolstoy: a life too largeWhat else could possibly be written about Tolstoy? Before reading Rosamund Bartlett’s new biography, Susan Richards...
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Published in: oDRThe road to electoral perfection in KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan’s October parliamentary elections revealed a number of teething problems in law and systems, write Alexey...
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Published in: oDRLies and Innuendos: What happens when you take on the Russian far rightResearching the Russian nationalistic right is a game of high stakes. Last year, I found out the hard way, writes...
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Published in: oDRTime for the human approachDmitry Medvedev’s proposal for a new post-cold war security order offers a significant opportunity for the world....
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Published in: oDRSticks and stones: the blogs of Oleg KashinOleg Kashin, a journalist for Kommersant newspaper, was brutally beaten in Moscow last weekend. Unknown assailants...
