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Coronavirus could crash Russia’s overstretched healthcare system

Published in: 25 March 2020 Written by: Elena Platonova All articles by: Elena Platonova

Russia’s healthcare system was already working at full capacity before coronavirus. We spoke to one of the people organising Russian healthcare workers on workloads, optimisation and wages.

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“This is a public execution”: Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko on a year of house arrest

17 March 2020

Written by: Nina Kobzeva All articles by Nina Kobzeva

Shevchenko is the first Russian citizen on trial for working for a foreign organisation.
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With help from American activists, Ukrainian women are being misled about abortion

18 March 2020

Written by: Tetiana Kozak All articles by Tetiana Kozak

Abortion has been legal in Ukraine for decades – but groups empowered by Trump’s White House are misleading...
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How 'love what you do' went wrong in an ‘academic sweatshop’ in Siberia

13 March 2020

Written by: Natalia Savelyeva All articles by Natalia Savelyeva

We’re told that we should 'do what we love' when it comes to our jobs. But what if loving what you do leads –...

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Як американські активісти допомагають обманювати українських жінок щодо абортів

Published on: 18 March 2020

Written by: Tetiana Kozak All articles by Tetiana Kozak

Вже кількадесят років аборти дозволені законом в Україні — проте пов’язані з адміністрацією Дональда Трампа...

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Russia’s political and constitutional drama

Published on: 16 March 2020

Written by: Rachel Denber All articles by Rachel Denber

As Putin prepares to extend his rule once again, the future for human rights in Russia looks bleak.

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What’s behind Russia’s left-wing turn?

Published on: 12 March 2020

Written by: Kirill Medvedev All articles by Kirill Medvedev

As Putin extends his rule once again, the need for social democracy in Russia has never been clearer.

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In Ukraine, liberalisation will not solve the shadow economy

Published on: 10 March 2020

Written by: Vitaliy Dudin All articles by Vitaliy Dudin

As part of its "turbo reforms", Ukraine's new government sought to write the concept of competition into workplace...

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In Kazakhstan, women march for their rights - and against violence

Published on: 9 March 2020

Written by: Aery Duisenova All articles by Aery Duisenova

Unhindered by government restrictions, activists in Kazakhstan held the largest women’s day rally in years on 8 March.

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In Russia, solidarity is hard work - but a new activist movement is emerging

Published on: 5 March 2020

Written by: Editors of oDR All articles by Editors of oDR

How should rights defenders, activists and journalists organise their struggle against Russia’s “lawless state”? We...

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Ukraine’s legislation on domestic violence gets a reboot - but is it enough?

Published on: 4 March 2020

Written by: Kateryna Semchuk All articles by Kateryna Semchuk

Ukraine’s parliament may be afraid of words such as “gender”, but a recent law goes some way to fighting domestic violence.

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Can Georgia develop a strong policy on climate change?

Published on: 2 March 2020

Written by: Ellie Martus All articles by Ellie Martus

Written by: Selam Petersson All articles by Selam Petersson

While big polluter states are often the focus of international climate talks, it's important to pay attention to...

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As Ukraine’s frontline villages fight for economic survival, some even succeed

Published on: 26 February 2020

Written by: Dmitry Durnev All articles by Dmitry Durnev

Frontline villages in southeastern Ukraine are under enormous pressure, but this one is finding ways to sustain...

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In Uzbekistan, homosexuality is illegal. Here's what LGBT life is like there

Published on: 25 February 2020

Written by: Darina Solod All articles by Darina Solod

In a country where sex between men is a crime, these personal accounts reveal the everyday realities of pressure,...

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Grim news from Kyrgyzstan on domestic violence

Published on: 21 February 2020

Written by: Hillary Margolis All articles by Hillary Margolis

It shouldn’t take a series of brutal murders to prompt government action.

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Why domestic violence is flourishing in Kyrgyzstan - and how it could stop

Published on: 21 February 2020

Written by: Kamila Eshaliyeva All articles by Kamila Eshaliyeva

Nearly three years ago, a law outlawing domestic violence was passed in Kyrgyzstan, but it has had little effect....

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Six years after Ukraine’s revolution, justice for the Euromaidan dead is still far away

Published on: 20 February 2020

Written by: Tetiana Bezruk All articles by Tetiana Bezruk

The trial into mass shootings in central Kyiv during the 2014 revolution has stalled after political interference -...

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Remembering Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity

Published on: 18 February 2020

Written by: William Jay Risch All articles by William Jay Risch

Did the Ukrainian Maidan almost change western civilisation? A new book argues that it did - and much else besides.

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Inside the fight over Russia’s domestic violence law

Published on: 17 February 2020

Written by: Alexey Yurtaev All articles by Alexey Yurtaev

Who is preventing Russia’s domestic violence legislation from going ahead - and does it have any future?

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As repression rises in Russia, so does solidarity

Published on: 13 February 2020

Written by: Yan Shenkman All articles by Yan Shenkman

A high-profile terrorism investigation into Russian anti-fascists has helped a new front emerge in Russia - a front...

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How a local politician took up the fight for LGBT rights in Russia’s northern capital

Published on: 13 February 2020

Written by: Sergey Eremeyev All articles by Sergey Eremeyev

Sergey Troshin was elected to a district council in St Petersburg last year - and has made it his mission to discuss...

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ინვესტორის ძალისხმევამ ქართველი მშრომელების ინტერესები და ამერიკელი კონგრესმენების ვალდებუელებები ერთამენთს დააპირისპირა

Published on: 31 January 2020

Written by: სოფო ჯაფარიძე All articles by სოფო ჯაფარიძე

როდესაც უცხიური ინვესტიციები ადგებიან გაურკევევლ გზას, შეერთებული შტატების ჩრდილი ყოველთვის იკვეთება ამ პროცესისი მიღმა.

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An investor standoff in Georgia brings workers, US congressmen into conflict

Published on: 29 January 2020

Written by: Sopiko Japaridze All articles by Sopiko Japaridze

As a major foreign investor faces rocky times in Georgia, America looms in the shadows.

Published in: oDR: Opinion

A new film brings Chechnya’s horrific anti-gay purge to the screen

Published on: 28 January 2020

Written by: Graeme Reid All articles by Graeme Reid

In 2017, Chechnya orchestrated a brutal anti-gay purge, destroying dozens of lives. With little accountability, it...

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