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Published in: oDR“This is a public execution”: Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko on a year of house arrest
Shevchenko is the first Russian citizen on trial for working for a foreign organisation.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussia’s political and constitutional drama
As Putin prepares to extend his rule once again, the future for human rights in Russia looks bleak.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhat’s behind Russia’s left-wing turn?
As Putin extends his rule once again, the need for social democracy in Russia has never been clearer.
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Published in: oDRIn Russia, solidarity is hard work - but a new activist movement is emerging
How should rights defenders, activists and journalists organise their struggle against Russia’s “lawless state”? We...
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Published in: HomeBomb Idlib’s civilians, win the war: what the West taught Assad and Putin
The tactics of Syrian and Russian forces are unforgiveable – but scarcely different to what the US and its allies...
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Published in: oDRInside the fight over Russia’s domestic violence law
Who is preventing Russia’s domestic violence legislation from going ahead - and does it have any future?
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Published in: oDRHow a local politician took up the fight for LGBT rights in Russia’s northern capital
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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Published in: oDRAs repression rises in Russia, so does solidarity
A high-profile terrorism investigation into Russian anti-fascists has helped a new front emerge in Russia - a front...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionA new film brings Chechnya’s horrific anti-gay purge to the screen
In 2017, Chechnya orchestrated a brutal anti-gay purge, destroying dozens of lives. With little accountability, it...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe game's afoot: scenarios of power transition in Russia
The transition in Russia has begun. What will it look like?
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Published in: oDRTo remember is to fight: the legacy of Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov
Eleven years ago, this anti-fascist lawyer was murdered on the streets of Moscow. Stanislav Markelov’s legacy...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe republic of Kalmykia is angry, disappointed and very much online
The arrival of an unpopular politician in this southern Russian republic has brought people out on to the streets –...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhy does Russia need a new “foreign agent” law?
Russia’s parliament has passed a law that will allow individual citizens to be labelled “foreign agents”. What...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe Battle of Seattle: 20 years later, it's time for a revival
On this 20th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle, the struggle against globalized capital continues.
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Published in: ourEconomy"The UN is being turned into a public-private partnership": An interview with Harris Gleckman
Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Post-democracy: there's plenty familiar about what is happening in Bulgaria
Post-democracy is the latest wave of post-communist transformation – the result of state capture and the alienation...
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Published in: hriBRICS countries to build digital sovereignty
The push towards digital sovereignty is frequently criticized as a Trojan horse for authoritarian measures. It's...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionVladimir Bukovsky, the hooligan at odds with both Russia and the West
Why Soviet dissident, writer and campaigner Vladimir Bukovsky (1942-2019) was a global politician, and why his...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The 1989 revolutions and the Peace Movement
“We saw ourselves as an anti-Cold War movement and not just an anti-nuclear movement. We wanted to end the division...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The fragile lightness of freedom: the Berlin Wall, thirty years on
What the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no...