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Published in: Home: InvestigationSign up to our coronavirus DemocracyWatch newsletter
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Published in: oDRWhy Russian mathematician Azat Miftakhov is on trial
In Russia, the authorities are increasingly taking aim at left-wing activists - using any means necessary. The...
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Published in: 50.50Who's happy about coronavirus?
Our rights and democracies are under threat. But how this crisis reshapes our world depends on us.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationThe Northern Irish ghost companies that mask crime worldwide
Exploitation of workers, corruption and money-laundering, all kept in the shadows by lax regulation. Could Northern...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?
The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systems
It’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: oDRCoronavirus could crash Russia’s already overstretched healthcare system
Russia’s healthcare system was already working at full capacity before coronavirus. We spoke to one of the people...
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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...