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Published in:oDRUkraine's surrogate mothers struggle under quarantineThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that Ukraine's international surrogacy industry desperately needs to change.
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Published in:ОД "Русская версия"Meet the man in charge of Ukraine's national memoryWhat is “national memory” – and how should we (re)interpret it? An interview with Anton Drobovych, new director of...
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Published in:oDR: OpinionA decade on, what has been learnt from Kyrgyzstan's 2010 clashes?If ordinary people improve the prospects for dialogue, they can deescalate violence at critical times. That's how...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionSo long, Vedomosti! What happened to Russia’s leading financial mediaIt’s been 20 years since the Kremlin openly started the war against the Russian press. Throughout all these years,...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussia's latest app will track migrant workers – but who's next?Moscow's latest experiment in authoritarian tech may start with the country's downtrodden labour migrants, but it...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"COVID-19 has reached Ukraine's prisonsUkraine's jails are struggling to cope with COVID-19 – jeopardising inmates' health in the process.
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Could COVID-19 mean a new social contract for Belarus?President Alexander Lukashenka faces his toughest challenge yet. But Belarusians won't forget that in this crisis,...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"In Russia's North Caucasus, funerals can killIn order to stop COVID-19, authorities in Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia have banned funerals and wakes. But now...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Why Uzbekistan's journalists still yearn for changeIn recent years, Uzbekistan has embarked on ambitious reforms. But for the country's long-struggling journalists,...
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Published in: oDRIn Putin’s Russia, a journalist by day and an activist by nightFor Ilya Azar, writing stories isn't enough. He believes that when freedoms are under threat, activism and...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: More than 700 British firms blacklisted in Ukraine for suspicious activityBritish shell companies provide high prestige with low transparency – perfect for money-laundering, popular across...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussian indie media needs visibility – that's why the Pulitzer row mattersIndependent journalism in Russia is struggling to survive. Hard hitters like the The New York Times don't have to do...
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Published in: oDR“Even though I am in prison, I feel the freedom of my soul”Today Azimjon Askarov, an imprisoned human rights defender from southern Kyrgyzstan, faces an appeal hearing. In...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия": OpinionInside the struggle to control Russia's digital volunteering sectorThe desire for mutual support during a pandemic has led to a new wave of volunteer mobilisation across Russia....
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Russia's labour migrants are caught between poverty and a pandemicHundreds of thousands of Central Asian migrants are trapped in Russia's quarantine lockdown, lacking jobs,...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationArmenia ‘under pressure’ from UK and US over mining dispute, says EU reportAn internal EU report claims that the UK government has pressured the Armenian government in a two-year standoff...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationKazakhs are wary of neighbours bearing giftsWe asked ordinary people in Kazakhstan which great power they liked most. Despite its assistance during the COVID-19...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия""If an infected person enters the factory, everything will fall apart"In late March, two COVID-19 cases were discovered at the large AvtoVaz factory in the Russian city of Tolyatti. The...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия": InvestigationHow volunteers are spearheading Ukraine's COVID-19 responseUkraine's volunteers mobilised with the outbreak of war in the Donbas. Now, during a pandemic, they are trying to...
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Published in: oDRAre some NGOs really "foreign agents"? Here's what people in Georgia and Ukraine sayWe asked the citizens of Georgia and Ukraine what they think about civil society.
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Published in: oDRCan transgender people speak in Armenia?When it comes to hate crimes, impunity still reigns in this South Caucasus state.
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Published in: oDRLast summer in Moscow, thousands came out to protest. Then they were prosecuted for itThe 2019 summer of protest in Moscow may be a distant memory for Russia’s fast-moving political scene. But dozens of...
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Published in: oDRIn Russia's far east, a feminist theatre director comes under attackYulia Tsvetkova was building a community in her hometown in Russia's far east - until she was targeted by violent...
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