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Published in: oDRThe unbearable silence of Chechnya’s lesbians
In the past two years, this North Caucasus republic has been rocked by anti-LGBT purges, torture and murder....
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Published in: oDRA war of worlds in Ekaterinburg
In this city, a scandalous confrontation between the authorities and local citizens over a new Orthodox church is...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#metoo in the East? Women's rights in south-Eastern and Eastern Europe
Just over a month ago on April 10, Marija Lukić, pioneer of the #metoo movement in Serbia, went on her second trial...
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Published in: oDRFor men living in Russia’s North Caucasus, life is far from easy
We speak to sociologist Irina Kosterina, who recently studied men’s lives in four North Caucasus republics.
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Published in: oDRIn Russia, calling yourself Circassian is always political
Scattered across the world, Circassians are increasingly active online. Now in Russia, activists are putting forward...
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Published in: oDROn Russia's border, impunity drives further violence
Two new reports about human right violations in Russian-occupied regions of Georgia underline that the EU needs to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEven if confronting Putin comes at a price, we should be prepared to pay it
Pussy Riot, the famous Russian feminist punk band, gave a concert at CIVICUS’ ICSW annual conference in Belgrade...
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Published in: oDRSilence in the courtroom: how one of Chechnya’s last human rights defenders was convicted on drug charges
After a year in pre-trial detention, Oyub Titiyev becomes the latest civil society activist to be convicted on what...
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Published in: oDRWhat’s behind anti-migrant feeling in Russia’s arctic republic of Yakutia?
In Yakutia, crime and nationality intertwine in the latest wave of anti-migrant feeling in Russia.
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Published in: oDR“My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign
Mass arrests of Crimean Tatar activists on terrorism charges once again testify to the “special rules” that are...
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Published in: oDR"No serious evidence" in high-profile terrorism case against Russian anti-fascists
In Russia, 11 anti-fascists and anarchists are facing terrorism charges - and the case is about to go to trial....
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Published in: oDR“Everyone’s involved and everyone stays silent”: Igor Kochetkov on Chechnya, LGBT activism and neotraditionalism
This year, brutal repressions against LGBT people continued in Chechnya. Here, the director of the Russian LGBT...
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Published in: oDRFractured friendships: Soviet-Afghan War veterans make their way through instability and conflict
Thirty years on from the end of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, war veterans are having to deal with...
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Published in: oDRHow ordinary Crimeans helped Russia annex their home
Five years on, the role of local people in Russia’s annexation of Crimea has been underestimated. Yet their help was...
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Published in: oDR"Always depoliticise!" How public politics became a headache for Russia’s ruling elite
The fundamental ideology of the Putin regime may be depoliticisation, but protests and petitions are leading to...
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Published in: oDRLeft behind? Russian life in Chechnya
After years of violence, displacement and an authoritarian peace, what is life like for ethnic Russians in the most...
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Published in: oDRGrain truck drivers in south Russia wage war on corruption
A strike by Russian grain hauliers, demanding higher pay and an end to corruption, has gripped the south of the country. RU
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Published in: oDRChechnya LGBT crisis 2.0: what questions we need to be asking
New reports of mass arrests, torture and murder of LGBT people in Chechnya remind us that accountability is...
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Published in: oDRDid the FSB use a neo-Nazi agent provocateur in their case against Russian anti-fascists?
After the first defendant in a high-profile terrorism investigation is sentenced, new evidence emerges that security...
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Published in: oDRStanislav Markelov: Russia’s Trade Union Movement, 1990s-2000s
Ten years ago this month, Russian activist lawyer Stanislav Markelov was murdered. Here, we publish an extended...