Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was recently awarded the annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. This should put more pressure on the EU to rethink their relations to Russia, says Green MEP Rebecca Harms.
Moscow lives in a million moments. Here’s one of them.
In Russia today, there’s little consensus on the events of a century ago. But can you have national reconciliation without truth about the Russian Empire’s revolutions? RU
Die "Alternative für Deutschland" erzielte bei der Bundestagswahl einen historischen Sieg. Welchen Beitrag leisteten "die Russen"? English, RU
The right-populist AfD party is soon to take its first seats in the Bundestag. What was the role of Germany’s Russians in that unprecedented electoral success? RU, Deutsch
They come in all shapes and sizes.
What kind of freedom do the latest wave of protesters want? Has a new kind of Russian emerged since the collapse of the USSR? The conclusion of our interview with one of Russia’s leading sociologists, Lev Gudkov. RU
Is solidarity possible in Russia? How has the relationship between Russia’s government and its citizens panned out in the last few years? An interview with one of Russia’s leading sociologists, Lev Gudkov. RU
Plans for a new copper mining and enrichment plant outside the Urals town of Chelyabinsk are pitting Russian citizens against regional oligarchs. RU
Russia’s on-the-ground involvement in the Syrian conflict is increasing, but there’s still little in the way of interest from the Russian public.
At oDR, we’re publishing in-depth about other post-Soviet countries like never before. Does our title reflect that?
The endemic corruption of Russian business, politics and law enforcement is spreading to the west – and becoming a global phenomenon. Русский
