Valery Pavlukevich, who recently passed away, was a regular contributor to oDR. In his last appearance on these pages, he tells Michael Lawrence about the samizdat scene in his home city of Kuibyshev, now Samara.
Ahead of parliamentary elections in the autumn, one of Kyrgyzstan's largest independent media holdings is under threat, and power elites prepare for what comes next.
After two decades of russification, the Belarusian government is rethinking its identity politics.
Maidan could have set Ukraine's media free, but one year on, the press remains dependent on the oligarchs.
As oppression heats up in Russia, post-revolutionary Ukraine is attracting political émigrés from the Russian opposition.
The murder of Boris Nemtsov tells us not that Putin is a strong leader, but rather one who has lost his grip.
In allowing the Aliyev regime to suppress human rights and democracy, the West is hurting its own interests.
While journalists have a certain fondness for gallows humour, it often lands them in trouble. But new moves to institute a code of ethics at Russia's leading talk radio station could be more than a question of taste.
In the town where the Oscar-nominated Leviathan was shot, locals are ambivalent about the film that purports to reflect their lives.
A Ukrainian journalist has been arrested for publishing a video calling on his fellow citizens to boycott mobilisation. He is being charged with treason and espionage.
The cost of my fridge has doubled, but it's okay, professional psychologists can explain why I’m not bothered – what we Russians see on TV we believe as gospel. на русском языке
The closure of Tomsk’s TV-2 is a reminder of what has happened to regional media in Russia.
