Nigel Farage is using his experience of testicular cancer to condemn the NHS. A fellow survivor - now a doctor - takes the UKIP leader to task.
The existence of the diagnosis ‘Transsexualism’ in any form leads to psychiatric abuse, and negatively impacts the lives of transgender people in Russia.
In 2012, President Putin promised to increase the healthcare budget. Two years later, the Russian government is cutting back. But not on the defence budget… на русском языке
The drug of choice for young people in Russia has the innocent name ‘Spice,’ but its effects can be fatal.
Transgender citizens in Ukraine have good reason to think that they are all but invisible. Even the EU is not pushing for inclusiveness; and then there is the sex change commission… на русском языке
Human capital – demography, health, and migration – will be significantly influencing and determining the future of Ukraine for decades to come.
Corporate think tanks hope their bravely unthinkable suggestions to "fix" (or kill) the NHS are on politicians' summer reading lists. But why are far more popular and evidenced solutions - like reversing privatisation - so unthinkable to the political class?
Belarus is now officially the world’s heaviest drinking nation; and the socio-economic consequences are enormous.
In Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman’s City Without Drugs Foundation has been engaged in some very questionable practices. But why has there been so little discussion?на русском языке
Некоторые практики екатеринбургского фонда «Город без наркотиков» Евгения Ройзмана считаются сомнительными, но они вообще мало обсуждались. Как же так? in English
Judges, prisoners and drug addicts are all in legal limbo in Crimea because the judicial status of Russia’s new territory is still far from clear.
The collapse of the USSR was the occasion for much rejoicing. But 25 years later, there is not much to cheer about.
