oDR introduces a new series devoted to reporting and comment on Islamic life in the post-Soviet space. Русский
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 was not the first time that Ukraine lost the peninsula. In fact, Ukraine has been losing Crimea for 23 years.
Republicanism brings into sharp focus an articulation of common freedoms strived for under extremely varying political conditions, in different times and places, with the shared commonality of facing unequal odds.
Anarchism may be a popular political brand in Ukraine today, but it’s not anarchism as we know it. Русский
This year is the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. But what exactly was Magna Carta?
If Magna Carta is the cornerstone of liberty, why did the Levellers, democratic radicals of the 17th century, reject it as 'containing many marks of intolerable bondage'?
The commemoration of Magna Carta should not be a complacent celebration, but an opportunity to explore what more we need to do as a nation to secure equal rights for Black and minority ethnic people.
With Russia’s housing stock in trouble, many people struggle to find a suitable home. For the people of Koltyshevo just outside Moscow, it’s a crumbling manor house.
With a new-found reputation for radicalism, Ukrainian politics is in flux. The left, however, are nowhere to be seen.
800 years of Magna Carta but learning disabled people remain 'villeins', denied rights against arbitrary power. What would a Magna Carta for learning disabled people look like?
В арабской стране потомки черкесов, вытесненных из царской России после завоевания Кавказа, всегда чувствовали себя гостями. Но историческая родина сирийских беженцев принимает неохотно. English
Are anniversaries of historic events an occasion for serious assessment or simply a nostalgic indulgence that reinforce current prejudice?
