Moscow's peace march was a demonstration against war, and a declaration of a tacit middle-class war with the Kremlin.
This Sunday, 14 September, Crimeans go to the polls to confirm Russian sovereignty over their region.
Some 5000 people have fled to Samara, from the fighting in Ukraine, but many say they have been victims of Kremlin propaganda.
The ‘Silk Highway’ will connect Western Europe with China, no matter what the locals think.
Life in Slovyansk is no picnic. Now election candidates think votes can be bought with food parcels. На русском языке
Sanctions against Russian natural resources tycoons will be good for the environment. на русском языке.
The recent death of an Algerian national at the hands of the police during deportation should provoke public indignation. It demands explanation, says Nath Gbikpi.
If you want to know what the Soviet Union was like, go to Belarus.
Pacifism is incompatible with patriotism in today’s Russia. на русском языке
In Azerbaijan, prominent human rights defenders are being arrested; and NGOs raided. ‘Caviar diplomacy’ covers it all up.
The UK government seems immune to criticism of its hostile approach to immigration, but the decision to return home for any migrant is not a simple one. Rather than obscuring evidence, the government must be transparent about what really constitutes a solution.
Punitive psychiatry is being revived in the Samara region. Doctors are hospitalising healthy people in psychiatric hospitals, in order to take over their flats.на русском языке
