Some 5000 people have fled to Samara, from the fighting in Ukraine, but many say they have been victims of Kremlin propaganda.
A recent lecture in Moscow asked, ‘Will Putin become God through grace?'
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.
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.
Russia has almost the same number of Ukrainian refugees, as Ukraine has internally displaced persons. But what are the authorities doing? на русском языке
Поток украинских беженцев в Россию увеличивается и что власть делает? in English
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
В Самарской области возрождается карательная психиатрия. Врачи госпитализируют в психиатрические больницы здоровых людей, чтобы затем распоряжаться их квартирами. in English
Human rights defenders in Russia have released data on the numbers of Russians arrested at protests; and what they were protesting about.
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan recently addressed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and said that there are no human rights abuses in the country…