Радикализация неолиберального курса и сопровождающей его консервативной риторики – безусловное свидетельство затянувшегося кризиса путинского режима. English
Preventing the children of opposition exiles from leaving Tajikistan is one of the cruellest forms of repression.
Can Armenia’s Velvet Revolution deliver change for communities struggling for their health, livelihoods and futures? Armenian, RU
In Kazakhstan, persecution of citizens convicted for extremism does not end with a court judgement or sentence. Being blacklisted also threatens an indefinite suspension of your financial rights. RU
openDemocracy публикует отрывки из блога петербургского социолога Евгения Шторна, вынужденного бежать из России в Европу в поисках убежища.
Виталий Манский – о жизни режиссера Александра Расторгуева, трагически погибшего в ЦАР.
Read the latest in Russia's crisis of political repression.
Российские суды продолжают пособничать сотрудникам ФСИН, обвиняемых в пытках и убийствах заключенных. English
Russian courts continue to protect prison service officers accused of torturing and murdering inmates. RU
Allegations of a cover-up and improper qualification of an organised assault on an Orthodox Church in May this year have left space for conspiracy and intrigue.
The Russian government’s move to raise the retirement age is encountering a lot of public discontent. Here, six Russian citizens tell us why they're against the reform.
While the leaders of Kyrgyzstan’s capital insist on removing the city’s greenery, local groups are trying to stop it.