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What can we expect from Russia at COP26?

We ask experts whether the Kremlin’s latest moves on climate, including its 2060 net-zero target, heralds genuine change or more greenwash

By Natalie Sauer

/ 28 Oct 2021

What can we expect from Russia at COP26?

Ukraine’s Donbas conflict: a personal reflection on loss and war

A writer charts her journey through grief as she mourns her brother, killed on the Donbas front line, and reflects how war has changed Ukrainian society

By Olesya Khromeychuk and Thomas Rowley

/ 27 Oct 2021

Ukraine’s Donbas conflict: a personal reflection on loss and war

Russian journalists are being labelled ‘foreign agents’. They need your support

Two more independent media outlets must now publicly brand themselves as ‘foreign agents’ in Russia. It’s an attempt to stifle the truth

By Editors of oDR

/ 30 Sep 2021

Russian journalists are being labelled ‘foreign agents’. They need your support

The three factors that will determine Russia’s political future

As the dust settles from last week’s elections, it’s now clear that a ‘triangle’ of elements will decide the opposition’s success in future votes

By Alexander Zamyatin

/ 30 Sep 2021

The three factors that will determine Russia’s political future

Have we just seen Russia’s last elections for a decade?

Russia has voted in a new parliament. Join our expert panellists to find out if these elections hold some positive lessons for the future, or are the ‘last elections’ that Russia will hold in the next decade. Free live event at 5pm UK time, 23 September.

By Open democracy

/ 23 Sep 2021

Have we just seen Russia’s last elections for a decade?

'New schemes of deception': what Russian election observers told us

Amid accusations of falsifications and violations, openDemocracy speaks to election observers who monitored this week's parliamentary election in St Petersburg

By Natalia Shkurenok

/ 22 Sep 2021

'New schemes of deception': what Russian election observers told us

Russia’s polling industry is gravely wrong. Here’s how to change it

Yes, ‘Family Fortunes’-style questions could go some way to help better inform a Putin-manipulated electorate in a distorted political landscape

By Sergei Erofeev

/ 14 Sep 2021

Russia’s polling industry is gravely wrong. Here’s how to change it

Russia blocks major website for worker complaints

An online database of anonymous complaints about Russian employers has been blocked following a Moscow defamation case

By Thomas Rowley

/ 13 Sep 2021

Russia blocks major website for worker complaints

The high price of political activism in Crimea

The arrest of Crimean Tatar political leader Nariman Dzhelyal is a grim reminder of the reality of Russian annexation

By David Axelrod

/ 8 Sep 2021

The high price of political activism in Crimea

A democratic socialist running for Russian parliament. What could go wrong?

Not much, if Communist candidate Mikhail Lobanov has anything to do with it. The Corbyn and Sanders fan is open to alliances across the divide

By Dmitry Sidorov

/ 1 Sep 2021

A democratic socialist running for Russian parliament. What could go wrong?

Afghan ISIS offshoot ISKP takes on Taliban and US with deadly Kabul bombing

Airport attack that killed 90, including 13 American soldiers, is a warning shot of dissent among extremist Islamists that could spark air war

By Paul Rogers

/ 27 Aug 2021

Afghan ISIS offshoot ISKP takes on Taliban and US with deadly Kabul bombing

Polish media and opposition fight to save press freedom from state control

Government’s controversial bill ‘would wipe out one of last institutions to hold authorities accountable’ and could lead to US sanctions

By Madeline Roache

/ 20 Aug 2021

Polish media and opposition fight to save press freedom from state control