In 2017, Chechnya orchestrated a brutal anti-gay purge, destroying dozens of lives. With little accountability, it was repeated the next year. This new documentary tracks attempts to help people get out of the republic and into safety.
Eleven years ago, this anti-fascist lawyer was murdered on the streets of Moscow. Stanislav Markelov’s legacy remains important to this day. Here we present a selection of his articles and interviews in English.
The arrival of an unpopular politician in this southern Russian republic has brought people out on to the streets – and raised questions about the republic's future.
Russia’s parliament has passed a law that will allow individual citizens to be labelled “foreign agents”. What effect will it have on the country’s most active citizens?
Post-democracy is the latest wave of post-communist transformation – the result of state capture and the alienation of citizens from the democratic project.
