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Dmitry Okrest is a former staff writer with The New Times and currently works as an independent journalist. 

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Constitutional conventions: best practice

On prison and liberty: an interview with Pyotr Pavlensky

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Russia’s leading performance artist on prison and liberty. Русский

 

 

Can Georgia ditch its surveillance culture?

Mikheil Saakashvili may have left his native Georgia for Odessa, but one particular legacy of his years in power is still strong. Русский


Who are your comrades now?

The Russian state wants payback for the mass protests of 2012. But the arrest of another political activist in Russia has attracted the attention of neither the west, nor the European left. Русский

Stalin's back

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With new monuments and museums afoot, Russians are warming again to Stalin's legacy. But is there any communist content to post-communist nostalgia? Русский

Confession of a Russian internet provider

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A firsthand account of how the internet is monitored, regulated and blocked in the Russian Federation.

 

What do Georgians have against trade unions?

Faced with unemployment, people in Georgia are more likely to turn to support systems of family and friends than formal collective action. Русский

Ukrainian refugees in Russia receive a mixed welcome

Many people took refuge in Russia after fleeing eastern Ukraine last summer. Their experiences are far from uniform. Русский

 

Unpaid wages halt progress at Russia’s flagship space project

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The Russian government is throwing money at its new cosmodrome in the Far East. Its workers, however, have seen very little of it. Русский

 

The uncertain future of the Crimean Tatars

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As reports of kidnapping, intimidation and criminal investigations into Crimean Tatars continue to emerge from the peninsula, the future of this Turkic minority looks uncertain. Русский

 

Russian nationalism can be deadly

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As the trial of an extreme Russian nationalist organisation continues in Moscow this month, the parents of one of their victims try to come to terms with what has happened. Русский

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