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Three people wearing blue jeans, black tops and holding guns. One man is in the front, facing the camera wearing sunglasses and a black cap.There are two large vehicles partially in view. Possibly tankers.

3 Apr 2023 4 minute read

What is the Wagner Group?

The Russian paramilitary organization has played an active part in the Ukraine war and left bloody footprints across the globe...

A rally to mark Defender of Ukraine Day, in Kiev, on 14 October 2017. Activists and supporters of the Azov, Svoboda (Freedom), Ukrainian nationalist parties and Right Sector took part.

28 Jun 2022 7 minute read

Who are you calling a nazi?

Richard Swift and Conrad Landin examine Vladimir Putin’s bogus claims of ‘de-nazification...

A shopkeeper in Dushanbe with his collection of Soviet paraphernalia for sale.

11 Jun 2022 7 minute read

The dragon and the bear on the roof of the world

Cash-strapped but strategically important, Tajikistan is undergoing rapid change with its future increasingly being shaped...

7 Mar 2022 7 minute read

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Ukraine, the peace movement and the rush to pick sides

Richard Swift explores why the Cold War's old certainties can no longer hold.

a man wearing a mask is arressted by 2 police officers

4 Mar 2022 5 minute read

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Russians say: ‘Stop the war!’

Tina Burrett speaks to the people taking to the streets of Russia to protest the invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine requires urgent action. Vanessa Baird asks what we can do.

25 Feb 2022 4 minute read

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Ukraine – what can internationalists do?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine requires urgent action. Vanessa Baird asks what we can do.

16 Aug 2021 2 minute read

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Pressure on Putin

Putin piles on the political pressure in Russia.

Unbowed: Koza Press editor-in-chief Irina Slavina’s children lead her funeral procession, Nizhny Novgorod, 6 October 2020. MIKHAIL SOLUNIN/TASS/ALAMY

9 Aug 2021 7 minute read

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Not toeing the Kremlin’s line

Regional media is holding its own against the ‘official version’ put out by the nationals. Could it be a harbinger for...

25 Mar 2019 4 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

We need to talk about Putin

Putin’s critics have labelled him a ‘kleptocratic dictator’ and drawn comparisons with Hitler. Russia expert Mark...

8 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Russian LGBT activists battle teenage isolation

Young people discovering their sexuality have been denied access to information or acceptance since the ‘gay propaganda’ law...

War on drugs failing: Activists of All-Ukrainian Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS, non-governmental group, are seen self handcuffed to bed during news conference at Lavra clinic, Kiev.

20 Jul 2018 5 minute read

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Ukraine’s war on drugs drives HIV epidemic

Spiralling rates of the diseases have punitive policies at their root. Madeline Roache reports.

Dinamo Sukhumi’s stadium under construction.

17 Jul 2018 6 minute read

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Where football meets politics

In tiny Abkhazia, outcast from the world stage, football is a source of hope. Robert O’Connor reports.

Liz McDaid and Makoma Lekalakaka in front of the country’s only nuclear power station – Koeberg.

23 Apr 2018 4 minute read

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The Women Who Stopped the Nuclear Deal

Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid won the Goldman Environmental Prize for stopping a secret nuclear deal with Russia....

The leaders of Russia and Hungary, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán

30 Apr 2018 5 minute read

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Is Hungary mimicking Putin’s authoritarianism?

Has Putin exported ‘managed democracy’ to Hungary? Madeline Roache examines Orbán’s regime.

Russian president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russia Today’s leadership.

28 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Banning Russia Today would solve nothing

This will give Putin another excuse for a media crackdown, argues Madeline Roache.

12 Mar 2018 4 minute read

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History repeats itself in Crimea

In 1944, Stalin declared the Tatars 'traitors'. Now Putin calls them ‘extremists’. Madeline Roache reports...

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