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Russia inches closer to recognising the Taliban

Building BRICS: Putting human rights on the agenda

The toll of Russia’s war on Africa’s food security

Human Rights implications of Russia's nuclear deployment in Belarus

Poland's Russian Influence Bill is a threat to its democracy

Russia forces Ukrainians in occupied regions to change citizenship

As cooperation with Russia stalls, the Arctic is at risk

Lithuanian media is under attack by Russian disinformation

Brazil and Paraguay's tricky relations with China and Russia

Facing conscription, Russian men lose fundamental rights

How Russia violently persecutes climate activists

Poverty levels rise in Central Asia due to Russia's war on Ukraine

Russia’s war on Ukraine is also a war on Nature

Russia’s LGBTQ community is under attack

Fearful of war and oppression, Belarusians flee abroad

Growing sustainable and just food systems

Indonesia diversifies diet to tackle food insecurity

Inside Europe's dirty coal renaissance

Kremlin gathers support in Western Balkans

The Ukraine crisis' impact on Europe's energy

The swelling humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

Ukraine's humanitarian crisis exposes racist divides

The Ukraine crisis and the art of peacemaking

Russia's engineered refugee crisis

The gruesome torture of Russian political prisoners

The alienation of black people in Russia

Chechen authorities threaten activist to silence resistance

Croatia leadership straddles NATO - Russia divide

Russian authorities ignore Chechen human rights abuses

Navalny’s arrest was a flagrant assault on human rights

Russia's homophobic laws target prominent artists

Russian authorities abuse surveillance on social media

The fight against housing discrimination in Russia

World Aids Day: the HIV epidemic in Russia

Russian authorities use psychiatric treatment as punishment

Russia targets activists for exposing Soviet-era crimes

Russia’s absence at COP26 stresses neglect of climate action

Without accountability, Russian security agents prosecute teenagers

LGBTQ conversion therapy is still a common practice in Russia

Nobel Prize shows the ultimate price for Russian journalists: their lives

Activists reveal the extent of sexual abuse in Russian Prisons

Hazing is still common and deadly in the Russian army

Mass shootings are becoming more common in Russia

Nord Stream II: geopolitical and environmental hazard

Crimean Tatars face increased oppression by Russia

Limits on free speech in Russia: comedy is reason for exile

Racist groups in Russia harass local businesses

Russian government requires journalists to register as foreign agents

Kremlin weaponises Russian language, alienating former Soviet states

Treatment of Afghan refugees highlights inhumane asylum policy in Russia

Russian healthcare workers assist crackdown on opposition

Kremlin deploys clones to fight St. Petersburg’s last opposition MP

Russian jail horror story: “Escobar’s black site” found under St. Petersburg

Police trucks are the ultimate symbol of Russian authority

Russia’s first-ever, short-lived LGBTQ ad exposes rift

Russia: nihilism in the age of a pandemic

It’s Pride Month, but not in Southern Russia

Russian monitoring of convicts' rights becomes a nonentity

Workhouses disguised as rehabilitation clinics mushroom in Russia

Russian NGOs fighting on two fronts: against government and COVID

Public outrage makes Russian lawmakers call off controversial bill

Human rights activists observe less xenophobia in Russia

Edward Snowden applies for Russian citizenship

Why poverty in Russia could strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power

Human rights groups question Russia's bid to join UN HR Council

Founder of a Russian newspaper driven to suicide by police harassment

Russian human rights community oppose death penalty for child abusers

Council of Europe slams Russia for lack of progress in human rights

Schools in Ukraine scrap Russian language from their curricula

Russian bitcoin miners could face seven years in jail

Two Russians will serve terms in labour camp for "display of disrespect" to President Vladimir Putin

Russian Far Eastern city shows defiance to Kremlin for the third week

Last organised opposition in Russia succumbs under Kremlin offence

Opposition searches for ways to survive in post-referendum Russia

Russia opens doors for immigrants

Russia votes for new Constitution in the pre-decided referendum

Russia abandons 30 million people in zones of environmental disasters

Why Russia remains deaf to BLM agenda

Finding trust in Russian courts: an impossible task?

Russian lawmakers deny unvaccinated children admission to schools

Police in Russia have their hands untied

Is Russia on the brink of anarchy?

Russians dream of emigration but do little for that

Moscow residents sue City Hall for "illegal" restrictions

Locked down Russians turning to 'Wikimocracy'

The making of a coronavirus food crisis

Kremlin's aid to the U.S. causes controversy in Russia

Russia launches military draft braving coronavirus epidemy

Russia joins the club of "self-isolated" nations

Ship "Russia" to cross troubled waters with the same captain

How "mosaic thinking" can destroy Russia's ruling party

Eighteen years: Russian court gives record-long terms for minor offences

Moscow's calling: "Soul hunters" for Russia's émigrés

Russia claims 78000 sq miles of the US territory

Governor in Russia threatens journalists to "waste them in the outhouse"

Why Russia offers natural gas by dumping price to its neighbours

Bela-Rossija: Minsk proposes Russia's incirporation into Belarus

Russia's Putin concedes he may step down in 2024

U.S. study names Russia the world's second most powerful nation

The "most disgraced country": Russia banned from world sports

German-Russian relations in danger again?

Russia bans its citizens to contact foreign media

Russia split over "home violence" bill

May Ukrainian army adopt NATO standards painlessly?

Putin calls to protect Russian language from "foreign troglodytes"

One-way ticket: Russian servicemen trapped in the Army

"Russia drives a wedge between Turkey and U.S."

Putin's sinophilia costs Russia $11 billion

Delete forever: Russians face an internet ban

Trump-Zelensky talks overshadowed by scandal over July phone conversation

Xenophobia is on a steep rise in Russia

Russian men are at the top place for committed suicides

Law and disorder: Russian authorities charge defenders of the Constitution

Russians are in fear and social anxiety, a new study reveals

Do Russian MPs suffer of 'persecutory delusion'?

Russian protesters offer reward for information on violent policeman

Russia denies its citizens access to future global internet

Putin promises a salary rise to Russian military at the expense of retirees

The Constitution is not a sacred cow for the Russian police

Family ties are the top priority for Russians – at least, in theory

Are passports still relevant in the modern world?

Why Romas in Russia have to leave their homes

Why Russian repressive system back-pedalled

Why some Russian politicians try to ban English words

Why building churches in Russia is of higher priority than building schools

Why "green" initiatives of Russian lawmakers harm the environment

Jamon, Baby: Why Russian authorities want to outlaw foreign foods

Why the only Russia-designed jet faces uncertain future

Moscow goes ahead with cementing Donbass separation from Ukraine

Stalin is back and welcomed by the Russians

Why Russians are willing to save on everything but reading

Why Russia won't win, whoever wins Ukraine's presidential elections

One word is missing from mainstream condemnation of Trump

Trump, Russia and Twitter

Aleppo's hospitals ravaged by Russian bombs: what can you do?

Russian warships refuel in Spanish ports, then head for Syria