OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 320: “The pain will pass when you go deaf”

26 August 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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Sara Jolly reviews ‘The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII’s Greatest Battle’ by Iain MacGregor

4 September 2023 by Sara Jolly Sara Jolly reviews The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII’s Greatest Battle by Iain MacGregor [Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781472135209], Constable, London, 2022…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: On the logic of opposition – pushing back against dictatorship

28 August 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Radio Svoboda The war against Ukraine has been a catastrophe for Russia as well as Ukraine. For this reason, it would not be…

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Aleksandr Cherkasov: The defeat of the Putin regime is necessary for Russia itself

Photo: Nikita Mouraviev 31 July 2023 Danila Galperovich interviews Aleksandr Cherkasov Source: Voice of America The former head of Memorial Human Rights Centre that was closed down by the Russian…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: ‘Political Prisoner’ Isn’t a Select Order

31 July 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Radio Svoboda After Igor Strelkov-Girkin’s arrest, a strange discussion unfolded in the public space over whether the arrested man should be considered a…

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Read more about the article Podcast: Then & Now #10 – Teresa Cherfas in conversation with the writer Maxim Osipov
Nederland, Amsterdam, 11 november 2022. Russian writer Maxim Osipov. Foto: Marcel Bakker

Podcast: Then & Now #10 – Teresa Cherfas in conversation with the writer Maxim Osipov

17 August 2023 by Teresa Cherfas Welcome to the tenth edition of our Russian-language podcast Then & Now with me, Teresa Cherfas.  My guest today is the author Maxim Osipov.  Following in the…

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Teresa Cherfas reviews ‘Orwell and Russia’ by Masha Karp

9 August 2023 By Teresa Cherfas Teresa Cherfas reviews Orwell and Russia by Masha Karp [paperback, £19.79, 312pp, ISBN-9781788317122 Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2023] As I was gathering my thoughts to write this review,…

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Weekly Update [week-ending 28 July 2023]

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 316: Searches, provocations and repression

29 July 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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