Borderlines

Borderlines

Not welcome here. By Charlotte Rubin.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
Slim pickings: goats wait to head out to graze in Alichur, a settlement of mainly Kyrghyz herders in the Pamir mountains.Photo: Fredrik Lerneryd

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 by a power play between China and Russia. Klas Lundström reports.

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NI 537 - How we stop big oil - May, 2022

Putin's Russia

The rise of a dictator by Darryl Cunningham.

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NI 535 - Romani lives matter - January, 2022
Protesters took to the streets in January following the arrest of Alexei Navalny. President Vladimir Putin claimed they were only ‘a few’, but Russia’s Communist Youth League said they included ‘not only supporters of the arrested blogger but thousands of citizens with completely different views’.Photo: SOPA/Alamy

Pressure on Putin

Report on Russia by Tina Burrett.

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NI 533 - Food justice: who gets to eat? - September, 2021
Unbowed: Koza Press editor-in-chief Irina Slavina’s children lead her funeral procession, Nizhny Novgorod, 6 October 2020.Photo: Mikhail Solunin/TASS/Alamy

Not toeing the Kremlin’s line

Despite threats, regional media in Russia is resurgent and inspiring audiences tired of the ‘official version’ broadcast by the nationals. Tina Burrett surveys the changes afoot.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
The opportunities presented by melting ice are spurring the militarization of the Arctic. The US is among the nations planning to expand its fleet of icebreaker ships such as this one, pictured making its way to St Lawrence Island in Alaska.Photo: Accent Alaska

On thin ice

Is conflict in the Arctic drawing closer? Rather than spurring action on climate change, rapidly melting ice is creating more opportunities for geopolitical rivalry.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018
Life after Putin

Life after Putin

The struggle to define Russia’s future is under way but those hoping for a more progressive post-Putin Russia shouldn’t hold their breath, writes Tina Burrett.

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NI 510 - Black Lives Matter - March, 2018
Human rights activist Valentina Cherevalenko targeted.Photo: Julia Alekseyeva

Russia’s witch-hunt against Valentina Cherevatenko

Moscow has opened the first criminal case for an alleged violation of its widely criticized ‘Foreign Spy’ law against civil-society activist Valentina Cherevatenko. Erin Kilbride reports.

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NI 495 - Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist - September, 2016
Migrant workers join Hong Kong dockworkers in a protest for better working conditions. Though Hong Kong has more progressive labour laws than China, trade unionists still face discrimination and there is no law protecting the right to collective bargaining.Photo: Robert SC Kemp/Alamy Stock Photo

Taking matters into their own hands

Labour rights in post-socialist countries such as Russia, China and Vietnam are being fought for from outside, not within, official trade unions. Tim Pringle reports.

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NI 495 - Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist - September, 2016
Russia's unseen casualties

Russia's unseen casualties

Those living with HIV in the Ukraine face an uncertain future following cuts to support services, reports Gabriella Jozwiak.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
Fifteen-year-old Sasha Calm is an openly gay teenager. He is currently being home-schooled. When he came out, he ‘became a second-rate person instantaneously,’ he explains. ‘Everyone around me started acting as if they suddenly had the right to humiliate and belittle me, laugh at me and call me names.’Isabella Moore

Russia's war on its gay citizens

Isabella Moore photographs those bearing the brunt of the latest crackdown on LGBTI rights.

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014
The gloves are off

The gloves are off

The authorities are cracking down on dissent in Russia, writes Victor Sonkin.

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NI 455 - Illegal drugs - September, 2012
Ramzan Kadyrov AP Photo / Musa Sadulayev

Ramzan Kadyrov

A profile of the President of Chechnya.

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NI 442 - Climate change denial - May, 2011
Professional hazard: murder

Professional hazard: murder

Investigating the truth can be deadly for Russia’s journalists, as Tina Burrett discovers.

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NI 433 - Deported! What happened next? - June, 2010

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Loneliness May, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
How we stop big oil May, 2022
Romani lives matter January, 2022
Food justice: who gets to eat? September, 2021
Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
The dirt on waste November, 2018
Black Lives Matter March, 2018
Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist September, 2016
Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist September, 2016
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Illegal drugs September, 2012
Time for a fair economy March, 2012
Climate change denial May, 2011
Deported! What happened next? June, 2010
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