About OpenDemocracy OpenDemocracy is an independent global media organisation Articles by OpenDemocracy Nov. 4, 2021, 2:59 pm OpenDemocracy: Ukraine 1917 (Book Review) Nov. 3, 2021, 12:53 pm OpenDemocracy: What is happening on the borders of Belarus? Oct. 27, 2021, 2:24 pm OpenDemocracy: A personal reflection on loss and war in Donbas Advertisement Oct. 25, 2021, 7:24 pm Open Democracy: Drawings by Belarusian political prisoners Oct. 16, 2021, 2:43 pm Open Democracy: Belarus’ most famous media outlet wants its title back Oct. 12, 2021, 12:34 pm OpenDemocracy: Is Ukraine facing the soya curse? Oct. 3, 2021, 1:59 pm Open Democracy: Russian journalists are being labelled ‘foreign agents’ Sept. 29, 2021, 7:12 pm OpenDemocracy: A day with Kyiv’s trade union of trolleybus drivers Sept. 16, 2021, 4:59 pm OpenDemocracy: Ukraine and the West – an insider’s view Sept. 8, 2021, 5:12 pm OpenDemocracy: The high price of political activism in Crimea Sept. 1, 2021, 12:13 pm OpenDemocracy: A democratic socialist running for Russian parliament. What could go wrong? Aug. 11, 2021, 7:09 pm OpenDemocracy: UK government under fire over ‘half-hearted’ Belarus sanctions July 22, 2021, 9:23 pm OpenDemocracy: Documents shed light on murky US-Georgia resource dispute July 21, 2021, 10:06 am OpenDemocracy: Lessons from the protests in Russia’s Far East, one year on July 20, 2021, 7:45 pm OpenDemocracy: UK watchdog urged to investigate ‘shocking’ City financing of Belarus … July 18, 2021, 5:45 pm OpenDemocracy: Avakov resigns – and leaves a legacy of impunity behind July 10, 2021, 11:39 am OpenDemocracy: The slow-burn crisis inside Ukraine’s pension system July 8, 2021, 3:02 pm Open Democracy: ‘We consider Alexey Navalny’s ideas destructive and dangerous for Russia’ June 23, 2021, 4:43 pm OpenDemocracy: What happened to Belarusian workers after protests? June 15, 2021, 10:02 pm Group of authors: We need a new university for eastern Europe June 10, 2021, 8:41 pm OpenDemocracy: Banks in spotlight over Belarus regime finance in London May 25, 2021, 10:14 pm OpenDemocracy: London Stock Exchange under fire for financing Belarusian dictator May 20, 2021, 9:10 pm OpenDemocracy: Inside the attack on Meduza May 17, 2021, 1:35 pm OpenDemocracy: Official says Navalny’s ‘smart voting’ offers the only path to change May 11, 2021, 9:42 pm OpenDemocracy: The UK is losing the fight on money laundering May 9, 2021, 1:27 pm OpenDemocracy: ‘The word feminism is still a trigger’, Russia’s feminists say May 2, 2021, 9:38 am OpenDemocracy: 7 years on from annexation, Crimean journalists are under threat April 23, 2021, 8:53 pm OpenDemocracy: Russia’s protest volunteers, in their own words April 21, 2021, 5:45 pm OpenDemocracy: Inside Ukraine’s third wave March 16, 2021, 2:24 am OpenDemocracy: In Ukraine, anger over fuel poverty is bringing people out into the streets March 13, 2021, 11:27 am OpenDemocracy: Survivors of unlawful detention in Nagorno-Karabakh speak out about war … Feb. 24, 2021, 5:31 pm OpenDemocracy: How this Russian city became a test site for political prosecution Feb. 13, 2021, 10:36 am OpenDemocracy: A Ukrainian tanker mystery continues – and leads back to the UK Feb. 6, 2021, 3:39 pm Open Democracy: Russian journalist Sergey Smirnov, jailed for a joke Feb. 6, 2021, 3:09 pm Open Democracy: ‘This is a conflict between grandchildren and grandfathers’ Jan. 24, 2021, 2:16 pm OpenDemocracy: ‘We are not a country. We are just pure corruption’ Jan. 8, 2021, 8:18 pm OpenDemocracy: Why Ukraine needs real war crime legislation Jan. 2, 2021, 10:33 am Open Democracy: What happened to democracy in 2020? Dec. 22, 2020, 9:57 pm OpenDemocracy: In Belarus and Russia, doctors becoming activists Dec. 12, 2020, 12:52 pm OpenDemocracy: The human cost of the Karabakh war Dec. 8, 2020, 9:35 pm OpenDemocracy: A conversation on Nagorno-Karabakh Dec. 3, 2020, 8:58 pm OpenDemocracy: These miners protested for 43 days underground. Then they were betrayed Nov. 23, 2020, 4:12 pm OpenDemocracy: What it means to be a teacher in protest-struck Belarus Nov. 21, 2020, 11:59 am OpenDemocracy: What awaits Belarusian protesters in prison Nov. 3, 2020, 2:30 pm Open Democracy: Leaked police data reveals level of violence against protesters in Belarus Oct. 27, 2020, 9:38 pm OpenDemocracy: Belarusians share why they are protesting Oct. 27, 2020, 9:11 pm Open Democracy: Inside Crimea’s slow-burn water crisis Oct. 27, 2020, 1:08 pm Open Democracy: Serhiy Zhadan says ‘Donbas is more about revival than ruins’ Oct. 17, 2020, 5:45 pm OpenDemocracy: Death of Russian journalist has a backstory Oct. 15, 2020, 10:46 am Open Democracy: How Russia’s working people are dealing with the pandemic Oct. 10, 2020, 1:49 pm OpenDemocracy: Interview with Azerbaijani anti-war activist Oct. 6, 2020, 2:53 pm OpenDemocracy: Colleagues react to Russian journalist’s death Sept. 19, 2020, 5:46 pm Open Democracy: An open letter by Belarusian human rights activists to the international … Sept. 17, 2020, 9:43 pm OpenDemocracy: Why miners in Ukraine’s longest city are holding an underground strike Sept. 12, 2020, 1:30 am Open Democracy: Labour activists speak out about underground miners’ protest in Ukraine Sept. 11, 2020, 10:11 am Open Democracy: Oleksandr Kolchenko on Ukraine, Crimea, prison Sept. 10, 2020, 9:50 am Open Democracy: How Russian law enforcement prosecutes Jehovah’s Witnesses Sept. 9, 2020, 5:28 pm OpenDemocracy: A landmark court case on ‘traditional values’ in Ukraine ends strangely Sept. 7, 2020, 7:40 pm Open Democracy: Belarusian medics witness the brutal response to protests Aug. 26, 2020, 8:18 pm Global Voices: Belarusian labour activists pressured as political crisis drags on Aug. 26, 2020, 3:36 pm OpenDemocracy: As protests mount, Belarusians turn away from the regime Aug. 19, 2020, 8:31 pm OpenDemocracy: A Russian banking scandal taints Uzbekistan’s cotton revolution Aug. 18, 2020, 2:34 pm OpenDemocracy: One woman’s ordeal in detention in Belarus Prev 1 2 Next