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Image Description: the Kremlin on a sunny day On Sunday, prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was detained just minutes after he landed in Moscow, denied access to his lawyers and promptly jailed for 30 days. This marks a new turn in the messy spiral of Russian political developments that have taken place since his poisoning […]
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Image description: A close-up shot of Saint Basil’s Cathedral. In the latest installment of this year’s biblical succession of bad news, July began with an ‘all Russia vote’ (lacking the legal status of a referendum) on a bleak new package of constitutional amendments: a mishmash of national populism, cultural conservatism and centralist authoritarianism. Those who […]
Continue ReadingIn recent weeks, Russia has fulfilled its promise to make use of its military hardware in order to suppress the influence of ISIL in the region. This was a measure that was undertaken on the condition that the Western powers recognised Bashar Al-Assad’s right to lead the Syrian people, and to cease arming and desist […]
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The Syrian conflict has quickly jumped back into the Western geopolitical conversation. ISIS, though failing to grab as many headlines as before, remains a focus of Western military intelligence. As civil war continues to destroy the country, millions of Syrians have fled, with hundreds of thousands of refugees making their way to Europe this year. […]
Continue ReadingDespite the violence we all see on TV, we live in a remarkably peaceful age. The global economy is more integrated than ever before, and major wars between states are rare. Though it is dangerous to guarantee anything in international relations, the prospect of a global conflict seems more distant than at any point in […]
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Few people have become such international pariahs as President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Putin’s method of rule involves an iron grip on the country’s future. He has wrestled control of the Russian bear, and now charts its course. And that course has taken him on a path of clashing with the international community as well […]
Continue ReadingOxford’s branch of Amnesty held a protest against human rights abuses in Russia on Saturday. Over 70 students posed for photographs outside the Rad Cam holding messages to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The photos will be sent to him using an iPhone app called ByPost. The event was timed to coincide with the Sochi Winter […]
Continue ReadingIn light of the controversy surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics and Russia’s anti-gay legislation, Joe Mansour assesses how far sport can be a catalyst for social change
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