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Latest posts by Maxim Edwards

Russian doctors’ union launches ‘map of problems’ faced by medics during COVID-19

Russia's doctors, paramedics, and ambulance drivers are struggling to be heard

Written by Maxim Edwards

28 May 2020

Kremlin expands online voting possibilities amid COVID-19 fears

Moscow takes its latest step towards digitising elections

Written by Maxim Edwards

27 May 2020

Journalists in Russia's regions catalogue the ‘unseen victims’ of COVID-19

Not all victims of the COVID-19 pandemic catch the virus

Written by Maxim Edwards

18 May 2020

‘We're staying home today’: The unexpected anthem of Russia's COVID-19 lockdown

Russians are singing along to a 2017 song about the pluses of being housebound

Written by Maxim Edwards

17 May 2020

Russians in lockdown celebrate a subdued Victory Day online

And comparisons abound about a ruthless new enemy

Written by Maxim Edwards

11 May 2020

Prosecutions mount as Russia intensifies fight against COVID-19 ‘fake news’

Sharing "fake news" is now a criminal offence

Written by Maxim Edwards

24 April 2020

Russians launch mass virtual protests using satnav application

A wave of "digital protests" strikes a country under lockdown

Written by Maxim Edwards

20 April 2020

An interview with Afgan Mukhtarli, abducted Azerbaijani journalist who now walks free

Mukhtarli was released from prison in Azerbaijan on March 17

Written by Maxim Edwards

27 March 2020

St Petersburg firm creates online bar for self-isolating Russians

As the country registers its first death, more Russians are staying indoors

Written by Maxim Edwards

19 March 2020

Turkmenistan fights coronavirus with (more) isolation and herbal remedies

Turkmen officials deny any cases of COVID-19 in the country. They aim to keep the virus away by closing borders, testing incoming travellers, and burning an aromatic desert grass.

Written by Maxim Edwards

18 March 2020

Putin supports proposals paving the way for his continued rule

Russia "resets the counter" on the number of permitted presidential terms

Written by Maxim Edwards

12 March 2020

Priest wins online anti-prize for Russia's ‘sexist of the year’

Dmitry Smirnov's comments about women's intelligence provoked anger last July

Written by Maxim Edwards

9 March 2020

Making sense of Moldova's ‘depopulation crisis’

An interview with sociologist Petru Negură on Moldova's demographic decline

Written by Maxim Edwards

5 March 2020

Could Russia's ‘Sovereign Internet’ go international?

Interview with researcher Alena Epifanova from the German Council on Foreign Relations

Written by Maxim Edwards

2 March 2020

Pipeline problems for indigenous peoples on Russia's Yamal Peninsula

Interview with exiled Russian indigenous rights campaigner Dmitry Berezhkov

Written by Maxim Edwards

20 February 2020

Holy controversy over proposal to mention God in Russia's constitution

The move was suggested by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch in February

Written by Maxim Edwards

19 February 2020

Russians rally against torture after verdict against ‘terrorist cell’

There is reason to suspect that key confessions in the "Network" case were extracted by torture

Written by Maxim Edwards

15 February 2020

Ukrainian workers battle controversial new labour code

Trade unions are up in arms at moves to significantly empower employers

Written by Maxim Edwards, Thomas Rowley

14 January 2020

What lies ahead for the RuNet in 2020?

An interview with researcher Alexander Isavnin from the Internet Protection Society

Written by Maxim Edwards

26 December 2019

New documentary charts the RuNet's unlikely rise — and its fall

Andrey Loshak’s documentary traces the history of an internet under increasing threat

Written by Maxim Edwards

22 December 2019

Failed promises on electoral system reform prompts new wave of protest in Georgia

For the second time this year, the Georgian Dream government faces mass demonstrations

Written by Maxim Edwards

3 December 2019

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