By Peder Heiberg Sverdrup David France’s documentary about the murder and persecution of LGBTQ+ people in the Russian republic of Chechenya is a tense and harrowing story about hatred in modern day Russia. The brilliant film follows a group of young Russian activists working to “extract” LGBTQ+ people from the republic and bring them toContinue reading “‘Welcome To Chechnya’ is as harrowing as it needs to be”
Category Archives: Eurasia
The Women of Belarus taking a stand against “Europe’s Last Dictator”
Written by Pippa Davis With the Western News cycle dominated by fears of postal vote rigging in the upcoming US presidential election, the electoral fraud transpiring across the Atlantic is being largely overlooked by the global community. Belarus, a land locked country of 9.5 million, is caught geographically and politically between Russia and the restContinue reading “The Women of Belarus taking a stand against “Europe’s Last Dictator””
Police brutality, expulsion and music – containing protest in Russia
Rally for the right to vote in Moscow on August 10th 2019. Source: Sergey Leschina, via Wikimedia Commons. The summer of 2019 in Russia stood in stark contrast with last year’s flourish and excitement surrounding the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It was a summer marked by marked by violence and widespread political discontent. In theContinue reading “Police brutality, expulsion and music – containing protest in Russia”
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