Ukraine

Testimony to UN Security Council on Russian hate speech By Timothy Snyder Evidence to UN Security Council session on 14/03/23 called by Russian Federation to discuss...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party have spent years turning Hungary’s media environment into their playground — not through outright repression,...

This essay from the London Review of Books gets to the heart of 'lawfare' - the use of wealth against democracy by Peter Geoghegan, editor-in-chief,...

Vienna, March 11, 2023 Harrowing personal story of Russian journalist who broke ranks with Kremlin Marina Ovsyannikova challenged the Kremlin with a spectacular protest against the...

Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groups   Hundreds of Afghan journalists remain stranded...

Vienna, February 27, 2023 by Edward Steen If not about Putin's latest nuclear rumblings, and new territorial threats to the rest of the old USSR, much...

Documents seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin Rishi Sunak's Treasury allowed Russian oligarch Yevgeny...

Vienna, February 24, 2023 Coverage of the continuing war in Ukraine, as it enters its second year, has become complicated by rumours of possible Chinese...

by Edward Steen, Vienna, February 23, 2024 This morning  the Russian embassy in London found its street-view painted for half a kilometer in the Ukrainian...

U.S. president makes surprise visit to Ukraine ahead of first anniversary of war War anniversary seen as motivation for Russian offensive Zelenskiy says...