Bribr: A new Russian anti-corruption app
The Bribr app allows regular people to safely document the bribes negatively affecting their everyday lives while illustrating Russia’s corruption problems to an international audience.
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The counterproductive spectacle of Pussy Riot
Why have human rights in Russia largely been ignored until now? Contributor Joshua Foust weighs in on the Pussy Riot media frenzy.
With Putin’s win, a new chance for reset with Russia
Vladimir Putin’s victory in the Russian presidential election may be disappointing, Joshua Foust writes, but it represents a chance for the U.S. and Russia to start anew.
Arab Spring, Russian winter?
Joshua Foust asks if this past weekend’s contested elections will spur Arab Spring-like protests in Russia.
Resetting the ‘Russian reset’
There is a growing movement to resurrect Russia as America’s biggest rival. But painting Russia only as the enemy misrepresents what it really is, writes Joshua Foust — a large, complex and ascendant power seeking to flex its muscles.
Photo: Terror in the terminal
A suicide bomber set off an explosion in Moscow’s busiest airport.
Are the floods in Pakistan and the wildfires in Russia related?
And is climate change to blame?
Migrating violence in the Caucasus
The Chechen insurgency has been pushed into neighboring republics.
