From the Republics: The Great Language Divide
Ay Yola folk band. Credit: Instagram, @ayyola.music Welcome to this week’s edition of From the Republics: Weekly. Ay Yola, a folk band from the republic of Bashkortostan, made history last…
From the Republics: Vladimir Kara-Murza vs. Indigenous Activists
Welcome back to From the Republics: The Longread, where we explore the culture, politics, and society of Russia’s ethnic republics and Indigenous communities in depth. This week, we are zooming…
From the Republics: The Arrest of Sasha Alexandrova
By Viliuia Choinova Sasha Alexandrova’s case is more than yet another instance of persecuting an independent journalist. It is a troubling sign of the ever-worsening assault on freedom of expression…
From the Republics. How Russia’s Diamond Republic Finds Manpower for Putin’s Army
Эҕэрдэ* and welcome to From the Republics: The Longread! By Free Yakutia Foundation & Leyla Latypova For this first edition of the fortnightly newsletter we (From the Republics – note…