Collaboration, Theft and Corruption: How Russia Tried to Co-Opt Kherson
The occupying forces are appointing local sympathisers to run services and private enterprises in the southern region. But it’s not working out as planned.
The occupying forces are appointing local sympathisers to run services and private enterprises in the southern region. But it’s not working out as planned.
The international community needs to take steps over latest human rights outrage if it wants to retain any regional influence or authority.
Moscow refuses to acknowledge thousands of detentions as prisoners families’ fear for their fate.
With Ukrainian news sites blocked, disinformation shapes people’s perception of events.
Rights organisations maintain that systematic lack of action in investigating such crimes serves to empower perpetrators.
Russians bring back Soviet-era symbols to mark a militaristic holiday that fails to credit other nations for their role in defeating Nazi Germany.
Fresh prohibitions have crushed hopes that newly appointed 40-year-old president Serdar Berdymukhamedov would pursue a more enlightened path.
Nearly 100 people from the impoverished neighbourhood were detained in connection with the July 2021 protests.