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- 11 March 2010
- The Nightmare of History
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TOL Talk: Author Jonathan Brent on plumbing the Soviet archives, negotiating the new Russia, and encountering the real Josef Stalin.
- By Andy Markowitz
- 10 March 2010
- Just Another Post-Soviet Semi-Democracy
The Abkhaz political establishment has its opponents, but they hardly comprise an opposition.
- By BBC Monitoring
- 9 March 2010
- How to Paint an Enemy
In words and pictures, Georgian students express their feelings about Russia and the 2008 war. A TOL/Liberali multimedia production.
- By Eka Chitanava and Temo Bardzimashvili
- 4 March 2010
- This Watchdog Bites Occasionally
- Recent campaigns against critics in the local media suggest newspapers might have a tooth or two left.
- By Galina Stolyarova
- 3 March 2010
- The View from Tbilisi: Statue of Limitations
In the fourth of a series of video reports, Georgians debate whether the statue of Josef Stalin in his birthplace of Gori should stay in the city center or be moved to a museum. A TOL/Liberali multimedia project.
- By Nia Kurtishvili and Maka Machavariani
- 2 March 2010
- A Semi-Soviet Union is Born
Many Kazakhs fear the new Russian-led customs union will be a very unequal partnership.
- By Kenjali Tinibai
- 1 March 2010
- Railway to the Future
Although deeply flawed, Medvedev’s strategy for dragging Russia into the 21st century is not to be dismissed out of hand.
- By TOL
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