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Articles by Oliver Carroll

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Then They Came for Svetova

An unexpected law enforcement raid at the home of long-time journalist and rights activist Zoya Svetova raises fears of repression
Trump

Ukraine's Donbass Drifts into 'Alternative Peace'

New clashes erupt as Moscow and Kiev prepare for Donald Trump's uncertain foreign policy.
news

Lowered Expectations Ahead of Berlin Ukraine Talks

Few expected the "Normandy Format" meeting to happen. The fact it did is already a triumph
news

KGB, In From the Cold

Early in the morning on Sept. 19, just as the first landslide results of Russia's parliamentary elections began to trickle in, the Kommersant newspaper...
Terrorism

No Way Back: The Russians Caught Between Jail and the Islamic State

Several thousand people left Russia to escape what they consider to be persecution — and, in many cases, prosecution. Up until now they had considered...
opinion
Oliver Carroll

The Week Britain Pretended It Was Ukraine (Op-Ed)

If there is anything the last two years should have taught us, it is that the unthinkable can happen — separatism, disintegration, even wars — and...
news

How Kiev and Moscow Agreed To Ignore Each Other

If there was any hope of a breakthrough in Russian-Ukrainian relations following the release of Nadiya Savchenko, it was dashed on the Ukrainian pilot's...
news

'Putin’s Children' – Life, Crime, Terror on the Edge of Russia

The driver's voice teeters between depression and aggression. "What kinduva life do yoo call this?!" he shouts. "Weerrall peepul, for sheeettin sake...