Democracy Without Borders
War in Ukraine
Russian democrat defiant as awaits an expected heavy prison sentence for speaking out against the Putin regime and its war against Ukraine.
Apr. 11, 2023
Ukraine
The long-divided Russian democratic opposition is united behind an urgent goal: Guaranteeing Putin's defeat in Ukraine and in Russia.
Mar. 25, 2023
Belarus
On March 25, Belarusians celebrate Belarus Independence Day. The US has issued a press statement in support of Belarusians struggling to overthrow the Lukashenko dictatorship, but Kyiv remains silent.
Mar. 25, 2023
War in Ukraine
Another prominent Russian oppositionist and critic of the Kremlin's war against Ukraine on trial in Moscow.
Mar. 14, 2023
Leading Russian oppositionists say no democratization of Russia without a Ukrainian victory.
Feb. 19, 2023
War in Ukraine
Journalist Maria Ponomarenko, mother of two, is likely to spend nearly all of the next decade in a Russian prison. Her crime? Telling the truth about Russia’s crimes in Ukraine.
Feb. 7, 2023
“I remember in 2014 we were facing the same brutal repression from the authoritarian and anti-democratic regimes that held us down.”
Jan. 15, 2023
War in Ukraine
Treated differently by the occupiers, one Kazakhstan citizen describes atrocities against Ukrainians that he can only describe as genocide.
Jan. 14, 2023
2023 is a year when liberal democracy will continue to be tested to its limits – it must be defended.
Jan. 1, 2023
War in Ukraine
Over the course of the past year the myth that top-down dictatorships better suited to our rapidly changing times has been put to lie.
Dec. 31, 2022
War in Ukraine
"I am not fighting my motherland. I am fighting against Putin's regime, against evil".
Dec. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
Despite their efforts, some of the Russians helping Ukrainians are uncomfortable about admitting who they are.
Dec. 14, 2022
Nobel
The representatives of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates were presented with diplomas and gold medals and gave their acceptance speeches.
Dec. 12, 2022
Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who is serving a long prison term, has been admitted to intensive care in hospital, her allies from the Belarusian democratic opposition said on
Nov. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Last week, the first Congress of People’s Deputies from Russia was held in historic Jabłonna, Poland, in the very building where the famed roundtable talks between the Solidarity Movement and communis
Nov. 23, 2022
I visited the capital of Romania, Bucharest, on a business trip recently. The city impressed me not only with its architecture, but also with its extraordinary hospitality. It’s also worth mentioning
Nov. 23, 2022
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Franka Viacorka, the chief political advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who leads the Belarusian government in exile spoke, among other things, about how Ukraine and Belarus must find common cause.
Nov. 18