Andrei Grigorev

1 week ago | themoscowtimes.com | Leyla Latypova |Andrei Grigorev

Volunteers counting Russia’s losses in the war in Ukraine have long pointed to the disproportionate numbers of ethnic minorities among the fallen soldiers. In addition to communities Indigenous to Russia — such as Buryats and Tyvans — some of the country’s non-Indigenous minorities also sustained outsized losses. Among them are at least 1,017 ethnic Germans.

Nov 15, 2024 | rferl.org | Ramazan Alpaut |Andrei Grigorev |Ray Furlong

Activists claim that Russian officials are disrupting the flow of the biggest tributary to the Caspian Sea for political prestige -- regardless of the environmental impact. Residents of Kazan, Russia, live 1,000 kilometers north of the Caspian but can witness directly the human activity affecting it. This is where the Kazanka River merges into the Volga, the largest source of water into the Caspian, and the flows here vary wildly. In September 2023, the Kazanka was so low it slowed to a trickle.

Nov 14, 2024 | slobodnaevropa.org | Ramazan Alpaut |Andrei Grigorev

PodijeliteRusija dozvoljava da se mijenjaju vodostaji kaspijskih pritoka, radi političkog prestižaAktivisti tvrde da ruski zvaničnici ometaju tok najveće rijeke koja utječe u Kaspijsko more radi političkog prestiža -- bez obzira na uticaj na životnu sredinu. Stanovnici Kazana u Rusiji žive 1.000 kilometara sjeverno od Kaspijskog mora, ali ipak direktno svjedoče ljudskim aktivnostima koje utiču na to more.