Languages
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
News and Views from the Global South
HEALTH-RUSSIA: ‘Life Is Wonderful, When Protected’
The message is sharp, slick, and not scary. It sounds like the language Russian authorities need in order to save the country from an AIDS epidemic.TSUNAMI IMPACT: The Long Russian Winter May Help
The long and cold Russian winter can be of some help to tsunami victims as Russians head south to Asia in droves to revive themselves and the economies of their destinations.RUSSIA: Progress Could Be Under Arrest
The sentencing of Russia's richest oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to nine years in prison could cause the country immeasurable harm and change its economic and political landscape, human rights activists and political analysts say./ARTS WEEKLY/ RUSSIA: Opera Faces Pornography Charges
Russian parliamentarians have rallied to impose a ban on the increasingly publicised opera 'The Children of Rosenthal' at the Bolshoi Theatre, a work fresh from the pens of composer Leonid Desyatnikov and prolific writer Vladimir Sorokin.HEALTH: Russia Counts the Cost of AIDS
The Russian government is turning increasingly towards businesses to support its fight against AIDS.WORLD HEALTH DAY: Beer Is New Enemy of the State in Russia
A ban on consumption of beer in public places came into effect in Russia this month, but no one knows how effectively it can be enforced.HEALTH-RUSSIA: Drug Use Rises Dramatically
The number of drug addicts in Russia has risen 15-fold over the past ten years to about half a million - and that is only the official estimate.KYRGHYZSTAN: New Freedom Wave Could Spread
The fall of the government in the former Soviet republic Kyrghyzstan could shake up authoritarian regimes in Belarus, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.POPULATION: Russia Running Out of Russians
Squeezed between emigration and growing economic problems, Russia is experiencing a serious population decline.RUSSIA: Opposition Gathers to Take On Putin
Liberal and left-leaning parties are moving towards a broad alliance to fight the "growing threat of dictatorship" ahead of parliamentary elections due 2007.HEALTH-RUSSIA: AIDS Spreading at Alarming Pace
Health experts and non-governmental organisations are warning of a rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Russia.INT’L WOMEN’S DAY: From Russia with Domestic Violence
More than 50,000 Russian women are beaten by their husbands or partners every hour, a group of women's non-governmental organisations says.RIGHTS-RUSSIA: Media Feeding New Xenophobia
'Gypsy mafia stripped Muscovites of apartments' says a headline in a leading Russian newspaper. 'Ukrainian woman came to Moscow to sell child' says another.RIGHTS: A Russian Appeal to Bush
A group of leading academics has appealed to U.S. President George W. Bush to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to change his "authoritarian course".RIGHTS: A Russian Appeal to Bush
A group of leading academics has appealed to U.S. President George W. Bush to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to change his "authoritarian course".IRAQ: Russia Looking for Economic Expansion
The Russian government has announced early intentions of looking for economic opportunities under a new regime in Iraq.TSUNAMI IMPACT: Beslan Reaches Out, Russia Does Not
Shock waves from the tsunami hit the little Russian town Beslan particularly hard.RUSSIA: A Whole People Are Held Hostage
The killings at the Beslan school in Russia are only the gravest in a long campaign of attacks and hostage taking by Chechen separatists.RUSSIA: A Whole People Are Held Hostage
The killings at the Beslan school in Russia are only the gravest in a long campaign of attacks and hostage taking by Chechen separatists.« Previous Page
The Week with IPS
NEXT STOP - SDGs
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
