A journalistic investigation involves the research, analysis and publication of not publicly avai... more A journalistic investigation involves the research, analysis and publication of not publicly available but exclusive information that had been concealed from the general public. This is why conducting such investigations is impossible without a creative approach. Each story or case is unique, and one needs the ability to think freely in order to dig out the truth. This is why, at first, the idea of writing a guide to anticorruption journalistic investigations seemed strange or even counter-intuitive. It is hard to imagine a universal manual for scientists on how to make scientific discoveries; there are only general guidelines based on examples. The same applies to journalistic investigations.
Throughout the post-Soviet period, there have been continuous discussions in Russia about the nee... more Throughout the post-Soviet period, there have been continuous discussions in Russia about the need to abolish compulsory military service and create a professional army in its place. Although three Russian presidents declared their determination to reorganize the armed forces, however, all attempts to create an entirely contractual military have failed. Today there are some signs that the military is modernizing, supported by reports that professional Russian troops are participating in operations in Ukraine. In order to create a fully combat-effective professional military, however, a number of major reforms are needed. The soldier’s legal status needs to be raised, service conditions for contract soldiers should be improved, and authentic civilian oversight should be established over the military.
Inner Emigration is a wide spread term illustrating inner situation of the millions of Soviet cit... more Inner Emigration is a wide spread term illustrating inner situation of the millions of Soviet citizens who were not able to allow their selves a normal emigration. It is a mass movement of the non-violence resistance mostly among so called arts intelligentcia (creative intellectuals), their activities and mode of life limiting the "Soviet reality". Text written for the conference in Kreisau (Krzizowa), Poland, March 2011 (in Russian).
Russia and Poland have a similar post-Soviet economic background, similar challenges of corruptio... more Russia and Poland have a similar post-Soviet economic background, similar challenges of corruption, and similar starting positions for the development of civil society, but the outcome of the fight against corruption after 25 years of reforms is considerably different. Poland reports on tackling corruption and considerable improvements in access to information, accountability, and raising the freedom of the media, while the level of corruption in Russia remains high from year to year. It is obvious that the control of corruption is only possible when the state and non-state groups are acting together as equal actors. This working paper is aimed at studying the influence of NSA (non-state actors) in anti-corruption in Poland and making recommendations for the Russian non-state sector.
Институт военных омбудсманов появился в конце XIX века и получил свое развитие в XX веке. Уполном... more Институт военных омбудсманов появился в конце XIX века и получил свое развитие в XX веке. Уполномоченные по правам военнослужащих во многих странах являются связующим звеном между армией и обществом и играют особую роль медиатора в военно-гражданских отношениях. Данное исследование было написано по заказу Аппарата Уполномоченного по правам человека в Российской Федерации в 2013 году.
After 20 years of reforms, Russia still has a very poor record of corruption. It is generally rec... more After 20 years of reforms, Russia still has a very poor record of corruption. It is generally recognised that corruption in Russia is a systemic problem and as such negatively affects not only the country’s economy and the performance of public administration, but also undermines observation of the human rights. Russian human rights organisations report about increasing number of rights abuses in all areas of the public life and state institutions. They claim that corruption has been the fundament in the majority of cases of human rights violations. This working paper is aimed at studying the linkage and dependence between the level of corruption and the number of human rights violations in contemporary Russia.
A journalistic investigation involves the research, analysis and publication of not publicly avai... more A journalistic investigation involves the research, analysis and publication of not publicly available but exclusive information that had been concealed from the general public. This is why conducting such investigations is impossible without a creative approach. Each story or case is unique, and one needs the ability to think freely in order to dig out the truth. This is why, at first, the idea of writing a guide to anticorruption journalistic investigations seemed strange or even counter-intuitive. It is hard to imagine a universal manual for scientists on how to make scientific discoveries; there are only general guidelines based on examples. The same applies to journalistic investigations.
Throughout the post-Soviet period, there have been continuous discussions in Russia about the nee... more Throughout the post-Soviet period, there have been continuous discussions in Russia about the need to abolish compulsory military service and create a professional army in its place. Although three Russian presidents declared their determination to reorganize the armed forces, however, all attempts to create an entirely contractual military have failed. Today there are some signs that the military is modernizing, supported by reports that professional Russian troops are participating in operations in Ukraine. In order to create a fully combat-effective professional military, however, a number of major reforms are needed. The soldier’s legal status needs to be raised, service conditions for contract soldiers should be improved, and authentic civilian oversight should be established over the military.
Inner Emigration is a wide spread term illustrating inner situation of the millions of Soviet cit... more Inner Emigration is a wide spread term illustrating inner situation of the millions of Soviet citizens who were not able to allow their selves a normal emigration. It is a mass movement of the non-violence resistance mostly among so called arts intelligentcia (creative intellectuals), their activities and mode of life limiting the "Soviet reality". Text written for the conference in Kreisau (Krzizowa), Poland, March 2011 (in Russian).
Russia and Poland have a similar post-Soviet economic background, similar challenges of corruptio... more Russia and Poland have a similar post-Soviet economic background, similar challenges of corruption, and similar starting positions for the development of civil society, but the outcome of the fight against corruption after 25 years of reforms is considerably different. Poland reports on tackling corruption and considerable improvements in access to information, accountability, and raising the freedom of the media, while the level of corruption in Russia remains high from year to year. It is obvious that the control of corruption is only possible when the state and non-state groups are acting together as equal actors. This working paper is aimed at studying the influence of NSA (non-state actors) in anti-corruption in Poland and making recommendations for the Russian non-state sector.
Институт военных омбудсманов появился в конце XIX века и получил свое развитие в XX веке. Уполном... more Институт военных омбудсманов появился в конце XIX века и получил свое развитие в XX веке. Уполномоченные по правам военнослужащих во многих странах являются связующим звеном между армией и обществом и играют особую роль медиатора в военно-гражданских отношениях. Данное исследование было написано по заказу Аппарата Уполномоченного по правам человека в Российской Федерации в 2013 году.
After 20 years of reforms, Russia still has a very poor record of corruption. It is generally rec... more After 20 years of reforms, Russia still has a very poor record of corruption. It is generally recognised that corruption in Russia is a systemic problem and as such negatively affects not only the country’s economy and the performance of public administration, but also undermines observation of the human rights. Russian human rights organisations report about increasing number of rights abuses in all areas of the public life and state institutions. They claim that corruption has been the fundament in the majority of cases of human rights violations. This working paper is aimed at studying the linkage and dependence between the level of corruption and the number of human rights violations in contemporary Russia.
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such investigations is impossible without a creative approach. Each story or case is unique, and one needs the ability to think freely in order to dig out the truth.
This is why, at first, the idea of writing a guide to anticorruption journalistic investigations seemed strange or even counter-intuitive. It is hard to imagine a universal manual for scientists on how to make scientific discoveries; there are only general guidelines based on examples. The same applies to journalistic investigations.
such investigations is impossible without a creative approach. Each story or case is unique, and one needs the ability to think freely in order to dig out the truth.
This is why, at first, the idea of writing a guide to anticorruption journalistic investigations seemed strange or even counter-intuitive. It is hard to imagine a universal manual for scientists on how to make scientific discoveries; there are only general guidelines based on examples. The same applies to journalistic investigations.