Issue 5/2016: Silencing dissent

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Existence without life Andrei Sannikov

A new generation of Russian political prisoners Janek Lasocki

Azerbaijan’s very own Ivan Denisovichs Arzu Geybullayeva

 I chose not to be afraid A conversation with Rasul Jafarov

Central Asia’s opposition: Go directly to jail, do not pass go Peter Leonard

Beyond control Interview with Irina Borogan

Why Russia does not retrench Stanislav Secrieru

Tymoshenko still hungry for power Roman Romanyuk

Time for fresh ideas in Ukraine’s democratisation efforts Nicholas Ross Smith

Helpless in their own homeland Igor Semyvolos

Resetting Georgia-NATO relations Eugene Kogan

INTERVIEWS

A post-modern construct deprived of ideology A conversation with Olga Sedakova

Is there a Transnistrian identity? Interview with Nikolay Babilunga

REPORTS

A shell-shocked city: two years on Wojciech Koźmic

A zone of limited freedom Paweł Pieniążek

HISTORY AND MEMORY

How much Königsberg is in Kaliningrad? Paulina Siegień

Making sense of what was left behind A walk with Professor Jonathan Webber through the exhibit Traces of Memory. A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland

PEOPLE, IDEAS, INSPIRATION

Where does an article end and a story begin? Hektor Haarkötter

EASTERN CAFÉ

An indictment rather than a biography Luboš Veselý 

A test of otherness Roman Kabachiy

In the mythical land of Armenia, the suffering is far from over Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska

On disappearance and deconstruction Zbigniew Rokita

Good night Ukraine, good morning Europe Felix Ackermann

KRAKÓW-LVIV – TWO CITIES OF LITERATURE

Lviv Orientalis Adam Balcer

Lviv means literature Andriy Lyubka

Literature as a legalised weapon Natalka Sniadanko

The writing in the (city) walls Kinga Gajda

The cradle of literary Poland Interview with Robert Piaskowski

Books are life An interview with Oleksandra Koval