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Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Madina Tlostanova's seminal work examing how decolonial art can build a new future within post-Soviet states

In her conversation with a Russian civil activist, Kira Shtern reflects on the state and future of civil activism in wartime Russia.

Subscribe to our Weekly here. In this week’s newsletter: Kosovo Serbs clash with NATO peacekeepers; anti-government protests in Abkhazia; methane leaks in Turkmenistan; European ontroversy around [...]

Marianna Jaśniak review "The Parade" a pleasant comedy about the twists and turns life brings into relationships

Maja Soomägi reviews "No Nation Without Culture," a short documentary commenting on personality cults and imperialism in Chechnya

Katherine Leung reviews short films from the Davra Collective, a growing roster of Central Asian artists, which screened at goEast

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the Serbian documentary "Flotacija," where magic coexists with the harsh reality of a destructive mining industry

Lukas Baake reviews "Manifesto," an intrusive panopticon of the violence, indoctrination, and despair youth face in Putin’s Russia

Gabrielė Liepa reviews "We and Our Mountains," the famed 1969 Armenian comedy drama and literary satire by Hrant Matevosyan