The Other Side of Oil
(УРАЛЬСКАЯ НЕДЕЛЯ) “The Other Side of Oil” documentary depicts the lives of ordinary people living right beside the largest oil reserves in Western Kazakhstan. Through striking images of the Kazakh…
The Old Man and The Aral Sea
(RFE/RL) Now 90 years old, Omirzak Doszhanov was a fisherman on the Aral Sea before most of it dried into a dust bowl in one of the world’s greatest environmental…
The Lethal Soviet Legacy In Kazakhstan
(RFE/RL) Forty years of Soviet nuclear bomb tests have left a toxic wasteland in Kazakhstan. The nuclear explosions have stopped, but Russia still rents vast swathes of Kazakh territory for…
The Fight Against Russia’s Growing Garbage
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) Irina is mobilizing protests against a garbage dump near Moscow – and risks being arrested. South of Moscow is the ancient city Kolomna, where the capital city has…
Russia Is Profiting Off Global Warming
(VICE) While many parts of the world are struggling from catastrophic effects of climate change, Russia is looking to capitalize on it, with the Kremlin driving a narrative that touts…
Lithuania: Referendum on Ignalina
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) In order to join the European Union, Lithuania agreed to close down its nuclear power plant, Ignalina. The Soviet-era technology is the same as that used at Chernobyl.…
Resurrecting the Aral Sea
(JOURNEYMAN PICTURES) For decades, the Aral Sea has been described as dying and beyond salvation. But now, the water is flowing back, bringing economic revival and hope for the future.…
White Gold – The True Cost Of Cotton
(ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION) Fashion Victims? Up to one third of Uzbekistan’s workforce is made to labour on cotton farms; denied ownership of the land they work, and forced to labour…