Vilhelm Konnander's weblog

The Swedish government's decision to accept the disputed gas pipeline NordStream has caused debate. Is the Russian-German gas pipeline ...

The simplest things in life pass with so little notice that they have to jump up and bite you in order to be understood. Evidently, so is al...

" Shut up! Parliament is not for debate! " Make no mistake: These are the words of authoritarian statehood, words of utter arroga...

A spectre is haunting Eurasia - the spectre of activism. As cyberage sets in, the mentality of old Eurasia grapples to grasp the power of th...

For Global Voices Online : Anna Politkovskaya... The mere name evokes images of Moscow's worst public relations nightmare in years - an...

For Global Voices Online : Just another death, just another obituary. That seems to be the general sentiment as news of today's murder ...

Azerbaijan rates 150 out of 173 countries on Reporters Without Borders' 2008 Press Freedom Index . Last Friday's jailing of Azeri b...

On Friday, July 10, the two Azeri bloggers and youth activists, Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, were put in two months' pre-trial jail cu...

For Global Voices Online : Two new presidents, two great powers, and three world leaders. That was the stage set as US President Obama earl...

Amid heated Swedish debate on the existence of a Russian Cold War sub threat, a Swedish sub this morning hit Russian ground. Information abo...