Sonia Zhuravlyova
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Sonia Zhuravlyova is a London-based freelance journalist and
sub-editor. She is interested in social issues and Eastern Europe

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The End is Close for Palaces for the People

(0) Comments | Posted 20 October 2012 | (15:09)

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Time is running out for Europe's largest prefab estate. Lewisham Council, London, is planning to demolish all but six of the 187 prefab bungalows that make up the Excalibur Estate in Catford - and replace them with 371 modern homes.

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Russia's Ban On 'Homosexual Propaganda'

(1) Comments | Posted 5 October 2012 | (22:42)

The fight against homophobia is a global one. Russia, which, twenty years ago took one step forward by decriminalising homosexuality, recently took two leaps back. A law has been passed in eight major cities, including St Petersburg, that bans "public action aimed at propagandising sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism, and transgenderism among...

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