What do the recent elections in India mean for the country’s Left? What explains Modi’s success and how can principles set forth in India’s Constitution be defended? Journalist and editor Nachiket Kulkarni shares his notes

On May 28, the Georgian parliament finally approved the law “On the Transparency of Foreign Influence”, which looks a lot like the infamous Russian law on “foreign agents”. How will it affect the future of the country and why did its adoption trigger mass protests?

How has the war shaped the ethnic policy in Tatarstan? What do the White Cat and the construction of the Cathedral Mosque have to do with it? How will the redistribution of military spending change the republic’s budget and what do local elites think about it? Here is a report from the Republic

How will patients and doctors be affected by the refusal by Russian psychiatrists to switch to the new international classification of diseases? Why does psychiatry remain one of the most conservative fields of medicine in Russia? Journalist Natalya Saneeva reports

What kind of animals are being conscripted for military service in the 21st century, and most importantly, why? What role do insects, raccoons, and dolphins play in the Russian propaganda machine? Philosophers Zoe Komaroff and Ivan Humanoff discuss the symbolic link between animals and militarism

The heyday of Thatcherism and Conservative economic policy in Britain began with the defeat of the 1984–1985 miners’ strike. On the fortieth anniversary of those events, we propose to reflect on their main lessons together