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Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
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News
Putin orders boost to Russian troop numbers with additional 180,000 service personnel
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
-
News
Putin orders boost to Russian troop numbers with additional 180,000 service personnel
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Belarus dictator Lukashenko pardons 37 more political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Imprisoned Russian journalist declares hunger strike
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
One killed and more than 40 injured in Russian glide bomb attack on Kharkiv
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former member of Ukrainian parliament accused of being ‘Russian agent’ appointed senator in Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Belarus dictator Lukashenko pardons 37 more political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Imprisoned Russian journalist declares hunger strike
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
One killed and more than 40 injured in Russian glide bomb attack on Kharkiv
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former member of Ukrainian parliament accused of being ‘Russian agent’ appointed senator in Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
-
Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
-
Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
-
Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
-
Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
-
Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
-
Stories
Learning curve
As the new school year begins, Novaya Europe spoke to teenagers forced to continue their education in foreign countries
Iryna Khalip
-
Stories
Learning curve
As the new school year begins, Novaya Europe spoke to teenagers forced to continue their education in foreign countries
Iryna Khalip
-
Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
-
Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
-
Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
-
Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
-
Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
-
Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
-
Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
-
Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
-
Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
-
Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
-
News
Special forces commander says Chechens who surrender to Ukraine ‘don’t deserve to live’
Five people killed in Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions
Founder of Georgia’s ruling party promises to ‘apologise’ for 2008 war with Russia
Russia and Ukraine swap 103 POWs each in deal mediated by the UAE
Newly elected Moscow region deputy steps down amid anger over ethnic background
Biden and Starmer stop short of allowing Ukraine use of long-range missiles against Russia
Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
-
Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
-
Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
-
Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
-
Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Solving for X
Did Elon Musk really gift a Tesla Cybertruck to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov?
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Analysis
General breakdown
Who is Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, the man being blamed for Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Beslan, 20 years on
Ten questions about the Beslan tragedy that Vladimir Putin has yet to answer
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Solving for X
Did Elon Musk really gift a Tesla Cybertruck to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov?
Pavel Kuznetsov
-
Analysis
General breakdown
Who is Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, the man being blamed for Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
Beslan, 20 years on
Ten questions about the Beslan tragedy that Vladimir Putin has yet to answer
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Everywhere man
How a Spanish journalist befriended the Russian opposition, was unmasked as a Kremlin spy, and returned home a hero
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Course correction
As president, Kamala Harris could turn the war in Ukraine around and make it a winning issue
Anders Åslund
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Stories
Everywhere man
How a Spanish journalist befriended the Russian opposition, was unmasked as a Kremlin spy, and returned home a hero
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Course correction
As president, Kamala Harris could turn the war in Ukraine around and make it a winning issue
Anders Åslund
-
Stories
Unholy crusade
The purge of Russia’s Defence Ministry has reached Patriot Park, Moscow’s military Disneyland
Lera Furman
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Stories
Facing down death
Who was Pavel Kushnir, the pianist who died on hunger strike while protesting against the war in Ukraine?
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Mission improbable
How the Ukrainian invasion of Russia could change the political focus of the conflict
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Unholy crusade
The purge of Russia’s Defence Ministry has reached Patriot Park, Moscow’s military Disneyland
Lera Furman
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Stories
Facing down death
Who was Pavel Kushnir, the pianist who died on hunger strike while protesting against the war in Ukraine?
Milana Ochirova
-
Comment
Mission improbable
How the Ukrainian invasion of Russia could change the political focus of the conflict
Stefan Wolff
-
Comment
Control at all costs
Why the Russian government’s move to block YouTube is more than just another act of censorship
Ksenia Buksha
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Comment
Control at all costs
Why the Russian government’s move to block YouTube is more than just another act of censorship
Ksenia Buksha
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Interview
Catch me if you can
Moscow politician Alexey Gusev on evading arrest before going into exile and what he learnt from Alexey Navalny
Nikolas Ender
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Analysis
‘These are very dangerous old reactors’
How real is the threat of nuclear disaster as Ukrainian forces approach the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant?
Anastasia Olshanskaya
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Stories
Last call
The Russian government has just banned the use of smartphones by its forces in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Interview
Catch me if you can
Moscow politician Alexey Gusev on evading arrest before going into exile and what he learnt from Alexey Navalny
Nikolas Ender
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Analysis
‘These are very dangerous old reactors’
How real is the threat of nuclear disaster as Ukrainian forces approach the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant?
Anastasia Olshanskaya
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Stories
Last call
The Russian government has just banned the use of smartphones by its forces in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
-
News
Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov appeals for humanitarian corridor in Russia’s Kursk region
Russians with HIV lose access to most commonly prescribed treatment
Ukraine secures release of 49 prisoners in new POW swap with Russia
India reveals early discharge of 45 nationals from Russian army
Belarus launches curated YouTube analogue for propaganda content
Toronto Film Festival cancels screenings of Russians at War citing public safety concerns
Stories
Deathbed alliance
The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation has never looked so moribund
Natalia Glukhova
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Interview
Theatre of war
The artistic director of one of Germany’s highest-profile opera houses on working with Russian creatives despite the war
Natasha Kiseleva
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Stories
Deathbed alliance
The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation has never looked so moribund
Natalia Glukhova
-
Interview
Theatre of war
The artistic director of one of Germany’s highest-profile opera houses on working with Russian creatives despite the war
Natasha Kiseleva
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Comment
Wagner’s Saharan mirage
As Russia scrambles to fend off a surprise Ukrainian offensive, its mercenaries in Africa are faring no better
Christopher Michael Faulkner
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Interview
Inside the exchange
Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov describes his ordeal in prison and the run up to last week’s prisoner swap
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Interview
Widow’s pique
Following the release of her husband’s killer in last week’s prisoner exchange, Manana Tsiatieva speaks out
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Wagner’s Saharan mirage
As Russia scrambles to fend off a surprise Ukrainian offensive, its mercenaries in Africa are faring no better
Christopher Michael Faulkner
-
Interview
Inside the exchange
Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov describes his ordeal in prison and the run up to last week’s prisoner swap
Pavel Kuznetsov
-
Interview
Widow’s pique
Following the release of her husband’s killer in last week’s prisoner exchange, Manana Tsiatieva speaks out
Milana Ochirova
-
Stories
Forbidden fruit
Russia has responded to Armenia’s attempted pivot to the West by targeting the country’s export of fruit and vegetables
Sona Hovsepyan
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Stories
Forbidden fruit
Russia has responded to Armenia’s attempted pivot to the West by targeting the country’s export of fruit and vegetables
Sona Hovsepyan
-
Stories
Written out
Why did the largest Russian-language fanfiction site make its same-sex stories inaccessible?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
The art of the deal
Putin is no stranger to trading human lives, as the series of prisoner swaps he’s brokered over the past decade shows
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Written out
Why did the largest Russian-language fanfiction site make its same-sex stories inaccessible?
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Stories
The art of the deal
Putin is no stranger to trading human lives, as the series of prisoner swaps he’s brokered over the past decade shows
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Skobov’s final act
A Soviet-era dissident explains why he’s behind bars yet again
Leonid Gozman
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Comment
Swap meat
Experts consider the cost and consequences of the largest ever prisoner exchange between Russia and the West
Natalia Glukhova
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Analysis
The Great Escape
Who were the 24 prisoners freed in the unprecedented exchange between Russia and the West?
Tom Masters
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Comment
Skobov’s final act
A Soviet-era dissident explains why he’s behind bars yet again
Leonid Gozman
-
Comment
Swap meat
Experts consider the cost and consequences of the largest ever prisoner exchange between Russia and the West
Natalia Glukhova
-
Analysis
The Great Escape
Who were the 24 prisoners freed in the unprecedented exchange between Russia and the West?
Tom Masters
-
Comment
Giving the devil his due
Religious leaders have not shied away from direct involvement in the war in Ukraine
Jennifer Mathers
-
Stories
They don’t abandon their own
The children of Russia’s pro-war elites are rarely to be found on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine
Mira Livadina
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Comment
Giving the devil his due
Religious leaders have not shied away from direct involvement in the war in Ukraine
Jennifer Mathers
-
Stories
They don’t abandon their own
The children of Russia’s pro-war elites are rarely to be found on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine
Mira Livadina
-
Stories
Hate campaign
The Russian authorities are further restricting the rights of migrants in the wake of the Moscow concert hall attack
Milana Ochirova
-
Stories
Russian Orthodox turmoil
Allegations of sexual harassment against a once high-flying bishop have rocked Russia’s religious establishment to the core
Ivan Zheyanov
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Analysis
Forward at all costs
Russian troops are continuing to make costly advances in Ukraine in the hopes of freezing the conflict with optimal gains
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Hate campaign
The Russian authorities are further restricting the rights of migrants in the wake of the Moscow concert hall attack
Milana Ochirova
-
Stories
Russian Orthodox turmoil
Allegations of sexual harassment against a once high-flying bishop have rocked Russia’s religious establishment to the core
Ivan Zheyanov
-
Analysis
Forward at all costs
Russian troops are continuing to make costly advances in Ukraine in the hopes of freezing the conflict with optimal gains
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Skipping town
Russian Germans are moving to Kaliningrad in search of ‘traditional values’, Mother Russia, and themselves
Yulia Akhmedova
-
Stories
Criminal injustice
The war in Ukraine is offering murderers get-out-of-jail-free cards while the families of their victims live in perpetual fear
Alyona Itskova
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Stories
Skipping town
Russian Germans are moving to Kaliningrad in search of ‘traditional values’, Mother Russia, and themselves
Yulia Akhmedova
-
Stories
Criminal injustice
The war in Ukraine is offering murderers get-out-of-jail-free cards while the families of their victims live in perpetual fear
Alyona Itskova
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News
Prominent anti-Kremlin oligarch accused of ordering attacks on Navalny associates
Russian Foreign Ministry revokes accreditation of six British diplomats accused of espionage
Putin warns West that approval of long-range missile strikes by Kyiv would put NATO ‘at war’ with Russia
Two Moscow students given long prison sentences for alleged sex acts seen through window
Russian ex-convict who fought in Ukraine suspected of stabbing two women in Sakhalin
Russian Defence Ministry announces recapture of 10 Kursk region villages in counteroffensive
Stories
Slamming the window shut
The European University at St. Petersburg has closed its Faculty of Political Sciences following years of official pressure
Ilya Andreev
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Analysis
Learned indifference
Researchers have found that Russians are increasingly uncertain of their future as the war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Slamming the window shut
The European University at St. Petersburg has closed its Faculty of Political Sciences following years of official pressure
Ilya Andreev
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Analysis
Learned indifference
Researchers have found that Russians are increasingly uncertain of their future as the war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘Why did they kill my child?’
The downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine 10 years ago today continues to define the lives of those who lost loved ones
Yekaterina Glikman
-
Stories
Bad actors
Russia is increasingly using underhand methods to lure migrants and foreigners into fighting in Ukraine
Nikolay Shapovalov
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Comment
Enduring love
Ten years on from the MH17 disaster, a father attempts to reconcile himself to the untimely death of his son
Jon O’Brien
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Stories
‘Why did they kill my child?’
The downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine 10 years ago today continues to define the lives of those who lost loved ones
Yekaterina Glikman
-
Stories
Bad actors
Russia is increasingly using underhand methods to lure migrants and foreigners into fighting in Ukraine
Nikolay Shapovalov
-
Comment
Enduring love
Ten years on from the MH17 disaster, a father attempts to reconcile himself to the untimely death of his son
Jon O’Brien
-
Editor’s picks
Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
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Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
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Stories
The dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
-
Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
-
Stories
The dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
-
Comment
Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
-
News
Putin orders boost to Russian troop numbers with additional 180,000 service personnel
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin orders boost to Russian troop numbers with additional 180,000 service personnel
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Special forces commander says Chechens who surrender to Ukraine ‘don’t deserve to live’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Special forces commander says Chechens who surrender to Ukraine ‘don’t deserve to live’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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News
Belarus dictator Lukashenko pardons 37 more political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Belarus dictator Lukashenko pardons 37 more political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Imprisoned Russian journalist declares hunger strike
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Imprisoned Russian journalist declares hunger strike
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Five people killed in Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Five people killed in Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
One killed and more than 40 injured in Russian glide bomb attack on Kharkiv
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
One killed and more than 40 injured in Russian glide bomb attack on Kharkiv
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former member of Ukrainian parliament accused of being ‘Russian agent’ appointed senator in Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former member of Ukrainian parliament accused of being ‘Russian agent’ appointed senator in Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Founder of Georgia’s ruling party promises to ‘apologise’ for 2008 war with Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Founder of Georgia’s ruling party promises to ‘apologise’ for 2008 war with Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
-
Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
-
Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
-
Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
-
News
Russia and Ukraine swap 103 POWs each in deal mediated by the UAE
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russia and Ukraine swap 103 POWs each in deal mediated by the UAE
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
-
Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
-
News
Newly elected Moscow region deputy steps down amid anger over ethnic background
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Newly elected Moscow region deputy steps down amid anger over ethnic background
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Learning curve
As the new school year begins, Novaya Europe spoke to teenagers forced to continue their education in foreign countries
Iryna Khalip
-
Stories
Learning curve
As the new school year begins, Novaya Europe spoke to teenagers forced to continue their education in foreign countries
Iryna Khalip
-
Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Biden and Starmer stop short of allowing Ukraine use of long-range missiles against Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Biden and Starmer stop short of allowing Ukraine use of long-range missiles against Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
-
Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
-
Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
-
Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
-
News
Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov appeals for humanitarian corridor in Russia’s Kursk region
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov appeals for humanitarian corridor in Russia’s Kursk region
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
-
Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
-
Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
-
News
Russians with HIV lose access to most commonly prescribed treatment
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russians with HIV lose access to most commonly prescribed treatment
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
-
Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
-
News
Ukraine secures release of 49 prisoners in new POW swap with Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ukraine secures release of 49 prisoners in new POW swap with Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
-
Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
-
Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
-
Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
-
News
India reveals early discharge of 45 nationals from Russian army
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
India reveals early discharge of 45 nationals from Russian army
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
-
Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
-
Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
News
Belarus launches curated YouTube analogue for propaganda content
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Belarus launches curated YouTube analogue for propaganda content
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Solving for X
Did Elon Musk really gift a Tesla Cybertruck to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov?
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
Solving for X
Did Elon Musk really gift a Tesla Cybertruck to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov?
Pavel Kuznetsov
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News
Toronto Film Festival cancels screenings of Russians at War citing public safety concerns
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Toronto Film Festival cancels screenings of Russians at War citing public safety concerns
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
General breakdown
Who is Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, the man being blamed for Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
General breakdown
Who is Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, the man being blamed for Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Beslan, 20 years on
Ten questions about the Beslan tragedy that Vladimir Putin has yet to answer
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Beslan, 20 years on
Ten questions about the Beslan tragedy that Vladimir Putin has yet to answer
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Prominent anti-Kremlin oligarch accused of ordering attacks on Navalny associates
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Prominent anti-Kremlin oligarch accused of ordering attacks on Navalny associates
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Everywhere man
How a Spanish journalist befriended the Russian opposition, was unmasked as a Kremlin spy, and returned home a hero
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Everywhere man
How a Spanish journalist befriended the Russian opposition, was unmasked as a Kremlin spy, and returned home a hero
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Course correction
As president, Kamala Harris could turn the war in Ukraine around and make it a winning issue
Anders Åslund
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Comment
Course correction
As president, Kamala Harris could turn the war in Ukraine around and make it a winning issue
Anders Åslund
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News
Russian Foreign Ministry revokes accreditation of six British diplomats accused of espionage
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian Foreign Ministry revokes accreditation of six British diplomats accused of espionage
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Unholy crusade
The purge of Russia’s Defence Ministry has reached Patriot Park, Moscow’s military Disneyland
Lera Furman
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Stories
Unholy crusade
The purge of Russia’s Defence Ministry has reached Patriot Park, Moscow’s military Disneyland
Lera Furman
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Stories
Facing down death
Who was Pavel Kushnir, the pianist who died on hunger strike while protesting against the war in Ukraine?
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
Facing down death
Who was Pavel Kushnir, the pianist who died on hunger strike while protesting against the war in Ukraine?
Milana Ochirova
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News
Putin warns West that approval of long-range missile strikes by Kyiv would put NATO ‘at war’ with Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Putin warns West that approval of long-range missile strikes by Kyiv would put NATO ‘at war’ with Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Mission improbable
How the Ukrainian invasion of Russia could change the political focus of the conflict
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Mission improbable
How the Ukrainian invasion of Russia could change the political focus of the conflict
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Control at all costs
Why the Russian government’s move to block YouTube is more than just another act of censorship
Ksenia Buksha
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Comment
Control at all costs
Why the Russian government’s move to block YouTube is more than just another act of censorship
Ksenia Buksha
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News
Two Moscow students given long prison sentences for alleged sex acts seen through window
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Two Moscow students given long prison sentences for alleged sex acts seen through window
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Interview
Catch me if you can
Moscow politician Alexey Gusev on evading arrest before going into exile and what he learnt from Alexey Navalny
Nikolas Ender
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Interview
Catch me if you can
Moscow politician Alexey Gusev on evading arrest before going into exile and what he learnt from Alexey Navalny
Nikolas Ender
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Analysis
‘These are very dangerous old reactors’
How real is the threat of nuclear disaster as Ukrainian forces approach the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant?
Anastasia Olshanskaya
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Analysis
‘These are very dangerous old reactors’
How real is the threat of nuclear disaster as Ukrainian forces approach the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant?
Anastasia Olshanskaya
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News
Russian ex-convict who fought in Ukraine suspected of stabbing two women in Sakhalin
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian ex-convict who fought in Ukraine suspected of stabbing two women in Sakhalin
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Last call
The Russian government has just banned the use of smartphones by its forces in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Last call
The Russian government has just banned the use of smartphones by its forces in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Deathbed alliance
The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation has never looked so moribund
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Deathbed alliance
The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation has never looked so moribund
Natalia Glukhova
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News
Russian Defence Ministry announces recapture of 10 Kursk region villages in counteroffensive
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian Defence Ministry announces recapture of 10 Kursk region villages in counteroffensive
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Interview
Theatre of war
The artistic director of one of Germany’s highest-profile opera houses on working with Russian creatives despite the war
Natasha Kiseleva
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Interview
Theatre of war
The artistic director of one of Germany’s highest-profile opera houses on working with Russian creatives despite the war
Natasha Kiseleva
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Comment
Wagner’s Saharan mirage
As Russia scrambles to fend off a surprise Ukrainian offensive, its mercenaries in Africa are faring no better
Christopher Michael Faulkner
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Comment
Wagner’s Saharan mirage
As Russia scrambles to fend off a surprise Ukrainian offensive, its mercenaries in Africa are faring no better
Christopher Michael Faulkner
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Interview
Inside the exchange
Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov describes his ordeal in prison and the run up to last week’s prisoner swap
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Interview
Inside the exchange
Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov describes his ordeal in prison and the run up to last week’s prisoner swap
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Interview
Widow’s pique
Following the release of her husband’s killer in last week’s prisoner exchange, Manana Tsiatieva speaks out
Milana Ochirova
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Interview
Widow’s pique
Following the release of her husband’s killer in last week’s prisoner exchange, Manana Tsiatieva speaks out
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
Forbidden fruit
Russia has responded to Armenia’s attempted pivot to the West by targeting the country’s export of fruit and vegetables
Sona Hovsepyan
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Stories
Forbidden fruit
Russia has responded to Armenia’s attempted pivot to the West by targeting the country’s export of fruit and vegetables
Sona Hovsepyan
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Stories
Written out
Why did the largest Russian-language fanfiction site make its same-sex stories inaccessible?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Written out
Why did the largest Russian-language fanfiction site make its same-sex stories inaccessible?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
The art of the deal
Putin is no stranger to trading human lives, as the series of prisoner swaps he’s brokered over the past decade shows
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The art of the deal
Putin is no stranger to trading human lives, as the series of prisoner swaps he’s brokered over the past decade shows
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Skobov’s final act
A Soviet-era dissident explains why he’s behind bars yet again
Leonid Gozman
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Comment
Skobov’s final act
A Soviet-era dissident explains why he’s behind bars yet again
Leonid Gozman
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Comment
Swap meat
Experts consider the cost and consequences of the largest ever prisoner exchange between Russia and the West
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
Swap meat
Experts consider the cost and consequences of the largest ever prisoner exchange between Russia and the West
Natalia Glukhova
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Analysis
The Great Escape
Who were the 24 prisoners freed in the unprecedented exchange between Russia and the West?
Tom Masters
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Analysis
The Great Escape
Who were the 24 prisoners freed in the unprecedented exchange between Russia and the West?
Tom Masters
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Comment
Giving the devil his due
Religious leaders have not shied away from direct involvement in the war in Ukraine
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Giving the devil his due
Religious leaders have not shied away from direct involvement in the war in Ukraine
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
They don’t abandon their own
The children of Russia’s pro-war elites are rarely to be found on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine
Mira Livadina
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Stories
They don’t abandon their own
The children of Russia’s pro-war elites are rarely to be found on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Hate campaign
The Russian authorities are further restricting the rights of migrants in the wake of the Moscow concert hall attack
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
Hate campaign
The Russian authorities are further restricting the rights of migrants in the wake of the Moscow concert hall attack
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
Russian Orthodox turmoil
Allegations of sexual harassment against a once high-flying bishop have rocked Russia’s religious establishment to the core
Ivan Zheyanov
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Stories
Russian Orthodox turmoil
Allegations of sexual harassment against a once high-flying bishop have rocked Russia’s religious establishment to the core
Ivan Zheyanov
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Analysis
Forward at all costs
Russian troops are continuing to make costly advances in Ukraine in the hopes of freezing the conflict with optimal gains
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Forward at all costs
Russian troops are continuing to make costly advances in Ukraine in the hopes of freezing the conflict with optimal gains
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Skipping town
Russian Germans are moving to Kaliningrad in search of ‘traditional values’, Mother Russia, and themselves
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Skipping town
Russian Germans are moving to Kaliningrad in search of ‘traditional values’, Mother Russia, and themselves
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Criminal injustice
The war in Ukraine is offering murderers get-out-of-jail-free cards while the families of their victims live in perpetual fear
Alyona Itskova
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Stories
Criminal injustice
The war in Ukraine is offering murderers get-out-of-jail-free cards while the families of their victims live in perpetual fear
Alyona Itskova
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Stories
Slamming the window shut
The European University at St. Petersburg has closed its Faculty of Political Sciences following years of official pressure
Ilya Andreev
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Stories
Slamming the window shut
The European University at St. Petersburg has closed its Faculty of Political Sciences following years of official pressure
Ilya Andreev
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Analysis
Learned indifference
Researchers have found that Russians are increasingly uncertain of their future as the war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
Learned indifference
Researchers have found that Russians are increasingly uncertain of their future as the war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘Why did they kill my child?’
The downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine 10 years ago today continues to define the lives of those who lost loved ones
Yekaterina Glikman
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Stories
‘Why did they kill my child?’
The downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine 10 years ago today continues to define the lives of those who lost loved ones
Yekaterina Glikman
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Stories
Bad actors
Russia is increasingly using underhand methods to lure migrants and foreigners into fighting in Ukraine
Nikolay Shapovalov
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Stories
Bad actors
Russia is increasingly using underhand methods to lure migrants and foreigners into fighting in Ukraine
Nikolay Shapovalov
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Comment
Enduring love
Ten years on from the MH17 disaster, a father attempts to reconcile himself to the untimely death of his son
Jon O’Brien
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Comment
Enduring love
Ten years on from the MH17 disaster, a father attempts to reconcile himself to the untimely death of his son
Jon O’Brien
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Editor’s picks
Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
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Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
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Stories
The dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
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Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
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Stories
The dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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