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The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
-
Stories
The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
-
News
Russian nurse sentenced to 8 years in prison for anti-war posts
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin appoints separatist military officer to be his envoy to Russia’s Ural Federal District
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian man jailed for burning Quran hit with fresh treason charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian veteran and Orthodox blogger detained on suspicion of raping 10-year-old girl
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian nurse sentenced to 8 years in prison for anti-war posts
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin appoints separatist military officer to be his envoy to Russia’s Ural Federal District
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian man jailed for burning Quran hit with fresh treason charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian veteran and Orthodox blogger detained on suspicion of raping 10-year-old girl
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
-
Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
-
Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
-
Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
-
Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
-
Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
-
Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
-
Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
-
Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
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Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
-
Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
-
Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
-
Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
-
Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
-
Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
-
Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
-
News
Russia hopes to find thousands of new army recruits in its courtrooms
Court jails 13 men for railway sabotage aiming to ‘destabilise’ Russian war effort
Russian troops capture key Donetsk region town of Vuhledar
Moscow court upholds decision to label Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov a ‘foreign agent’
Russia’s defence and security budget to total 41% of government spending next year
Ukrainians, farmers, Christians and Jews all named Georgia’s first ever ‘foreign agents’
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
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Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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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
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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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
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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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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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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Stories
Last call
The Russian government has just banned the use of smartphones by its forces in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
-
News
FT: Biden considers advancing Ukraine’s NATO membership before he leaves office
Russian attack on market in Ukrainian city of Kherson kills six
Lithuania requests ICC investigate Belarus for ‘crimes against humanity’
Russian journalist jailed in absentia for posts encouraging letter-writing to political prisoners
Putin signs decree to enlist 133,000 men in autumn conscription campaign
Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ to be revealed to Ukrainians with some provisions redacted
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
-
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
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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
-
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
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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
-
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
-
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
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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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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
-
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
-
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
-
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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The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
-
Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
-
News
Russia hopes to find thousands of new army recruits in its courtrooms
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russia hopes to find thousands of new army recruits in its courtrooms
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian nurse sentenced to 8 years in prison for anti-war posts
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian nurse sentenced to 8 years in prison for anti-war posts
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Putin appoints separatist military officer to be his envoy to Russia’s Ural Federal District
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin appoints separatist military officer to be his envoy to Russia’s Ural Federal District
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Court jails 13 men for railway sabotage aiming to ‘destabilise’ Russian war effort
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Court jails 13 men for railway sabotage aiming to ‘destabilise’ Russian war effort
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian man jailed for burning Quran hit with fresh treason charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian man jailed for burning Quran hit with fresh treason charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian veteran and Orthodox blogger detained on suspicion of raping 10-year-old girl
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian veteran and Orthodox blogger detained on suspicion of raping 10-year-old girl
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian troops capture key Donetsk region town of Vuhledar
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian troops capture key Donetsk region town of Vuhledar
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
-
Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
-
Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
-
Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
-
News
Moscow court upholds decision to label Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov a ‘foreign agent’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Moscow court upholds decision to label Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov a ‘foreign agent’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
-
Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
-
Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
-
Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
-
News
Russia’s defence and security budget to total 41% of government spending next year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russia’s defence and security budget to total 41% of government spending next year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
-
Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
-
Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
-
Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
-
News
Ukrainians, farmers, Christians and Jews all named Georgia’s first ever ‘foreign agents’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ukrainians, farmers, Christians and Jews all named Georgia’s first ever ‘foreign agents’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
-
Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
-
Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
-
Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
-
News
FT: Biden considers advancing Ukraine’s NATO membership before he leaves office
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
FT: Biden considers advancing Ukraine’s NATO membership before he leaves office
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
-
Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
-
News
Russian attack on market in Ukrainian city of Kherson kills six
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian attack on market in Ukrainian city of Kherson kills six
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
-
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
-
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
-
News
Lithuania requests ICC investigate Belarus for ‘crimes against humanity’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Lithuania requests ICC investigate Belarus for ‘crimes against humanity’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
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
-
News
Russian journalist jailed in absentia for posts encouraging letter-writing to political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian journalist jailed in absentia for posts encouraging letter-writing to political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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
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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
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Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Putin signs decree to enlist 133,000 men in autumn conscription campaign
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Putin signs decree to enlist 133,000 men in autumn conscription campaign
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
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Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
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News
Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ to be revealed to Ukrainians with some provisions redacted
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ to be revealed to Ukrainians with some provisions redacted
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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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
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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
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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