Author

Mira Livadina

exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe

12 articles
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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

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‘Some go crazy within half an hour’ A Soviet dissident who spent years in solitary confinement on how political prisoners are punished in contemporary Russia

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Hypersonic paranoia As treason cases at the highest level of Russian science pile up, is Kremlin-sanctioned spy mania out of control?

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Criminal trial How the Russian regime is torturing veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov for his anti-war views

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A new hope The killing of her husband has led the previously disinclined Yulia Navalnaya to step into the political limelight

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War and punishment How Russia’s criminal justice system has been weaponised as part of the country’s war effort

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Rough justice Three lawyers representing jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny were arrested in Moscow last week in what appears to have been a warning against defending political prisoners

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