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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
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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
-
News
Russian Defence Ministry announces recapture of 10 Kursk region villages in counteroffensive
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Sumy region injures 14 and damages infrastructure
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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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News
Russian Defence Ministry announces recapture of 10 Kursk region villages in counteroffensive
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Sumy region injures 14 and damages infrastructure
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
Russian ex-convict who fought in Ukraine suspected of stabbing two women in Sakhalin
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kadyrovites suspected of stealing car of activist who died in pretrial detention
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Navalny lawyers charged with ‘extremism’ to face closed-door trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Turkey’s Erdoğan backs return of Crimea to Ukraine as ‘a requirement of international law’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian ex-convict who fought in Ukraine suspected of stabbing two women in Sakhalin
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kadyrovites suspected of stealing car of activist who died in pretrial detention
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Navalny lawyers charged with ‘extremism’ to face closed-door trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Turkey’s Erdoğan backs return of Crimea to Ukraine as ‘a requirement of international law’
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
-
Stories
Learning curve
As the new school year begins, Novaya Europe spoke to teenagers forced to continue their education in foreign countries
Iryna Khalip
-
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
-
Stories
Learning curve
As the new school year begins, Novaya Europe spoke to teenagers forced to continue their education in foreign countries
Iryna Khalip
-
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
Serbian court overturns order to extradite prominent anti-Lukashenko activist to Belarus
First Russian textbook teaching school children about drones published
Russian woman serving 12-year prison sentence for ‘treason’ says security forces stole her cat
Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk mulls using ‘language inspectors’ to reduce use of Russian in public
Ukrainian drones intercepted near Russia’s Northern Fleet base in the Arctic
Russian authorities call freight train derailment in Belgorod region ‘terrorist act’
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
-
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
-
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
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
-
Comment
Course correction
As president, Kamala Harris could turn the war in Ukraine around and make it a winning issue
Anders Åslund
-
Stories
Everywhere man
How a Spanish journalist befriended the Russian opposition, was unmasked as a Kremlin spy, and returned home a hero
Yulia Akhmedova
-
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
-
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
-
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
St. Petersburg election observer given five days in detention for writing ‘no to war’ on ballot
Former Wagner fighter sentenced to 19 years in prison for murdering his pregnant girlfriend
Woman killed in Moscow region as Russia says it downed almost 150 drones overnight
Woman who fled Russia with her children to avoid persecution deprived of parental rights
Sweden’s largest airport temporarily closed due to drone sightings
Russia makes gains in eastern Ukraine as its forces advance on key city of Pokrovsk
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
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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
-
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
-
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
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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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
News
St. Petersburg woman detained for writing ‘no to war’ on local election ballot
Documentary about Russian troops at war sparks outrage in Ukraine
Free Russia Foundation to investigate data breach after internal documents published online
Russia bans piracy websites from streaming Brokeback Mountain over ‘gay propaganda’
Zelensky demands ‘tangible results’ as new Ukrainian foreign minister is appointed
Kremlin argues for ‘total freedom of information’ but defends wartime censorship
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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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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 Defence Ministry announces recapture of 10 Kursk region villages in counteroffensive
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian Defence Ministry announces recapture of 10 Kursk region villages in counteroffensive
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Serbian court overturns order to extradite prominent anti-Lukashenko activist to Belarus
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Serbian court overturns order to extradite prominent anti-Lukashenko activist to Belarus
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
All news
News
Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Sumy region injures 14 and damages infrastructure
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Sumy region injures 14 and damages infrastructure
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
First Russian textbook teaching school children about drones published
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
First Russian textbook teaching school children about drones published
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian ex-convict who fought in Ukraine suspected of stabbing two women in Sakhalin
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian ex-convict who fought in Ukraine suspected of stabbing two women in Sakhalin
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kadyrovites suspected of stealing car of activist who died in pretrial detention
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kadyrovites suspected of stealing car of activist who died in pretrial detention
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian woman serving 12-year prison sentence for ‘treason’ says security forces stole her cat
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian woman serving 12-year prison sentence for ‘treason’ says security forces stole her cat
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Navalny lawyers charged with ‘extremism’ to face closed-door trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Navalny lawyers charged with ‘extremism’ to face closed-door trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Turkey’s Erdoğan backs return of Crimea to Ukraine as ‘a requirement of international law’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Turkey’s Erdoğan backs return of Crimea to Ukraine as ‘a requirement of international law’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk mulls using ‘language inspectors’ to reduce use of Russian in public
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk mulls using ‘language inspectors’ to reduce use of Russian in public
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
-
Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
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
-
News
Ukrainian drones intercepted near Russia’s Northern Fleet base in the Arctic
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ukrainian drones intercepted near Russia’s Northern Fleet base in the Arctic
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
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
-
News
Russian authorities call freight train derailment in Belgorod region ‘terrorist act’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian authorities call freight train derailment in Belgorod region ‘terrorist act’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
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
-
News
St. Petersburg election observer given five days in detention for writing ‘no to war’ on ballot
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
St. Petersburg election observer given five days in detention for writing ‘no to war’ on ballot
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
-
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
-
News
Former Wagner fighter sentenced to 19 years in prison for murdering his pregnant girlfriend
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former Wagner fighter sentenced to 19 years in prison for murdering his pregnant girlfriend
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
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
-
News
Woman killed in Moscow region as Russia says it downed almost 150 drones overnight
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Woman killed in Moscow region as Russia says it downed almost 150 drones overnight
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
-
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
-
News
Woman who fled Russia with her children to avoid persecution deprived of parental rights
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Woman who fled Russia with her children to avoid persecution deprived of parental rights
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Solving for X
Did Elon Musk really gift a Tesla Cybertruck to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov?
Pavel Kuznetsov
-
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
-
Analysis
General breakdown
Who is Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, the man being blamed for Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
News
Sweden’s largest airport temporarily closed due to drone sightings
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Sweden’s largest airport temporarily closed due to drone sightings
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Beslan, 20 years on
Ten questions about the Beslan tragedy that Vladimir Putin has yet to answer
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
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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News
Russia makes gains in eastern Ukraine as its forces advance on key city of Pokrovsk
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russia makes gains in eastern Ukraine as its forces advance on key city of Pokrovsk
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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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News
St. Petersburg woman detained for writing ‘no to war’ on local election ballot
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg woman detained for writing ‘no to war’ on local election ballot
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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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News
Documentary about Russian troops at war sparks outrage in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Documentary about Russian troops at war sparks outrage in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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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News
Free Russia Foundation to investigate data breach after internal documents published online
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Free Russia Foundation to investigate data breach after internal documents published online
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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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News
Russia bans piracy websites from streaming Brokeback Mountain over ‘gay propaganda’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russia bans piracy websites from streaming Brokeback Mountain over ‘gay propaganda’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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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News
Zelensky demands ‘tangible results’ as new Ukrainian foreign minister is appointed
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Zelensky demands ‘tangible results’ as new Ukrainian foreign minister is appointed
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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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News
Kremlin argues for ‘total freedom of information’ but defends wartime censorship
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Kremlin argues for ‘total freedom of information’ but defends wartime censorship
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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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