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With protest nowadays unthinkable in Belarus, Wikipedia remains a vital resource for Belarusians who value the truth
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Comment
Learning by dying
Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
Online lifeline
With protest nowadays unthinkable in Belarus, Wikipedia remains a vital resource for Belarusians who value the truth
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Comment
Learning by dying
Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?
Jennifer Mathers
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News
Russian court fines graduate for refusing to work in occupied Mariupol
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg anti-war activist Darya Kozyreva released from custody ahead of trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Amid looming depopulation, Russia’s Vologda region to consider total ban on abortion
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Legal migrants in limbo after being added to Russia’s new register of illegal aliens in error
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian court fines graduate for refusing to work in occupied Mariupol
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg anti-war activist Darya Kozyreva released from custody ahead of trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Amid looming depopulation, Russia’s Vologda region to consider total ban on abortion
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Legal migrants in limbo after being added to Russia’s new register of illegal aliens in error
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A costly compromise
Can conditions for ending the war in Ukraine be found to satisfy both sides?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Ideological asylum
Russia is now granting permanent residency to citizens of ‘unfriendly’ countries trying to flee the woke West
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Anatomy of an airstrike
At least 14 people are now known to have died in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava on Saturday morning
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A costly compromise
Can conditions for ending the war in Ukraine be found to satisfy both sides?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Ideological asylum
Russia is now granting permanent residency to citizens of ‘unfriendly’ countries trying to flee the woke West
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Anatomy of an airstrike
At least 14 people are now known to have died in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava on Saturday morning
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
Assad management
Why a deal that would allow Russia to retain its military bases in Syria looks unlikely
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Russophilia
What does Yura Borisov’s Oscar nomination tell us about the West’s supposed cancellation of Russian culture?
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Analysis
Assad management
Why a deal that would allow Russia to retain its military bases in Syria looks unlikely
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Russophilia
What does Yura Borisov’s Oscar nomination tell us about the West’s supposed cancellation of Russian culture?
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
The art of the deal
It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
The accidental exile
Alexey Navalny’s lawyer addresses the ‘extremism’ verdict against her colleagues and talks collegiate solidarity
Mira Livadina
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Stories
No through road
Villagers in the Russian Arctic have become angry about their months of isolation each year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
The art of the deal
It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
The accidental exile
Alexey Navalny’s lawyer addresses the ‘extremism’ verdict against her colleagues and talks collegiate solidarity
Mira Livadina
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Stories
No through road
Villagers in the Russian Arctic have become angry about their months of isolation each year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Russia’s nostalgia machine
An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
The wrong hymn sheet
How priests suspended by the Russian Orthodox Church are paying the price for preaching peace
Oleg Tsyplakov
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Comment
Russia’s nostalgia machine
An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
The wrong hymn sheet
How priests suspended by the Russian Orthodox Church are paying the price for preaching peace
Oleg Tsyplakov
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Stories
Enemies of the state
How being branded a ‘foreign agent’ affects those who stay in Russia
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Enemies of the state
How being branded a ‘foreign agent’ affects those who stay in Russia
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Global warning
As the Arctic ice melts at an astonishing rate, should scientific collaboration between Russia and the West be restarted?
Maria Reshetnikova
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Comment
Breaking things
Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence
Shlomo Ben-Ami
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Stories
Global warning
As the Arctic ice melts at an astonishing rate, should scientific collaboration between Russia and the West be restarted?
Maria Reshetnikova
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Comment
Breaking things
Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence
Shlomo Ben-Ami
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Stories
Too much information
Changes to how DNA is collected are at the heart of Russia’s latest encroachment on civil liberties
Alfia Mustafina
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Comment
Europe’s hour
On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression
Daniel Gros
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Interview
Illegal profession
What does the imprisonment of Navalny’s lawyers mean for Russia’s criminal justice system?
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Too much information
Changes to how DNA is collected are at the heart of Russia’s latest encroachment on civil liberties
Alfia Mustafina
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Comment
Europe’s hour
On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression
Daniel Gros
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Interview
Illegal profession
What does the imprisonment of Navalny’s lawyers mean for Russia’s criminal justice system?
Mira Livadina
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Stories
‘I had no hope of getting out’
One Yakut anti-war punk musician’s long journey to freedom in Berlin
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
The turncoat
How Belarusian opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich began whitewashing the regime’s crimes
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Pick your battles
Ukraine is prioritising holding its ground in Russia’s Kursk region as Russia continues to advance in Donbas
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
‘I had no hope of getting out’
One Yakut anti-war punk musician’s long journey to freedom in Berlin
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
The turncoat
How Belarusian opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich began whitewashing the regime’s crimes
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Pick your battles
Ukraine is prioritising holding its ground in Russia’s Kursk region as Russia continues to advance in Donbas
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Future proof
Sketches of life in a dying Russian village
Irina Garina
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Comment
Orbán’s mafia state
The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law
Sławomir Sierakowski
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Stories
Future proof
Sketches of life in a dying Russian village
Irina Garina
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Comment
Orbán’s mafia state
The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law
Sławomir Sierakowski
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Comment
Culture warriors
Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace
Ian Buruma
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Comment
Culture warriors
Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace
Ian Buruma
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Stories
Civil dissident
Tatyana Kotlyar’s tireless efforts to help the marginalised in Russian society have made her a target for the authorities
Irina Garina
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Stories
The night watch
How a Nemtsov Bridge volunteer ended up being sent to prison for 12 years on terror charges
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Civil dissident
Tatyana Kotlyar’s tireless efforts to help the marginalised in Russian society have made her a target for the authorities
Irina Garina
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Stories
The night watch
How a Nemtsov Bridge volunteer ended up being sent to prison for 12 years on terror charges
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Out in the cold
The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims
Stefan Wolff
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Report
Miracle season
As the new year began, Russia launched its first attack of 2025 on Ukrainian cities
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Writing wrongs
The journalists at the centre of the Kremlin effort to stifle press freedom in Russia for good
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Out in the cold
The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims
Stefan Wolff
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Report
Miracle season
As the new year began, Russia launched its first attack of 2025 on Ukrainian cities
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Writing wrongs
The journalists at the centre of the Kremlin effort to stifle press freedom in Russia for good
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Peace in our time
Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered
Charles A. Kupchan,
Michael Froman
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Comment
Peace in our time
Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered
Charles A. Kupchan,
Michael Froman
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Comment
The acceptance stage
Russian émigrés and the new social contract
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
The year in photos
The photos that defined the past year — from Navalny’s death to the Azerbaijan Airlines crash
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Get in line
When every word you say can lead to criminal charges, Russians have found a new way to protest in 2024 — forming queues
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
The acceptance stage
Russian émigrés and the new social contract
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
The year in photos
The photos that defined the past year — from Navalny’s death to the Azerbaijan Airlines crash
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Get in line
When every word you say can lead to criminal charges, Russians have found a new way to protest in 2024 — forming queues
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A drop in the ocean
Volunteers cleaning up the coastline after an oil spill in the Black Sea speak out
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Cause and effect
New statement by Azerbaijan Airlines leaves even less room for doubt that its plane was hit by a Russian missile
Ilya Volzhsky,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Beg my pardon
Despite numerous amnesties, the number of political prisoners in Belarus continues to grow
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
A drop in the ocean
Volunteers cleaning up the coastline after an oil spill in the Black Sea speak out
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Cause and effect
New statement by Azerbaijan Airlines leaves even less room for doubt that its plane was hit by a Russian missile
Ilya Volzhsky,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Beg my pardon
Despite numerous amnesties, the number of political prisoners in Belarus continues to grow
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Quagmire or catastrophe
Experts are once again predicting the imminent collapse of the Russian economy, but how likely is it to happen next year?
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Quagmire or catastrophe
Experts are once again predicting the imminent collapse of the Russian economy, but how likely is it to happen next year?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Lost sons
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion 59,674 Ukrainians have been documented as missing. That figure only continues to grow.
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Public confessions
Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Lost sons
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion 59,674 Ukrainians have been documented as missing. That figure only continues to grow.
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Public confessions
Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Playing for time
As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Misrule of law
Georgia’s drift towards a police state
Nicholas Pearce
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Stories
Reputation under attack
Why did Chechen air defence systems fail to respond during a drone attack on Grozny, despite Kadyrov’s claims to the contrary?
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Comment
Playing for time
As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Misrule of law
Georgia’s drift towards a police state
Nicholas Pearce
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Stories
Reputation under attack
Why did Chechen air defence systems fail to respond during a drone attack on Grozny, despite Kadyrov’s claims to the contrary?
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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News
Russian war veteran stabs Chechen man to death at bus stop after dispute
Fresh Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kursk region reportedly repelled
First batch of French Mirage 2000 fighter jets arrives in Ukraine
Russian anti-war musician dies after falling out of window during police search
Putin dismisses head of Roscosmos amid dwindling launch numbers
Trump envoy set to present Ukraine peace plan at next week’s Munich Security Conference
Stories
Putin holds annual call-in show in Moscow
A summary of what we learned from the Russian dictator’s annual brush with his carefully vetted public
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The daily grind
Military experts say Russia is likely to seize another key stronghold in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Putin holds annual call-in show in Moscow
A summary of what we learned from the Russian dictator’s annual brush with his carefully vetted public
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The daily grind
Military experts say Russia is likely to seize another key stronghold in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Gaslighting
Change is afoot in Austria, one of the last EU countries to remain addicted to cheap Russian gas imports
Yana Fortuna
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Stories
Hunkering down
Evacuees from Russian villages near the Ukrainian border feel abandoned by their own state
Viktoria Litvin
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Comment
Brought low
What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power
Stefan Wolff
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Analysis
Gaslighting
Change is afoot in Austria, one of the last EU countries to remain addicted to cheap Russian gas imports
Yana Fortuna
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Stories
Hunkering down
Evacuees from Russian villages near the Ukrainian border feel abandoned by their own state
Viktoria Litvin
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Comment
Brought low
What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
The long con
What will happen to Russia’s compromised constitution when Putin’s regime finally falls?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The long con
What will happen to Russia’s compromised constitution when Putin’s regime finally falls?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Soul searching
A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith
Andrey Zubov
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Comment
Any port in a storm
How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power
Basil Germond
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Stories
Heroes of their time
Inside Putin’s new scheme to identify the next generation of Russian leaders among veterans of the war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Comment
Soul searching
A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith
Andrey Zubov
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Comment
Any port in a storm
How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power
Basil Germond
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Stories
Heroes of their time
Inside Putin’s new scheme to identify the next generation of Russian leaders among veterans of the war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Analysis
Winging it
The number of safety incidents recorded by Russian airlines in 2024 has already reached a record high
Maria Ehrlich,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Analysis
Winging it
The number of safety incidents recorded by Russian airlines in 2024 has already reached a record high
Maria Ehrlich,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
In the ascendant
The rise and rise of Alexander Khinshtein, the newly appointed Kursk region governor
Lyubov Borisenko
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Comment
A house divided
History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
Jumping ship
How Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers continues to breach sanctions and earn the Kremlin billions
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
In the ascendant
The rise and rise of Alexander Khinshtein, the newly appointed Kursk region governor
Lyubov Borisenko
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Comment
A house divided
History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
Jumping ship
How Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers continues to breach sanctions and earn the Kremlin billions
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Movement backward and downward
Despite positioning itself as a bulwark against the woke West, Putinism has very little to do with real conservatism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Stories
Movement backward and downward
Despite positioning itself as a bulwark against the woke West, Putinism has very little to do with real conservatism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
Courting disfavour
Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov
Alexey Gorinov
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Comment
Putin’s march of folly
The war in Ukraine represents a major strategic defeat for a leader in denial about his country’s loss of global status
Carl Bildt
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Comment
A time for unity
Now is the time for Russia’s disparate political opposition to put their past differences aside and come together
Yelena Kotyonochkina,
Oleg Yelanchik
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Comment
Courting disfavour
Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov
Alexey Gorinov
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Comment
Putin’s march of folly
The war in Ukraine represents a major strategic defeat for a leader in denial about his country’s loss of global status
Carl Bildt
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Comment
A time for unity
Now is the time for Russia’s disparate political opposition to put their past differences aside and come together
Yelena Kotyonochkina,
Oleg Yelanchik
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News
Severely ill Russian saxophonist sentenced to 6 years in prison for anti-war posts
Russia to reboot Soviet-era song contest as ‘perversion-free’ alternative to Eurovision
Zelensky says he’s prepared to meet Putin in person ‘to achieve peace’
Council of Europe takes ‘major step’ towards creation of special tribunal on Ukraine
Kazakh investigation into Aktau plane crash concludes ‘external objects’ caused disaster
Moscow blast that killed paramilitary founder likely the work of suicide bomber
Interview
‘Put Masha in charge!’
An accidental activist has won popular acclaim for her response to the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
Child soldiers
Russian schools have replaced health and safety lessons with a course in basic homeland security and defence
Arthur Valentinov
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Interview
‘Put Masha in charge!’
An accidental activist has won popular acclaim for her response to the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
Child soldiers
Russian schools have replaced health and safety lessons with a course in basic homeland security and defence
Arthur Valentinov
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Stories
Stolen by the state
Two mothers describe the agony of having their children imprisoned for political crimes in Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Stories
Stolen by the state
Two mothers describe the agony of having their children imprisoned for political crimes in Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
As obscene as it is absurd
Ukraine’s use of missiles against Russia is being treated as a dangerous escalation. It isn’t.
Slavoj Žižek
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Analysis
Playing both sides
Russia’s attempts to forge closer ties with countries in Africa are unlikely to succeed without more substance
Nikolay Pershin
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Comment
As obscene as it is absurd
Ukraine’s use of missiles against Russia is being treated as a dangerous escalation. It isn’t.
Slavoj Žižek
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Analysis
Playing both sides
Russia’s attempts to forge closer ties with countries in Africa are unlikely to succeed without more substance
Nikolay Pershin
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Interview
Eyeball to eyeball
Disarmament expert Pavel Podvig on what circumstances could lead Russia to use nuclear weapons against the West
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The empire strikes back
Russia fires ballistic missile at Ukraine in a desperate show of force
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Adoption barriers
Russia’s ban on adoption by citizens from countries that allow gender transition rules out much of Europe
Varvara Platova
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Interview
Eyeball to eyeball
Disarmament expert Pavel Podvig on what circumstances could lead Russia to use nuclear weapons against the West
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The empire strikes back
Russia fires ballistic missile at Ukraine in a desperate show of force
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Adoption barriers
Russia’s ban on adoption by citizens from countries that allow gender transition rules out much of Europe
Varvara Platova
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Analysis
Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
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Analysis
Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
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Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
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Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
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Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
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Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
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Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Editor’s picks
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
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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Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
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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
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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
-
Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
-
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
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With protest nowadays unthinkable in Belarus, Wikipedia remains a vital resource for Belarusians who value the truth
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Online lifeline
With protest nowadays unthinkable in Belarus, Wikipedia remains a vital resource for Belarusians who value the truth
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Comment
Learning by dying
Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Learning by dying
Why is Kim Jong Un allowing his troops to be used as cannon fodder in Russia’s war against Ukraine?
Jennifer Mathers
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News
Russian war veteran stabs Chechen man to death at bus stop after dispute
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian war veteran stabs Chechen man to death at bus stop after dispute
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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All news
News
Russian court fines graduate for refusing to work in occupied Mariupol
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian court fines graduate for refusing to work in occupied Mariupol
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg anti-war activist Darya Kozyreva released from custody ahead of trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
St. Petersburg anti-war activist Darya Kozyreva released from custody ahead of trial
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Fresh Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kursk region reportedly repelled
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Fresh Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kursk region reportedly repelled
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Amid looming depopulation, Russia’s Vologda region to consider total ban on abortion
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Amid looming depopulation, Russia’s Vologda region to consider total ban on abortion
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Legal migrants in limbo after being added to Russia’s new register of illegal aliens in error
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Legal migrants in limbo after being added to Russia’s new register of illegal aliens in error
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
First batch of French Mirage 2000 fighter jets arrives in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
First batch of French Mirage 2000 fighter jets arrives in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A costly compromise
Can conditions for ending the war in Ukraine be found to satisfy both sides?
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Stories
A costly compromise
Can conditions for ending the war in Ukraine be found to satisfy both sides?
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Stories
Ideological asylum
Russia is now granting permanent residency to citizens of ‘unfriendly’ countries trying to flee the woke West
Yulia Akhmedova
-
Stories
Ideological asylum
Russia is now granting permanent residency to citizens of ‘unfriendly’ countries trying to flee the woke West
Yulia Akhmedova
-
News
Russian anti-war musician dies after falling out of window during police search
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian anti-war musician dies after falling out of window during police search
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Anatomy of an airstrike
At least 14 people are now known to have died in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava on Saturday morning
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Anatomy of an airstrike
At least 14 people are now known to have died in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava on Saturday morning
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
Assad management
Why a deal that would allow Russia to retain its military bases in Syria looks unlikely
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Assad management
Why a deal that would allow Russia to retain its military bases in Syria looks unlikely
Ilya Volzhsky
-
News
Putin dismisses head of Roscosmos amid dwindling launch numbers
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Putin dismisses head of Roscosmos amid dwindling launch numbers
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Russophilia
What does Yura Borisov’s Oscar nomination tell us about the West’s supposed cancellation of Russian culture?
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Stories
Russophilia
What does Yura Borisov’s Oscar nomination tell us about the West’s supposed cancellation of Russian culture?
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
The art of the deal
It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
The art of the deal
It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine
Stefan Wolff
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News
Trump envoy set to present Ukraine peace plan at next week’s Munich Security Conference
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Trump envoy set to present Ukraine peace plan at next week’s Munich Security Conference
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The accidental exile
Alexey Navalny’s lawyer addresses the ‘extremism’ verdict against her colleagues and talks collegiate solidarity
Mira Livadina
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Stories
The accidental exile
Alexey Navalny’s lawyer addresses the ‘extremism’ verdict against her colleagues and talks collegiate solidarity
Mira Livadina
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Stories
No through road
Villagers in the Russian Arctic have become angry about their months of isolation each year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
No through road
Villagers in the Russian Arctic have become angry about their months of isolation each year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Severely ill Russian saxophonist sentenced to 6 years in prison for anti-war posts
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Severely ill Russian saxophonist sentenced to 6 years in prison for anti-war posts
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Russia’s nostalgia machine
An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Comment
Russia’s nostalgia machine
An idealised view of the Soviet past is preventing Russians from fighting for a better future
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
The wrong hymn sheet
How priests suspended by the Russian Orthodox Church are paying the price for preaching peace
Oleg Tsyplakov
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Stories
The wrong hymn sheet
How priests suspended by the Russian Orthodox Church are paying the price for preaching peace
Oleg Tsyplakov
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News
Russia to reboot Soviet-era song contest as ‘perversion-free’ alternative to Eurovision
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russia to reboot Soviet-era song contest as ‘perversion-free’ alternative to Eurovision
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Enemies of the state
How being branded a ‘foreign agent’ affects those who stay in Russia
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Enemies of the state
How being branded a ‘foreign agent’ affects those who stay in Russia
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Global warning
As the Arctic ice melts at an astonishing rate, should scientific collaboration between Russia and the West be restarted?
Maria Reshetnikova
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Stories
Global warning
As the Arctic ice melts at an astonishing rate, should scientific collaboration between Russia and the West be restarted?
Maria Reshetnikova
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News
Zelensky says he’s prepared to meet Putin in person ‘to achieve peace’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Zelensky says he’s prepared to meet Putin in person ‘to achieve peace’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Breaking things
Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence
Shlomo Ben-Ami
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Comment
Breaking things
Trump’s reckless isolationism plays into the Chinese and Russian vision of a world order based on spheres of influence
Shlomo Ben-Ami
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Stories
Too much information
Changes to how DNA is collected are at the heart of Russia’s latest encroachment on civil liberties
Alfia Mustafina
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Stories
Too much information
Changes to how DNA is collected are at the heart of Russia’s latest encroachment on civil liberties
Alfia Mustafina
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News
Council of Europe takes ‘major step’ towards creation of special tribunal on Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Council of Europe takes ‘major step’ towards creation of special tribunal on Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Europe’s hour
On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression
Daniel Gros
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Comment
Europe’s hour
On the eve of Trump’s return to power, Europe must step in to ensure Ukraine can continue to resist Russian aggression
Daniel Gros
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Interview
Illegal profession
What does the imprisonment of Navalny’s lawyers mean for Russia’s criminal justice system?
Mira Livadina
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Interview
Illegal profession
What does the imprisonment of Navalny’s lawyers mean for Russia’s criminal justice system?
Mira Livadina
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News
Kazakh investigation into Aktau plane crash concludes ‘external objects’ caused disaster
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Kazakh investigation into Aktau plane crash concludes ‘external objects’ caused disaster
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘I had no hope of getting out’
One Yakut anti-war punk musician’s long journey to freedom in Berlin
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
‘I had no hope of getting out’
One Yakut anti-war punk musician’s long journey to freedom in Berlin
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
The turncoat
How Belarusian opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich began whitewashing the regime’s crimes
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
The turncoat
How Belarusian opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich began whitewashing the regime’s crimes
Iryna Khalip
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News
Moscow blast that killed paramilitary founder likely the work of suicide bomber
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Moscow blast that killed paramilitary founder likely the work of suicide bomber
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
Pick your battles
Ukraine is prioritising holding its ground in Russia’s Kursk region as Russia continues to advance in Donbas
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Pick your battles
Ukraine is prioritising holding its ground in Russia’s Kursk region as Russia continues to advance in Donbas
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Future proof
Sketches of life in a dying Russian village
Irina Garina
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Stories
Future proof
Sketches of life in a dying Russian village
Irina Garina
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Comment
Orbán’s mafia state
The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law
Sławomir Sierakowski
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Comment
Orbán’s mafia state
The EU cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Hungary’s attempts to subvert the rule of law
Sławomir Sierakowski
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Comment
Culture warriors
Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace
Ian Buruma
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Comment
Culture warriors
Some aspects of cultural decolonisation are vital if Ukraine is to resist Russia’s forced embrace
Ian Buruma
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Stories
Civil dissident
Tatyana Kotlyar’s tireless efforts to help the marginalised in Russian society have made her a target for the authorities
Irina Garina
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Stories
Civil dissident
Tatyana Kotlyar’s tireless efforts to help the marginalised in Russian society have made her a target for the authorities
Irina Garina
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Stories
The night watch
How a Nemtsov Bridge volunteer ended up being sent to prison for 12 years on terror charges
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
The night watch
How a Nemtsov Bridge volunteer ended up being sent to prison for 12 years on terror charges
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Out in the cold
The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Out in the cold
The end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine has not been without its victims
Stefan Wolff
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Report
Miracle season
As the new year began, Russia launched its first attack of 2025 on Ukrainian cities
Olga Musafirova
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Report
Miracle season
As the new year began, Russia launched its first attack of 2025 on Ukrainian cities
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Writing wrongs
The journalists at the centre of the Kremlin effort to stifle press freedom in Russia for good
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Writing wrongs
The journalists at the centre of the Kremlin effort to stifle press freedom in Russia for good
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Peace in our time
Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered
Charles A. Kupchan,
Michael Froman
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Comment
Peace in our time
Putin will smell weakness unless a deal to produce a sovereign and secure Ukraine can be brokered
Charles A. Kupchan,
Michael Froman
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Comment
The acceptance stage
Russian émigrés and the new social contract
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
The acceptance stage
Russian émigrés and the new social contract
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
The year in photos
The photos that defined the past year — from Navalny’s death to the Azerbaijan Airlines crash
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The year in photos
The photos that defined the past year — from Navalny’s death to the Azerbaijan Airlines crash
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Get in line
When every word you say can lead to criminal charges, Russians have found a new way to protest in 2024 — forming queues
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Get in line
When every word you say can lead to criminal charges, Russians have found a new way to protest in 2024 — forming queues
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A drop in the ocean
Volunteers cleaning up the coastline after an oil spill in the Black Sea speak out
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A drop in the ocean
Volunteers cleaning up the coastline after an oil spill in the Black Sea speak out
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Cause and effect
New statement by Azerbaijan Airlines leaves even less room for doubt that its plane was hit by a Russian missile
Ilya Volzhsky,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Cause and effect
New statement by Azerbaijan Airlines leaves even less room for doubt that its plane was hit by a Russian missile
Ilya Volzhsky,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Beg my pardon
Despite numerous amnesties, the number of political prisoners in Belarus continues to grow
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Beg my pardon
Despite numerous amnesties, the number of political prisoners in Belarus continues to grow
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Quagmire or catastrophe
Experts are once again predicting the imminent collapse of the Russian economy, but how likely is it to happen next year?
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Quagmire or catastrophe
Experts are once again predicting the imminent collapse of the Russian economy, but how likely is it to happen next year?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Lost sons
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion 59,674 Ukrainians have been documented as missing. That figure only continues to grow.
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Lost sons
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion 59,674 Ukrainians have been documented as missing. That figure only continues to grow.
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Public confessions
Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Public confessions
Russia has borrowed the mea culpa video from neighbouring Belarus
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Playing for time
As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Playing for time
As 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Misrule of law
Georgia’s drift towards a police state
Nicholas Pearce
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Stories
Misrule of law
Georgia’s drift towards a police state
Nicholas Pearce
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Stories
Reputation under attack
Why did Chechen air defence systems fail to respond during a drone attack on Grozny, despite Kadyrov’s claims to the contrary?
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Stories
Reputation under attack
Why did Chechen air defence systems fail to respond during a drone attack on Grozny, despite Kadyrov’s claims to the contrary?
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Stories
Putin holds annual call-in show in Moscow
A summary of what we learned from the Russian dictator’s annual brush with his carefully vetted public
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Putin holds annual call-in show in Moscow
A summary of what we learned from the Russian dictator’s annual brush with his carefully vetted public
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The daily grind
Military experts say Russia is likely to seize another key stronghold in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
The daily grind
Military experts say Russia is likely to seize another key stronghold in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Gaslighting
Change is afoot in Austria, one of the last EU countries to remain addicted to cheap Russian gas imports
Yana Fortuna
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Analysis
Gaslighting
Change is afoot in Austria, one of the last EU countries to remain addicted to cheap Russian gas imports
Yana Fortuna
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Stories
Hunkering down
Evacuees from Russian villages near the Ukrainian border feel abandoned by their own state
Viktoria Litvin
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Stories
Hunkering down
Evacuees from Russian villages near the Ukrainian border feel abandoned by their own state
Viktoria Litvin
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Comment
Brought low
What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Brought low
What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
The long con
What will happen to Russia’s compromised constitution when Putin’s regime finally falls?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The long con
What will happen to Russia’s compromised constitution when Putin’s regime finally falls?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Soul searching
A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith
Andrey Zubov
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Comment
Soul searching
A contemporary of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reflects on the corrosive effects of a life lived in bad faith
Andrey Zubov
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Comment
Any port in a storm
How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power
Basil Germond
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Comment
Any port in a storm
How the loss of its Mediterranean naval base in Syria would weaken Russia as a global power
Basil Germond
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Stories
Heroes of their time
Inside Putin’s new scheme to identify the next generation of Russian leaders among veterans of the war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Stories
Heroes of their time
Inside Putin’s new scheme to identify the next generation of Russian leaders among veterans of the war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Analysis
Winging it
The number of safety incidents recorded by Russian airlines in 2024 has already reached a record high
Maria Ehrlich,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Analysis
Winging it
The number of safety incidents recorded by Russian airlines in 2024 has already reached a record high
Maria Ehrlich,
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
In the ascendant
The rise and rise of Alexander Khinshtein, the newly appointed Kursk region governor
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
In the ascendant
The rise and rise of Alexander Khinshtein, the newly appointed Kursk region governor
Lyubov Borisenko
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Comment
A house divided
History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Comment
A house divided
History amply demonstrates that carving Ukraine up is likely to bring horrifying violence and long-lasting enmity
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
Jumping ship
How Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers continues to breach sanctions and earn the Kremlin billions
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Jumping ship
How Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers continues to breach sanctions and earn the Kremlin billions
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Movement backward and downward
Despite positioning itself as a bulwark against the woke West, Putinism has very little to do with real conservatism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Stories
Movement backward and downward
Despite positioning itself as a bulwark against the woke West, Putinism has very little to do with real conservatism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
Courting disfavour
Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov
Alexey Gorinov
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Comment
Courting disfavour
Novaya Gazeta Europe republishes the final statement made in court by political prisoner Alexey Gorinov
Alexey Gorinov
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Comment
Putin’s march of folly
The war in Ukraine represents a major strategic defeat for a leader in denial about his country’s loss of global status
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Putin’s march of folly
The war in Ukraine represents a major strategic defeat for a leader in denial about his country’s loss of global status
Carl Bildt
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Comment
A time for unity
Now is the time for Russia’s disparate political opposition to put their past differences aside and come together
Yelena Kotyonochkina,
Oleg Yelanchik
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Comment
A time for unity
Now is the time for Russia’s disparate political opposition to put their past differences aside and come together
Yelena Kotyonochkina,
Oleg Yelanchik
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Interview
‘Put Masha in charge!’
An accidental activist has won popular acclaim for her response to the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Interview
‘Put Masha in charge!’
An accidental activist has won popular acclaim for her response to the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
Child soldiers
Russian schools have replaced health and safety lessons with a course in basic homeland security and defence
Arthur Valentinov
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Stories
Child soldiers
Russian schools have replaced health and safety lessons with a course in basic homeland security and defence
Arthur Valentinov
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Stories
Stolen by the state
Two mothers describe the agony of having their children imprisoned for political crimes in Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Stories
Stolen by the state
Two mothers describe the agony of having their children imprisoned for political crimes in Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
As obscene as it is absurd
Ukraine’s use of missiles against Russia is being treated as a dangerous escalation. It isn’t.
Slavoj Žižek
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Comment
As obscene as it is absurd
Ukraine’s use of missiles against Russia is being treated as a dangerous escalation. It isn’t.
Slavoj Žižek
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Analysis
Playing both sides
Russia’s attempts to forge closer ties with countries in Africa are unlikely to succeed without more substance
Nikolay Pershin
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Analysis
Playing both sides
Russia’s attempts to forge closer ties with countries in Africa are unlikely to succeed without more substance
Nikolay Pershin
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Interview
Eyeball to eyeball
Disarmament expert Pavel Podvig on what circumstances could lead Russia to use nuclear weapons against the West
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Interview
Eyeball to eyeball
Disarmament expert Pavel Podvig on what circumstances could lead Russia to use nuclear weapons against the West
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
The empire strikes back
Russia fires ballistic missile at Ukraine in a desperate show of force
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
The empire strikes back
Russia fires ballistic missile at Ukraine in a desperate show of force
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Adoption barriers
Russia’s ban on adoption by citizens from countries that allow gender transition rules out much of Europe
Varvara Platova
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Stories
Adoption barriers
Russia’s ban on adoption by citizens from countries that allow gender transition rules out much of Europe
Varvara Platova
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Analysis
Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
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Analysis
Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
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Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
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Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
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Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
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Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
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Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Editor’s picks
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
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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Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
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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
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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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Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
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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
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