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Interview

‘The civilians who support the war may be more culpable than most of the soldiers’

What the just war theory can tell us about the Russian invasion in Ukraine: explains Jeff McMahan, a philosopher at the University of Oxford
Alyona Itskova-
Data

How Russia seizes Ukrainian businesses on occupied territories

Thousands of companies in Mariupol, Melitopol, and other occupied cities have been re-registered in Russia. Novaya-Europe investigates
Daria Talanova, Sergey Teplyakov, Antonina Asanova-
Report

‘The thing I miss the most? Freedom’

Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh talk about their lives under the ongoing blockade by Azerbaijani ‘eco-activists’
Irina Tumakova-

Breaking

‘They threatened to shoot us if we didn’t advance’ — Russian soldiers deployed near Ukraine’s Vuhledar ask Putin for help

Podcast

Eyes of War

Three stories told by Ukrainian photojournalist Daniil Russov
Video department Novaya Gazeta Europe-
Comment

Laws against humanity

Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of Metro 2033, writes a speech for the Russian court where he is tried in absentia for speaking out against the war
Dmitry Glukhovsky-

Breaking

Putin: Russia to deploy tactical nukes in Belarus, General Staff introduced limits on ammo use

Report

Nobel Peace Prize winning organisation Memorial targeted by Russian government

Another wave of repressions and a new criminal case against Memorial. Reporting from Moscow
Sofia Orlova-
Comment

Chechen roots of France’s wrestling team

France only fielded Chechens with French citizenship to the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships. How did it happen and why are some in Russia not happy about it?
Zara Murtazalieva-

Breaking

Russia’s Krasnodar cancels concert of Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak. Mayor believes she could donate earnings to Ukrainian forces

Opinion

Xi-dependent relationship

What will Russia be left with after playing the role of China’s ‘little brother’?
Arnold Khachaturov-
Interview

Will Putin ever stand trial in The Hague?

We asked legal expert Gleb Bogush what the ICC arrest warrant means for the Russian president
Irina Tumakova-

Breaking

Russia’s Investigative Committee opens criminal case against economist Konstantin Sonin for ‘fakes’

Opinion

Russia’s moral decay

Why people who are ready and willing to pull any nasty trick in the book at the regime’s behest are actually victims here, and who’s the worst among them
Leonid Gozman-
Comment

Decivilising Russia

Sociologist Svetlana Stephenson explains how the criminal culture of security forces and racketeers among the elites has pushed Russian society towards militaristic madness
Svetlana Stephenson-

Breaking

Russia to shoot series about Ukraine war

Stories

Russia’s military expenditures doubled so far in 2023. What was this money spent on?

Novaya-Europe analyses the data that has been made public
Sergey Teplyakov-
Stories

Wartime miracle

A story with a happy ending about Ukrainian child refugee Arsenii Kolesnik
Ekaterina Glikman-

Breaking

Wagner Group chief: more than 5,000 convicts in Russian released after serving in mercenary company

Comment

Why Kyiv wants to rename Russia into Muscovy: three key reasons

Alexander Orlov breaks down the history behind this proposal
Alexander Orlov-
Opinion

Why we shouldn’t expect the Russian economy to collapse tomorrow

Head of Novaya-Europe’s data team Arnold Khachaturov explains
Arnold Khachaturov-
Opinion

Executing POWs: another manifestation of Russia’s fascist nature

Leonid Gozman analyses why the Russian state considers itself more important than any human being
Leonid Gozman-
Stories

‘That war ended, and this one will too’

Diaries from Kherson. People living on both banks — the occupied and the liberated — of the Dnipro River describe their daily reality
Olga Vasileva-
Interview

‘The fear of Stalin has been crucial to forming Putin’s ideology’

How has Stalinism helped form modern-day Russia? An interview with Andrea Graziosi, Soviet historian
Darya Kozlova-
Data

Russia’s fake refugee haven

The Russian government is lying about the number of Ukrainian refugees in the country: Civic Assistance Committee’s research
Anastasia Karyakina, Ksenia Zinder-
Stories

Child separation: Kremlin invents new torture for activists

Russian law enforcement has devised another way to punish political activists: their children are taken away — even if they are sick or disabled
Elena Romanova-
Interview

‘If you go to war with somebody, you don’t keep your money in their pocket’

Russia might lose trillions of dollars due to the invasion of Ukraine, a leading scholar on inequality and globalisation Branko Milanović estimates
Alyona Itskova-
Investigations

Gazprom: Russia’s state corruption giant

A money-laundering scheme and a luxury hotel in Montenegro may be tied to the mysterious death of a top Gazprom manager. An investigation by Novaya-Europe and Transparency
Alisa Kashperskaya, Ilya Shumanov-
Comment

‘Real men vs scum’: How Vladimir Putin split Russia in two

Leonid Gozman on Putin’s crusade to subdue and divide the Russian society
Leonid Gozman-
Stories

Woman from Russia’s Dagestan shares her ‘homosexuality treatment’ story

A monologue by a victim of conversion therapy in a rehab for drug addicts, homosexuals, and atheists
Lidiya Mikhalchenko-
Report

How did ‘partial mobilisation’ affect residents of Russia’s Siberia?

Locals can barely afford firewood, while families are waiting for draftees taken away to fight in Ukraine
Ivan Zhilin, Anna Artemyeva-
Stories

School of patriotism: Kremlin seeks to force parents to sit through propaganda lessons

Novaya-Europe asks parents of different political views what they think about the initiative
Yekaterina Krasotkina-
Stories

Ukrainian drones near Moscow: why can’t Russian air defence fully repel these attacks?

Novaya-Europe talks to experts about recent drone attacks on Russian territory
Nikita Kondratyev-
Stories

Russia accuses ‘Ukrainian saboteurs’ of breaching border region. What we know so far

Putin branded the events a ‘terrorist attack’. The Russian Volunteer Corps claimed responsibility for it
Novaya Gazeta Europe-
Interview

‘I hope he has found peace’

Mikhail Gorbachev’s stenographer shares stories of working with the first and last president of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev’s birthday was on 2 March
Stories

‘My sister and I went through all the morgues’

Thousands of Russian soldiers have been reported MIA in Ukraine. Russia’s Defence Ministry is not in a hurry to help relatives find the bodies: Novaya-Europe’s research
Daria Talanova-
Data

Dead end

In the past 10 months, Russia managed to only capture about 4% of Donbas. Troops are basically treading water while losses are mounting. Novaya Gazeta Europe dissects Russia’s war effort in Ukraine
Antonina Asanova, Lyubov Borisenko-
Data

Putin’s ‘henchmen’

Some members of the European Parliament continuously refuse to back resolutions against the Ukraine war. Novaya-Europe reveals their names and their connections with Russia
Olesya Avilova, Andrey Zayakin, Mikhail Komin-
Comment

Grim anniversary

Sombre reflections after the first 365 days of the war in Ukraine
Leonid Gozman-
Interview

‘American hearts bleed for Ukraine, but we also bleed for all Russian families affected by this war’

An interview with Victoria Nuland, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Kirill Martynov-
Stories

А Chain of Wars, a Chain of Crimes, a Chain of Impunity

Russian Wars in Chechnya, Syria, and Ukraine: Report by Human Rights Centre Memorial
Memorial Human Rights Centre-

Articles of the month

Report

After Bucha

Here, everyone remembers everything and waits for the culprits to be punished. There are more than enough witnesses. Olga Musafirova reports from Bucha, town of martyrs and heroes
Olga Musafirova-
Report

Oversung hero

This is how Russia makes up stories about war heroes: a report from the home village of gunner Obukhov, killed in a drunken shootout in Kherson
Novaya Gazeta Europe-
Interview

‘How to reduce the power of a petrostate? Get off fossil fuels as quickly as we can’

One of the main lessons from the war in Ukraine is that the world needs to finally ‘go green’, climate justice expert Naomi Klein says
Alyona Itskova-
Comment

Military makeover

The Kremlin is transforming the Russian economy to meet its war needs. Will it help Putin to win the long fight?
Darya Kozlova-
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