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Putin announces Easter truce in Ukraine until Sunday night
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Uneasy peace
Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?
Jennifer Mathers
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News
Putin announces Easter truce in Ukraine until Sunday night
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Uneasy peace
Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?
Jennifer Mathers
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News
Almost 100 Russian soldiers attempt to escape internment on military base in Krasnodar
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Trump voices exasperation at lack of rapid way to end war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg activist sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison for floral tribute to Ukrainian poet
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Beijing rejects Zelensky’s accusations of Chinese weapon deliveries to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Almost 100 Russian soldiers attempt to escape internment on military base in Krasnodar
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Trump voices exasperation at lack of rapid way to end war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg activist sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison for floral tribute to Ukrainian poet
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Beijing rejects Zelensky’s accusations of Chinese weapon deliveries to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Condemned
While Russia spends billions on its war machine, its own population is being left out in the cold
Irina Strelnikova
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Stories
Dusk over the empire
Repressive injustice in Putin’s Russia has led to a rebirth of regional opposition movements
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Comment
Bad faith actors
No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
Condemned
While Russia spends billions on its war machine, its own population is being left out in the cold
Irina Strelnikova
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Stories
Dusk over the empire
Repressive injustice in Putin’s Russia has led to a rebirth of regional opposition movements
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Comment
Bad faith actors
No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
Straight and narrow
How have Moscow’s queer spaces reacted to legal clampdowns and police raids?
Matvey Leybin
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Stories
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Why did the Russian military use a ballistic missile fitted with a projectile-filled warhead to attack Sumy?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Painting the town red
Who is the Georgian artist behind Volodymyr Zelensky’s controversial favourite painting?
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Against the clock
Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Ilona Sologoub
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Stories
Straight and narrow
How have Moscow’s queer spaces reacted to legal clampdowns and police raids?
Matvey Leybin
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Stories
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Why did the Russian military use a ballistic missile fitted with a projectile-filled warhead to attack Sumy?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Painting the town red
Who is the Georgian artist behind Volodymyr Zelensky’s controversial favourite painting?
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Against the clock
Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Ilona Sologoub
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Analysis
All quiet on the eastern front
If US efforts to broker a ceasefire continue to stall, what will the Russian military be planning to do next in Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
All quiet on the eastern front
If US efforts to broker a ceasefire continue to stall, what will the Russian military be planning to do next in Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
The new Great Game
Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?
Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva
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Stories
Ad blockers
A new law has banned Russian influencers from advertising on Instagram and Facebook
Sonia Mustaeva
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Analysis
Soul occupation
The number of religious congregations in occupied Ukraine has halved in three years as Moscow cements its control
Maria Ehrlich
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Comment
The new Great Game
Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?
Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva
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Stories
Ad blockers
A new law has banned Russian influencers from advertising on Instagram and Facebook
Sonia Mustaeva
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Analysis
Soul occupation
The number of religious congregations in occupied Ukraine has halved in three years as Moscow cements its control
Maria Ehrlich
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Comment
Eternal vigilance
Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten
Oliver Fisk
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Comment
Frontline diplomacy
Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting
Richard Haass
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Comment
Eternal vigilance
Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten
Oliver Fisk
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Comment
Frontline diplomacy
Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting
Richard Haass
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Analysis
Class warfare
Veterans of the war in Ukraine are increasingly taking up teaching roles in Russian schools
Daria Talanova
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Analysis
Class warfare
Veterans of the war in Ukraine are increasingly taking up teaching roles in Russian schools
Daria Talanova
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Analysis
Laughing all the way to the bank
What are the Kremlin’s preconditions for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, and can they be met?
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Friends ‘un-united’
Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire
Linggong Kong
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Interview
Heart of darkness
Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov on his recent mission to Ukraine to document Russian war crimes
Irina Kravtsova
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Analysis
Laughing all the way to the bank
What are the Kremlin’s preconditions for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, and can they be met?
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Friends ‘un-united’
Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire
Linggong Kong
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Interview
Heart of darkness
Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov on his recent mission to Ukraine to document Russian war crimes
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
No joke
How Russian stand-up comic Artemy Ostanin found himself facing six years behind bars for a 60-second comedy routine
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Killing machines
Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
No joke
How Russian stand-up comic Artemy Ostanin found himself facing six years behind bars for a 60-second comedy routine
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Killing machines
Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine
Kirill Martynov
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Analysis
Swallowed whole
The Russian state has seized assets worth over €25bn from privately owned companies since the start of the war
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
The activist’s toolkit
How Russian dissidents in exile are building support networks that transcend borders
Fabio Lovati
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Comment
Falling silent
Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?
Valerie Cooper
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Analysis
Swallowed whole
The Russian state has seized assets worth over €25bn from privately owned companies since the start of the war
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
The activist’s toolkit
How Russian dissidents in exile are building support networks that transcend borders
Fabio Lovati
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Comment
Falling silent
Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?
Valerie Cooper
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Analysis
Tanking it
Is Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ to blame for a recent spike in maritime accidents and oil spills?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Erarta against the world
Russia’s largest private museum of contemporary art finds itself under attack from Russian ‘patriots’
Polina Troitskaya
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Analysis
Tanking it
Is Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ to blame for a recent spike in maritime accidents and oil spills?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Erarta against the world
Russia’s largest private museum of contemporary art finds itself under attack from Russian ‘patriots’
Polina Troitskaya
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Comment
Rebuilding bridges
By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin
Natasha Lindstaedt
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Stories
Fathoming Filimonov
A neopagan Stalinist who hates abortion and Hollywood — meet Russia’s most controversial governor
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Unanswered questions
A year after the deadly terror attack on a Moscow concert venue, the authorities are yet to fill in the gaps
Andrey Serafimov,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Rebuilding bridges
By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin
Natasha Lindstaedt
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Stories
Fathoming Filimonov
A neopagan Stalinist who hates abortion and Hollywood — meet Russia’s most controversial governor
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Unanswered questions
A year after the deadly terror attack on a Moscow concert venue, the authorities are yet to fill in the gaps
Andrey Serafimov,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Those who won’t
A teacher forced to flee Russia after refusing to indoctrinate her pupils starts a new life in France
Alyona Itskova
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Analysis
Made in the USA
Over 700 Ukrainian civilians have been killed by Russian weapons containing Western-made components
Olesya Shmagun,
Pyotr Bugaev,
Alexey Basmanov
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Stories
Those who won’t
A teacher forced to flee Russia after refusing to indoctrinate her pupils starts a new life in France
Alyona Itskova
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Analysis
Made in the USA
Over 700 Ukrainian civilians have been killed by Russian weapons containing Western-made components
Olesya Shmagun,
Pyotr Bugaev,
Alexey Basmanov
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Comment
Placating Putin
History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work
Christo Atanasov Kostov
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Analysis
Shell shock
What does the US decision to substitute ground-launched small diameter bombs for ATACMS missiles mean for Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Kremlin watching
With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move
Tetyana Malyarenko,
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Placating Putin
History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work
Christo Atanasov Kostov
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Analysis
Shell shock
What does the US decision to substitute ground-launched small diameter bombs for ATACMS missiles mean for Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Kremlin watching
With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move
Tetyana Malyarenko,
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’
Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’
Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
An easy win
Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus
Joseph Epstein
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Comment
All that glitters
So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Epistolary romance
Knowing that letters sustain imprisoned playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, her husband has sent her 956 in under two years
Asya Moroz
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Comment
An easy win
Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus
Joseph Epstein
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Comment
All that glitters
So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Epistolary romance
Knowing that letters sustain imprisoned playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, her husband has sent her 956 in under two years
Asya Moroz
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Stories
Doctor, heal thyself
Denying women anaesthesia during abortions is a legacy of the Soviet Union's obsessive pronatalism
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Doctor, heal thyself
Denying women anaesthesia during abortions is a legacy of the Soviet Union's obsessive pronatalism
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Ukraine’s true value
Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources
Emilia Marshall,
Anastassia Fedyk
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Stories
Facing the future
How Ukrainian refugees in the EU view their prospects after three years of war
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Seizing the moment
Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine
Andrew Kosenko,
Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Comment
Ukraine’s true value
Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources
Emilia Marshall,
Anastassia Fedyk
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Stories
Facing the future
How Ukrainian refugees in the EU view their prospects after three years of war
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Seizing the moment
Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine
Andrew Kosenko,
Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Stories
The Russia bypass
How Russia’s neighbours ensure the country’s boundless appetite for luxury cars can be met in spite of sanctions
Eldiyar Arykbaev,
Eloïse Layan,
Olesya Shmagun,
Anastasia Korotkova,
Dajana Kollig
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Stories
The Russia bypass
How Russia’s neighbours ensure the country’s boundless appetite for luxury cars can be met in spite of sanctions
Eldiyar Arykbaev,
Eloïse Layan,
Olesya Shmagun,
Anastasia Korotkova,
Dajana Kollig
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Comment
Putin’s White House win
The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Stories
The return
Are Western brands really preparing to re-enter the Russian market as soon as the war ends?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Bad Russian
New legislation is set to make it harder for the children of migrants to enrol in Russian schools
Darya Skavronskaya
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Comment
Putin’s White House win
The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Stories
The return
Are Western brands really preparing to re-enter the Russian market as soon as the war ends?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Bad Russian
New legislation is set to make it harder for the children of migrants to enrol in Russian schools
Darya Skavronskaya
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Analysis
Unplugged
How much of a threat do Kremlin hybrid operations in the Baltic pose to the EU and NATO?
Nikolay Pershin
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Comment
New world order
Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement
Stefan Wolff
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Analysis
Unplugged
How much of a threat do Kremlin hybrid operations in the Baltic pose to the EU and NATO?
Nikolay Pershin
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Comment
New world order
Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Under the influence
How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Going it alone
Will European military support alone be sufficient if the US stops aid to Ukraine altogether?
Natalia Glukhova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace
Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war
Gene Frieda
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Stories
Under the influence
How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Going it alone
Will European military support alone be sufficient if the US stops aid to Ukraine altogether?
Natalia Glukhova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace
Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war
Gene Frieda
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Analysis
One year on
On the first anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s sudden death in prison, Ben Noble considers his enduring political legacy
Ben Noble
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Analysis
One year on
On the first anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s sudden death in prison, Ben Noble considers his enduring political legacy
Ben Noble
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Comment
The man who said no
Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
Imperium 2.0
Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate
James Rodgers
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Stories
Mother courage
One Kherson woman’s tireless attempts to rescue her abducted husband from Russian captivity
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
The man who said no
Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
Imperium 2.0
Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate
James Rodgers
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Stories
Mother courage
One Kherson woman’s tireless attempts to rescue her abducted husband from Russian captivity
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Ending Munich’s curse
Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe
Harold James
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Stories
About Ukraine without Ukraine
Two veteran Ukrainian soldiers reflect on the prospect of a US-brokered peace deal
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Ending Munich’s curse
Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe
Harold James
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Stories
About Ukraine without Ukraine
Two veteran Ukrainian soldiers reflect on the prospect of a US-brokered peace deal
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Phone a friend
Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Otherwise occupied
Life in Ukrainian-occupied Russia six months after Kyiv’s surprise incursion into the Kursk region
Viktoria Litvin
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Stories
A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Phone a friend
Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Otherwise occupied
Life in Ukrainian-occupied Russia six months after Kyiv’s surprise incursion into the Kursk region
Viktoria Litvin
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Stories
A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Putin’s playground
While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Trump’s Russian revelation
The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow
James Horncastle
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Comment
Putin’s playground
While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Trump’s Russian revelation
The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow
James Horncastle
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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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Stories
A costly compromise
Can conditions for ending the war in Ukraine be found to satisfy both sides?
Lyubov Borisenko
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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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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
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
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
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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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
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
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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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
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
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
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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Editor’s picks
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
Pinkwatching
A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook
Rustam Alexander
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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
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
Pinkwatching
A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook
Rustam Alexander
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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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Putin announces Easter truce in Ukraine until Sunday night
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Putin announces Easter truce in Ukraine until Sunday night
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Uneasy peace
Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Uneasy peace
Why is Donald Trump failing to end the war in Ukraine as he promised?
Jennifer Mathers
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News
Almost 100 Russian soldiers attempt to escape internment on military base in Krasnodar
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Almost 100 Russian soldiers attempt to escape internment on military base in Krasnodar
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Trump voices exasperation at lack of rapid way to end war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Trump voices exasperation at lack of rapid way to end war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg activist sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison for floral tribute to Ukrainian poet
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
St. Petersburg activist sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison for floral tribute to Ukrainian poet
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Beijing rejects Zelensky’s accusations of Chinese weapon deliveries to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Beijing rejects Zelensky’s accusations of Chinese weapon deliveries to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Condemned
While Russia spends billions on its war machine, its own population is being left out in the cold
Irina Strelnikova
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Stories
Condemned
While Russia spends billions on its war machine, its own population is being left out in the cold
Irina Strelnikova
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Stories
Dusk over the empire
Repressive injustice in Putin’s Russia has led to a rebirth of regional opposition movements
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Stories
Dusk over the empire
Repressive injustice in Putin’s Russia has led to a rebirth of regional opposition movements
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Comment
Bad faith actors
No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Comment
Bad faith actors
No party with a stake in the war in Ukraine wants the conflict to end in its current stalemate
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Stories
Straight and narrow
How have Moscow’s queer spaces reacted to legal clampdowns and police raids?
Matvey Leybin
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Stories
Straight and narrow
How have Moscow’s queer spaces reacted to legal clampdowns and police raids?
Matvey Leybin
-
Stories
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Why did the Russian military use a ballistic missile fitted with a projectile-filled warhead to attack Sumy?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Why did the Russian military use a ballistic missile fitted with a projectile-filled warhead to attack Sumy?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Painting the town red
Who is the Georgian artist behind Volodymyr Zelensky’s controversial favourite painting?
Iya Barateli
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Stories
Painting the town red
Who is the Georgian artist behind Volodymyr Zelensky’s controversial favourite painting?
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Against the clock
Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Ilona Sologoub
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Comment
Against the clock
Europe must move faster to defend itself and Ukraine from Moscow’s threats
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Ilona Sologoub
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Analysis
All quiet on the eastern front
If US efforts to broker a ceasefire continue to stall, what will the Russian military be planning to do next in Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
All quiet on the eastern front
If US efforts to broker a ceasefire continue to stall, what will the Russian military be planning to do next in Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
The new Great Game
Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?
Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva
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Comment
The new Great Game
Does Russia and China’s rivalry in Central Asia risk rupturing their friendship?
Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva
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Stories
Ad blockers
A new law has banned Russian influencers from advertising on Instagram and Facebook
Sonia Mustaeva
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Stories
Ad blockers
A new law has banned Russian influencers from advertising on Instagram and Facebook
Sonia Mustaeva
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Analysis
Soul occupation
The number of religious congregations in occupied Ukraine has halved in three years as Moscow cements its control
Maria Ehrlich
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Analysis
Soul occupation
The number of religious congregations in occupied Ukraine has halved in three years as Moscow cements its control
Maria Ehrlich
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Comment
Eternal vigilance
Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten
Oliver Fisk
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Comment
Eternal vigilance
Fearing they may be next, Poland and the Baltic states are determined that the threat posed by Russia never be forgotten
Oliver Fisk
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Comment
Frontline diplomacy
Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting
Richard Haass
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Comment
Frontline diplomacy
Ending US military support for Ukraine could actually lead to an escalation in the fighting
Richard Haass
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Analysis
Class warfare
Veterans of the war in Ukraine are increasingly taking up teaching roles in Russian schools
Daria Talanova
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Analysis
Class warfare
Veterans of the war in Ukraine are increasingly taking up teaching roles in Russian schools
Daria Talanova
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Analysis
Laughing all the way to the bank
What are the Kremlin’s preconditions for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, and can they be met?
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Laughing all the way to the bank
What are the Kremlin’s preconditions for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, and can they be met?
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Friends ‘un-united’
Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire
Linggong Kong
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Comment
Friends ‘un-united’
Trump’s desire to drive a wedge between Russia and China could well backfire
Linggong Kong
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Interview
Heart of darkness
Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov on his recent mission to Ukraine to document Russian war crimes
Irina Kravtsova
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Interview
Heart of darkness
Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov on his recent mission to Ukraine to document Russian war crimes
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
No joke
How Russian stand-up comic Artemy Ostanin found himself facing six years behind bars for a 60-second comedy routine
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
No joke
How Russian stand-up comic Artemy Ostanin found himself facing six years behind bars for a 60-second comedy routine
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Killing machines
Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
Killing machines
Unnoticed by many, the ‘war of the future’ has begun in Ukraine
Kirill Martynov
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Analysis
Swallowed whole
The Russian state has seized assets worth over €25bn from privately owned companies since the start of the war
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Swallowed whole
The Russian state has seized assets worth over €25bn from privately owned companies since the start of the war
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
The activist’s toolkit
How Russian dissidents in exile are building support networks that transcend borders
Fabio Lovati
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Stories
The activist’s toolkit
How Russian dissidents in exile are building support networks that transcend borders
Fabio Lovati
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Comment
Falling silent
Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?
Valerie Cooper
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Comment
Falling silent
Will Russian and Chinese state-sponsored broadcasters step in to fill the gap left by Voice of America?
Valerie Cooper
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Analysis
Tanking it
Is Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ to blame for a recent spike in maritime accidents and oil spills?
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Tanking it
Is Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ to blame for a recent spike in maritime accidents and oil spills?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Erarta against the world
Russia’s largest private museum of contemporary art finds itself under attack from Russian ‘patriots’
Polina Troitskaya
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Stories
Erarta against the world
Russia’s largest private museum of contemporary art finds itself under attack from Russian ‘patriots’
Polina Troitskaya
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Comment
Rebuilding bridges
By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin
Natasha Lindstaedt
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Comment
Rebuilding bridges
By salvaging his relationship with Trump, Zelensky has managed to turn the tables on Putin
Natasha Lindstaedt
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Stories
Fathoming Filimonov
A neopagan Stalinist who hates abortion and Hollywood — meet Russia’s most controversial governor
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Fathoming Filimonov
A neopagan Stalinist who hates abortion and Hollywood — meet Russia’s most controversial governor
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Unanswered questions
A year after the deadly terror attack on a Moscow concert venue, the authorities are yet to fill in the gaps
Andrey Serafimov,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Unanswered questions
A year after the deadly terror attack on a Moscow concert venue, the authorities are yet to fill in the gaps
Andrey Serafimov,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Those who won’t
A teacher forced to flee Russia after refusing to indoctrinate her pupils starts a new life in France
Alyona Itskova
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Stories
Those who won’t
A teacher forced to flee Russia after refusing to indoctrinate her pupils starts a new life in France
Alyona Itskova
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Analysis
Made in the USA
Over 700 Ukrainian civilians have been killed by Russian weapons containing Western-made components
Olesya Shmagun,
Pyotr Bugaev,
Alexey Basmanov
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Analysis
Made in the USA
Over 700 Ukrainian civilians have been killed by Russian weapons containing Western-made components
Olesya Shmagun,
Pyotr Bugaev,
Alexey Basmanov
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Comment
Placating Putin
History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work
Christo Atanasov Kostov
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Comment
Placating Putin
History demonstrates that making unilateral concessions to a country that only respects raw power does not work
Christo Atanasov Kostov
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Analysis
Shell shock
What does the US decision to substitute ground-launched small diameter bombs for ATACMS missiles mean for Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Shell shock
What does the US decision to substitute ground-launched small diameter bombs for ATACMS missiles mean for Ukraine?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Kremlin watching
With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move
Tetyana Malyarenko,
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Kremlin watching
With Kyiv signing up to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, all eyes are now on Putin’s next move
Tetyana Malyarenko,
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’
Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’
Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on his love affair with Russia before the ‘cancer of Putin’
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Comment
An easy win
Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus
Joseph Epstein
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Comment
An easy win
Washington has a historic opportunity to reap the benefits of regional peace in the South Caucasus
Joseph Epstein
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Comment
All that glitters
So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good
Saahil Menon
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Comment
All that glitters
So-called ‘golden’ visa schemes are a glorified racket that do more harm than good
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Epistolary romance
Knowing that letters sustain imprisoned playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, her husband has sent her 956 in under two years
Asya Moroz
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Stories
Epistolary romance
Knowing that letters sustain imprisoned playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, her husband has sent her 956 in under two years
Asya Moroz
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Stories
Doctor, heal thyself
Denying women anaesthesia during abortions is a legacy of the Soviet Union's obsessive pronatalism
Rustam Alexander
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Stories
Doctor, heal thyself
Denying women anaesthesia during abortions is a legacy of the Soviet Union's obsessive pronatalism
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial statement in support of RFE/RL
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Ukraine’s true value
Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources
Emilia Marshall,
Anastassia Fedyk
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Comment
Ukraine’s true value
Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources
Emilia Marshall,
Anastassia Fedyk
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Stories
Facing the future
How Ukrainian refugees in the EU view their prospects after three years of war
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Facing the future
How Ukrainian refugees in the EU view their prospects after three years of war
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Seizing the moment
Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine
Andrew Kosenko,
Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Comment
Seizing the moment
Europe can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses for not using Russian assets to help Ukraine
Andrew Kosenko,
Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Stories
The Russia bypass
How Russia’s neighbours ensure the country’s boundless appetite for luxury cars can be met in spite of sanctions
Eldiyar Arykbaev,
Eloïse Layan,
Olesya Shmagun,
Anastasia Korotkova,
Dajana Kollig
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Stories
The Russia bypass
How Russia’s neighbours ensure the country’s boundless appetite for luxury cars can be met in spite of sanctions
Eldiyar Arykbaev,
Eloïse Layan,
Olesya Shmagun,
Anastasia Korotkova,
Dajana Kollig
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Comment
Putin’s White House win
The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Comment
Putin’s White House win
The Kremlin is the main beneficiary of Trump’s decision to turn on his own ally in front of the global media
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Stories
The return
Are Western brands really preparing to re-enter the Russian market as soon as the war ends?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
The return
Are Western brands really preparing to re-enter the Russian market as soon as the war ends?
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Bad Russian
New legislation is set to make it harder for the children of migrants to enrol in Russian schools
Darya Skavronskaya
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Stories
Bad Russian
New legislation is set to make it harder for the children of migrants to enrol in Russian schools
Darya Skavronskaya
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Analysis
Unplugged
How much of a threat do Kremlin hybrid operations in the Baltic pose to the EU and NATO?
Nikolay Pershin
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Analysis
Unplugged
How much of a threat do Kremlin hybrid operations in the Baltic pose to the EU and NATO?
Nikolay Pershin
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Comment
New world order
Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
New world order
Trump’s vision of a world divided up between himself, Putin and Xi Jinping is far more alarming than mere appeasement
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Under the influence
How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Under the influence
How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Going it alone
Will European military support alone be sufficient if the US stops aid to Ukraine altogether?
Natalia Glukhova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Going it alone
Will European military support alone be sufficient if the US stops aid to Ukraine altogether?
Natalia Glukhova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace
Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war
Gene Frieda
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Comment
Trump’s costly Ukrainian peace
Rewarding the aggressor and punishing the victim will only set the stage for the next war
Gene Frieda
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Analysis
One year on
On the first anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s sudden death in prison, Ben Noble considers his enduring political legacy
Ben Noble
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Analysis
One year on
On the first anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s sudden death in prison, Ben Noble considers his enduring political legacy
Ben Noble
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Comment
The man who said no
Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
The man who said no
Volodymyr Zelensky should not be left to resist US blackmail and Russian aggression alone
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
Imperium 2.0
Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate
James Rodgers
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Comment
Imperium 2.0
Putin has spent 20 years attempting to achieve what Donald Trump has now handed to him on a plate
James Rodgers
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Stories
Mother courage
One Kherson woman’s tireless attempts to rescue her abducted husband from Russian captivity
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Mother courage
One Kherson woman’s tireless attempts to rescue her abducted husband from Russian captivity
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Ending Munich’s curse
Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe
Harold James
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Comment
Ending Munich’s curse
Unlike in 1938, the UK and France now have the means to avert catastrophe in Europe
Harold James
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Stories
About Ukraine without Ukraine
Two veteran Ukrainian soldiers reflect on the prospect of a US-brokered peace deal
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
About Ukraine without Ukraine
Two veteran Ukrainian soldiers reflect on the prospect of a US-brokered peace deal
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Phone a friend
Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
Phone a friend
Rather than a Hague tribunal, the war in Ukraine is now set to end in a 21st-century Yalta Conference
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Otherwise occupied
Life in Ukrainian-occupied Russia six months after Kyiv’s surprise incursion into the Kursk region
Viktoria Litvin
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Stories
Otherwise occupied
Life in Ukrainian-occupied Russia six months after Kyiv’s surprise incursion into the Kursk region
Viktoria Litvin
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Stories
A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
Milana Ochirova
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Comment
Putin’s playground
While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Putin’s playground
While the world is distracted by Trump’s lunacy, the Kremlin is busy weakening European democracies
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Trump’s Russian revelation
The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow
James Horncastle
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Comment
Trump’s Russian revelation
The US president has come to understand how little he has to gain by supporting Moscow
James Horncastle
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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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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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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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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
A costly compromise
Can conditions for ending the war in Ukraine be found to satisfy both sides?
Lyubov Borisenko
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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
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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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
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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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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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
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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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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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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Editor’s picks
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
Pinkwatching
A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook
Rustam Alexander
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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
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
Pinkwatching
A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook
Rustam Alexander
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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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