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Running on empty
According to Ukrainian media reports, the Russian military is running out of tanks
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Running on empty
According to Ukrainian media reports, the Russian military is running out of tanks
Ilya Volzhsky
-
News
Investigation into parachute jump death at Russian military school reveals potential cover-up
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kremlin spokesperson admits Russia currently in a ‘period of military censorship’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former Russian minister found dead in apparent suicide laid to rest in St. Petersburg
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
SBU colonel shot dead in Kyiv by unknown assailant
Oliver Fisk
-
News
Investigation into parachute jump death at Russian military school reveals potential cover-up
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kremlin spokesperson admits Russia currently in a ‘period of military censorship’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former Russian minister found dead in apparent suicide laid to rest in St. Petersburg
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
SBU colonel shot dead in Kyiv by unknown assailant
Oliver Fisk
-
Stories
Ripple effect
The arrest of Russian scientist Ksenia Petrova in the US has sent shockwaves through the scientific community
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
The Starovoyt option
How Russia’s dictatorship is making the political elite self-destruct
Kirill Martynov
-
Stories
Ripple effect
The arrest of Russian scientist Ksenia Petrova in the US has sent shockwaves through the scientific community
Natalia Glukhova
-
Comment
The Starovoyt option
How Russia’s dictatorship is making the political elite self-destruct
Kirill Martynov
-
Stories
From bad to unbearable
One of the few remaining shelters for trans people from Russia is on the brink of closure in Armenia
Andrey Novashov
-
Stories
From bad to unbearable
One of the few remaining shelters for trans people from Russia is on the brink of closure in Armenia
Andrey Novashov
-
Analysis
Off the rails
Disused trains, record-low cargo and engine shortages: how the war has impacted Russian Railways
Denis Morokhin
-
Stories
Return to sender
St. Petersburg is the latest place in Russia to contemplate banning migrants from working as couriers or taxi drivers
Dmitry Tsyganov
-
Stories
Class act
A new documentary reveals the true scale of the pro-war indoctrination being carried out in Russian schools
Colin Alexander
-
Analysis
Off the rails
Disused trains, record-low cargo and engine shortages: how the war has impacted Russian Railways
Denis Morokhin
-
Stories
Return to sender
St. Petersburg is the latest place in Russia to contemplate banning migrants from working as couriers or taxi drivers
Dmitry Tsyganov
-
Stories
Class act
A new documentary reveals the true scale of the pro-war indoctrination being carried out in Russian schools
Colin Alexander
-
Comment
Bringing Putin to book
While justice for those responsible for the war in Ukraine is still a long way off, a new special tribunal is an important step forward
Andrew Forde
-
Stories
Tongue-tied in Tbilisi
Russian imperialism is casting a long linguistic shadow over the Georgian capital
Georgie Archer
-
Comment
Bringing Putin to book
While justice for those responsible for the war in Ukraine is still a long way off, a new special tribunal is an important step forward
Andrew Forde
-
Stories
Tongue-tied in Tbilisi
Russian imperialism is casting a long linguistic shadow over the Georgian capital
Georgie Archer
-
Stories
‘You’re going to die here’
The story of Lukashenko’s personal enemy Siarhei Tsikhanouski and his unexpected release from a brutal penal colony
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
-
Stories
Offensive? What offensive?
Analysts react to the Ukrainian military chief’s claim that a Russian offensive in the Sumy region has been halted
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
A marked man
Should his resignation be accepted, Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov will likely seek safe haven in the UAE
Saahil Menon
-
Stories
‘You’re going to die here’
The story of Lukashenko’s personal enemy Siarhei Tsikhanouski and his unexpected release from a brutal penal colony
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
-
Stories
Offensive? What offensive?
Analysts react to the Ukrainian military chief’s claim that a Russian offensive in the Sumy region has been halted
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
A marked man
Should his resignation be accepted, Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov will likely seek safe haven in the UAE
Saahil Menon
-
Stories
‘Another 10 days and we’ll all have TB’
A Ukrainian man stuck on the Russian-Georgian border talks of sleeping in shifts, a lack of care and feeling forgotten
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
Picking your battles
Novaya Europe analysed almost 40,000 protests to see how Russia’s war in Ukraine has changed civil society
Daria Talanova
-
Stories
‘Another 10 days and we’ll all have TB’
A Ukrainian man stuck on the Russian-Georgian border talks of sleeping in shifts, a lack of care and feeling forgotten
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
Picking your battles
Novaya Europe analysed almost 40,000 protests to see how Russia’s war in Ukraine has changed civil society
Daria Talanova
-
Comment
Wearing Russia down
As Putin’s recruitment strategy for his war shows signs of strain, Ukraine and its European allies must take full advantage
Federico Fubini
-
Analysis
Free at last
What led to the release of 14 political prisoners from Belarusian prisons on Saturday?
Iryna Khalip
-
Interview
Holding on to the light
Ukrainian documentary maker and former combatant Alisa Kovalenko discusses her new film
Alina Prokopchuk
-
Comment
Wearing Russia down
As Putin’s recruitment strategy for his war shows signs of strain, Ukraine and its European allies must take full advantage
Federico Fubini
-
Analysis
Free at last
What led to the release of 14 political prisoners from Belarusian prisons on Saturday?
Iryna Khalip
-
Interview
Holding on to the light
Ukrainian documentary maker and former combatant Alisa Kovalenko discusses her new film
Alina Prokopchuk
-
Comment
‘My primary goal is not to be free, but to remain human’
A Russian volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for helping Ukrainian refugees delivers her closing statement in court
Viktoria Litvin
-
Stories
A most unusual man
The curious case of self-taught Russian geologist and archaeologist Andrey Veryanov sentenced to 24 years for treason
Mira Livadina
-
Comment
‘My primary goal is not to be free, but to remain human’
A Russian volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for helping Ukrainian refugees delivers her closing statement in court
Viktoria Litvin
-
Stories
A most unusual man
The curious case of self-taught Russian geologist and archaeologist Andrey Veryanov sentenced to 24 years for treason
Mira Livadina
-
Stories
Siege mentality
Stories from Mariupol three years into the Russian occupation
Irina Garina
-
Stories
Tough luck
The impact on the Roma community in a Ukrainian border region as thousands are forced to flee and hundreds more die
Olga Musafirova
-
Comment
A bad peace
Any deal to end the war which sidelines the Ukrainian people risks rendering lives and dignity expendable
Oleksandra Matviichuk
-
Stories
Siege mentality
Stories from Mariupol three years into the Russian occupation
Irina Garina
-
Stories
Tough luck
The impact on the Roma community in a Ukrainian border region as thousands are forced to flee and hundreds more die
Olga Musafirova
-
Comment
A bad peace
Any deal to end the war which sidelines the Ukrainian people risks rendering lives and dignity expendable
Oleksandra Matviichuk
-
Stories
What’s in a name?
How Volgograd residents whose relatives were killed in Stalin’s purges feel about the dictator’s return to official favour
Mira Livadina
-
Stories
What’s in a name?
How Volgograd residents whose relatives were killed in Stalin’s purges feel about the dictator’s return to official favour
Mira Livadina
-
Comment
Practice what you preach
How Europe is failing Russians asylum seekers who have risked their lives to flee repression
Kevin Lick
-
Comment
AI wars
While the current drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia will soon look antiquated, the West is even further behind the curve
Charles Ferguson
-
Stories
No man’s land
As Russia begins to hand over the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers as part of an agreed exchange, many remain unaccounted for
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
Practice what you preach
How Europe is failing Russians asylum seekers who have risked their lives to flee repression
Kevin Lick
-
Comment
AI wars
While the current drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia will soon look antiquated, the West is even further behind the curve
Charles Ferguson
-
Stories
No man’s land
As Russia begins to hand over the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers as part of an agreed exchange, many remain unaccounted for
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Into the fire
Recently exchanged Russian POWs are being sent back to the front in violation of international law
Natalia Glukhova
-
Stories
Into the fire
Recently exchanged Russian POWs are being sent back to the front in violation of international law
Natalia Glukhova
-
Stories
Ebb and flow
Two years after Ukraine’s Kakhovka hydroelectric power dam collapsed, local residents are still grappling with the aftermath
Olga Vasilyeva
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Comment
The tributes of half-men
Why is Joseph Stalin’s blood-soaked reputation being so thoroughly restored in today’s Russia?
Rustam Alexander
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Stories
Ebb and flow
Two years after Ukraine’s Kakhovka hydroelectric power dam collapsed, local residents are still grappling with the aftermath
Olga Vasilyeva
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Comment
The tributes of half-men
Why is Joseph Stalin’s blood-soaked reputation being so thoroughly restored in today’s Russia?
Rustam Alexander
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Analysis
Attack of the drones
Russian airstrikes on Ukraine are being carried out by increasingly complex drones that are harder than ever to stop
Marcel Plichta
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Analysis
Dimming hopes
Five years after their only face-to-face meeting, the Ukrainian and Russian leaders are still miles apart on peace
Anna Batta
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Stories
Flying the flag
A stalwart of the Belarusian protest movement lives on to march another day
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Attack of the drones
Russian airstrikes on Ukraine are being carried out by increasingly complex drones that are harder than ever to stop
Marcel Plichta
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Analysis
Dimming hopes
Five years after their only face-to-face meeting, the Ukrainian and Russian leaders are still miles apart on peace
Anna Batta
-
Stories
Flying the flag
A stalwart of the Belarusian protest movement lives on to march another day
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Honour among thieves
Moscow may not be willing to trade Assad’s head for its Syrian bases, but might it sacrifice a former ambassador?
Adam Salakhov
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Comment
Method to his madness
Vladimir Putin’s bombing of Ukrainian civilians won’t end the war any faster. So, why is he doing it?
Mark Edele
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Stories
Honour among thieves
Moscow may not be willing to trade Assad’s head for its Syrian bases, but might it sacrifice a former ambassador?
Adam Salakhov
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Comment
Method to his madness
Vladimir Putin’s bombing of Ukrainian civilians won’t end the war any faster. So, why is he doing it?
Mark Edele
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Stories
‘I couldn’t watch people die in silence’
The story of Alexey Rozhkov, sentenced to 16 years in prison for €14 worth of damage to a military recruitment office
Olesya Krivtsova
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Stories
Laying low in Budva
Montenegrin sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska haven’t ended his business interests in the country
Katya Orlova
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Comment
Cold War, warm memories
The hidden political agenda lurking behind a nostalgic social media trend
Jonas Heins
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Stories
‘I couldn’t watch people die in silence’
The story of Alexey Rozhkov, sentenced to 16 years in prison for €14 worth of damage to a military recruitment office
Olesya Krivtsova
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Stories
Laying low in Budva
Montenegrin sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska haven’t ended his business interests in the country
Katya Orlova
-
Comment
Cold War, warm memories
The hidden political agenda lurking behind a nostalgic social media trend
Jonas Heins
-
Comment
Lessons unlearnt
History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin
Tim Luckhurst
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Comment
Lessons unlearnt
History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin
Tim Luckhurst
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Stories
Stateless in Serbia
Former Russian citizens in Serbia explain how they got stuck in legal limbo
Yulia Akhmedova
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Interview
Charity begins at home
Exiled Russian activist Grigory Sverdlin discusses how the war in Ukraine is reshaping Russia’s charity sector
Veronica Neifakh
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Stories
Stateless in Serbia
Former Russian citizens in Serbia explain how they got stuck in legal limbo
Yulia Akhmedova
-
Interview
Charity begins at home
Exiled Russian activist Grigory Sverdlin discusses how the war in Ukraine is reshaping Russia’s charity sector
Veronica Neifakh
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Comment
Double trouble
Why is the Kremlin showing no willingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine on highly favourable terms?
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Analysis
Missile diplomacy
While Ukraine seeks a ceasefire, are Russian forces preparing for a large-scale summer offensive?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Interview
Fighting on
Exiled Russian Indigenous rights activist on defending marginalised communities and resisting propaganda
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Comment
Double trouble
Why is the Kremlin showing no willingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine on highly favourable terms?
Nina L. Khrushcheva
-
Analysis
Missile diplomacy
While Ukraine seeks a ceasefire, are Russian forces preparing for a large-scale summer offensive?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Interview
Fighting on
Exiled Russian Indigenous rights activist on defending marginalised communities and resisting propaganda
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Analysis
Fly for cover
Shutdowns at Russian airports due to drone activity are at a record high since the war began
Vladimir Loginov,
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Generational oppression
A Crimean Tatar activist continues to defend minority rights on the peninsula despite being branded a ‘foreign agent’
Katya Alexander
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Analysis
Fly for cover
Shutdowns at Russian airports due to drone activity are at a record high since the war began
Vladimir Loginov,
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Generational oppression
A Crimean Tatar activist continues to defend minority rights on the peninsula despite being branded a ‘foreign agent’
Katya Alexander
-
Interview
Rowing it alone
How Southampton-based anaesthesiologist Leonid Krivsky rowed across the Atlantic, collected £50,000 for Ukraine and found himself along the way
Iryna Khalip
-
Interview
Rowing it alone
How Southampton-based anaesthesiologist Leonid Krivsky rowed across the Atlantic, collected £50,000 for Ukraine and found himself along the way
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Truth, accountability and justice
Relatives of victims hail UN aviation council ruling finding Russia responsible for downing flight MH17
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Just a chat in the kitchen
One of Russia’s oldest human rights advocates faces trial in the Far East for a private conversation about political change
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Comment
Truth, accountability and justice
Relatives of victims hail UN aviation council ruling finding Russia responsible for downing flight MH17
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Just a chat in the kitchen
One of Russia’s oldest human rights advocates faces trial in the Far East for a private conversation about political change
Pavel Kuznetsov
-
Comment
Setting boundaries
Territorial concessions will be high on the agenda should Ukraine and Russia sit down to talk in Istanbul
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Stories
Unwilling signatories
Conscripts as young as 18 are being pressured to sign up for war at a garrison in the Russian Urals
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Interview
Not naming names
Ilya Politkovsky on Words of War, the first feature film about his mother, Anna Politkovskaya
Irina Karpova
-
Comment
Setting boundaries
Territorial concessions will be high on the agenda should Ukraine and Russia sit down to talk in Istanbul
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
-
Stories
Unwilling signatories
Conscripts as young as 18 are being pressured to sign up for war at a garrison in the Russian Urals
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Interview
Not naming names
Ilya Politkovsky on Words of War, the first feature film about his mother, Anna Politkovskaya
Irina Karpova
-
Stories
Beyond humanity
Ukrainian prisoners of war recount the unspeakable torture they endured in Russian captivity in a new human rights report
Olga Musafirova
-
Analysis
Class warfare
Veterans of the war in Ukraine are increasingly taking up teaching roles in Russian schools
Daria Talanova
-
Stories
Beyond humanity
Ukrainian prisoners of war recount the unspeakable torture they endured in Russian captivity in a new human rights report
Olga Musafirova
-
Analysis
Class warfare
Veterans of the war in Ukraine are increasingly taking up teaching roles in Russian schools
Daria Talanova
-
Comment
No peace without human rights
A statement by Russian human rights defenders on why humanitarian considerations should take centre stage in any deal
Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders
-
Stories
Duelling on the Narva
Competing 9 May celebrations on the Estonian border underscore the deep divide between Russia and the EU
Jack Styler
-
Stories
Active defence
Poland may now have the strongest military in the EU, but are ordinary citizens ready to go to war should Russia attack?
Yulia Akhmedova
-
Comment
No peace without human rights
A statement by Russian human rights defenders on why humanitarian considerations should take centre stage in any deal
Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders
-
Stories
Duelling on the Narva
Competing 9 May celebrations on the Estonian border underscore the deep divide between Russia and the EU
Jack Styler
-
Stories
Active defence
Poland may now have the strongest military in the EU, but are ordinary citizens ready to go to war should Russia attack?
Yulia Akhmedova
-
Editor's picks
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
Pinkwatching
A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook
Rustam Alexander
-
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
-
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
-
Comment
Pinkwatching
A Russian Interior Ministry proposal to compile a database of LGBT people has been lifted straight from the KGB playbook
Rustam Alexander
-
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
-
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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Analysis
Running on empty
According to Ukrainian media reports, the Russian military is running out of tanks
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Running on empty
According to Ukrainian media reports, the Russian military is running out of tanks
Ilya Volzhsky
-
News
Investigation into parachute jump death at Russian military school reveals potential cover-up
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Investigation into parachute jump death at Russian military school reveals potential cover-up
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kremlin spokesperson admits Russia currently in a ‘period of military censorship’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Kremlin spokesperson admits Russia currently in a ‘period of military censorship’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former Russian minister found dead in apparent suicide laid to rest in St. Petersburg
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Former Russian minister found dead in apparent suicide laid to rest in St. Petersburg
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
SBU colonel shot dead in Kyiv by unknown assailant
Oliver Fisk
-
News
SBU colonel shot dead in Kyiv by unknown assailant
Oliver Fisk
-
Stories
Ripple effect
The arrest of Russian scientist Ksenia Petrova in the US has sent shockwaves through the scientific community
Natalia Glukhova
-
Stories
Ripple effect
The arrest of Russian scientist Ksenia Petrova in the US has sent shockwaves through the scientific community
Natalia Glukhova
-
Comment
The Starovoyt option
How Russia’s dictatorship is making the political elite self-destruct
Kirill Martynov
-
Comment
The Starovoyt option
How Russia’s dictatorship is making the political elite self-destruct
Kirill Martynov
-
Stories
From bad to unbearable
One of the few remaining shelters for trans people from Russia is on the brink of closure in Armenia
Andrey Novashov
-
Stories
From bad to unbearable
One of the few remaining shelters for trans people from Russia is on the brink of closure in Armenia
Andrey Novashov
-
Analysis
Off the rails
Disused trains, record-low cargo and engine shortages: how the war has impacted Russian Railways
Denis Morokhin
-
Analysis
Off the rails
Disused trains, record-low cargo and engine shortages: how the war has impacted Russian Railways
Denis Morokhin
-
Stories
Return to sender
St. Petersburg is the latest place in Russia to contemplate banning migrants from working as couriers or taxi drivers
Dmitry Tsyganov
-
Stories
Return to sender
St. Petersburg is the latest place in Russia to contemplate banning migrants from working as couriers or taxi drivers
Dmitry Tsyganov
-
Stories
Class act
A new documentary reveals the true scale of the pro-war indoctrination being carried out in Russian schools
Colin Alexander
-
Stories
Class act
A new documentary reveals the true scale of the pro-war indoctrination being carried out in Russian schools
Colin Alexander
-
Comment
Bringing Putin to book
While justice for those responsible for the war in Ukraine is still a long way off, a new special tribunal is an important step forward
Andrew Forde
-
Comment
Bringing Putin to book
While justice for those responsible for the war in Ukraine is still a long way off, a new special tribunal is an important step forward
Andrew Forde
-
Stories
Tongue-tied in Tbilisi
Russian imperialism is casting a long linguistic shadow over the Georgian capital
Georgie Archer
-
Stories
Tongue-tied in Tbilisi
Russian imperialism is casting a long linguistic shadow over the Georgian capital
Georgie Archer
-
Stories
‘You’re going to die here’
The story of Lukashenko’s personal enemy Siarhei Tsikhanouski and his unexpected release from a brutal penal colony
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
-
Stories
‘You’re going to die here’
The story of Lukashenko’s personal enemy Siarhei Tsikhanouski and his unexpected release from a brutal penal colony
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
-
Stories
Offensive? What offensive?
Analysts react to the Ukrainian military chief’s claim that a Russian offensive in the Sumy region has been halted
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Offensive? What offensive?
Analysts react to the Ukrainian military chief’s claim that a Russian offensive in the Sumy region has been halted
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
A marked man
Should his resignation be accepted, Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov will likely seek safe haven in the UAE
Saahil Menon
-
Comment
A marked man
Should his resignation be accepted, Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov will likely seek safe haven in the UAE
Saahil Menon
-
Stories
‘Another 10 days and we’ll all have TB’
A Ukrainian man stuck on the Russian-Georgian border talks of sleeping in shifts, a lack of care and feeling forgotten
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘Another 10 days and we’ll all have TB’
A Ukrainian man stuck on the Russian-Georgian border talks of sleeping in shifts, a lack of care and feeling forgotten
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
Picking your battles
Novaya Europe analysed almost 40,000 protests to see how Russia’s war in Ukraine has changed civil society
Daria Talanova
-
Analysis
Picking your battles
Novaya Europe analysed almost 40,000 protests to see how Russia’s war in Ukraine has changed civil society
Daria Talanova
-
Comment
Wearing Russia down
As Putin’s recruitment strategy for his war shows signs of strain, Ukraine and its European allies must take full advantage
Federico Fubini
-
Comment
Wearing Russia down
As Putin’s recruitment strategy for his war shows signs of strain, Ukraine and its European allies must take full advantage
Federico Fubini
-
Analysis
Free at last
What led to the release of 14 political prisoners from Belarusian prisons on Saturday?
Iryna Khalip
-
Analysis
Free at last
What led to the release of 14 political prisoners from Belarusian prisons on Saturday?
Iryna Khalip
-
Interview
Holding on to the light
Ukrainian documentary maker and former combatant Alisa Kovalenko discusses her new film
Alina Prokopchuk
-
Interview
Holding on to the light
Ukrainian documentary maker and former combatant Alisa Kovalenko discusses her new film
Alina Prokopchuk
-
Comment
‘My primary goal is not to be free, but to remain human’
A Russian volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for helping Ukrainian refugees delivers her closing statement in court
Viktoria Litvin
-
Comment
‘My primary goal is not to be free, but to remain human’
A Russian volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for helping Ukrainian refugees delivers her closing statement in court
Viktoria Litvin
-
Stories
A most unusual man
The curious case of self-taught Russian geologist and archaeologist Andrey Veryanov sentenced to 24 years for treason
Mira Livadina
-
Stories
A most unusual man
The curious case of self-taught Russian geologist and archaeologist Andrey Veryanov sentenced to 24 years for treason
Mira Livadina
-
Stories
Siege mentality
Stories from Mariupol three years into the Russian occupation
Irina Garina
-
Stories
Siege mentality
Stories from Mariupol three years into the Russian occupation
Irina Garina
-
Stories
Tough luck
The impact on the Roma community in a Ukrainian border region as thousands are forced to flee and hundreds more die
Olga Musafirova
-
Stories
Tough luck
The impact on the Roma community in a Ukrainian border region as thousands are forced to flee and hundreds more die
Olga Musafirova
-
Comment
A bad peace
Any deal to end the war which sidelines the Ukrainian people risks rendering lives and dignity expendable
Oleksandra Matviichuk
-
Comment
A bad peace
Any deal to end the war which sidelines the Ukrainian people risks rendering lives and dignity expendable
Oleksandra Matviichuk
-
Stories
What’s in a name?
How Volgograd residents whose relatives were killed in Stalin’s purges feel about the dictator’s return to official favour
Mira Livadina
-
Stories
What’s in a name?
How Volgograd residents whose relatives were killed in Stalin’s purges feel about the dictator’s return to official favour
Mira Livadina
-
Comment
Practice what you preach
How Europe is failing Russians asylum seekers who have risked their lives to flee repression
Kevin Lick
-
Comment
Practice what you preach
How Europe is failing Russians asylum seekers who have risked their lives to flee repression
Kevin Lick
-
Comment
AI wars
While the current drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia will soon look antiquated, the West is even further behind the curve
Charles Ferguson
-
Comment
AI wars
While the current drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia will soon look antiquated, the West is even further behind the curve
Charles Ferguson
-
Stories
No man’s land
As Russia begins to hand over the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers as part of an agreed exchange, many remain unaccounted for
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
No man’s land
As Russia begins to hand over the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers as part of an agreed exchange, many remain unaccounted for
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Into the fire
Recently exchanged Russian POWs are being sent back to the front in violation of international law
Natalia Glukhova
-
Stories
Into the fire
Recently exchanged Russian POWs are being sent back to the front in violation of international law
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Ebb and flow
Two years after Ukraine’s Kakhovka hydroelectric power dam collapsed, local residents are still grappling with the aftermath
Olga Vasilyeva
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Stories
Ebb and flow
Two years after Ukraine’s Kakhovka hydroelectric power dam collapsed, local residents are still grappling with the aftermath
Olga Vasilyeva
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Comment
The tributes of half-men
Why is Joseph Stalin’s blood-soaked reputation being so thoroughly restored in today’s Russia?
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
The tributes of half-men
Why is Joseph Stalin’s blood-soaked reputation being so thoroughly restored in today’s Russia?
Rustam Alexander
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Analysis
Attack of the drones
Russian airstrikes on Ukraine are being carried out by increasingly complex drones that are harder than ever to stop
Marcel Plichta
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Analysis
Attack of the drones
Russian airstrikes on Ukraine are being carried out by increasingly complex drones that are harder than ever to stop
Marcel Plichta
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Analysis
Dimming hopes
Five years after their only face-to-face meeting, the Ukrainian and Russian leaders are still miles apart on peace
Anna Batta
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Analysis
Dimming hopes
Five years after their only face-to-face meeting, the Ukrainian and Russian leaders are still miles apart on peace
Anna Batta
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Stories
Flying the flag
A stalwart of the Belarusian protest movement lives on to march another day
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Flying the flag
A stalwart of the Belarusian protest movement lives on to march another day
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Honour among thieves
Moscow may not be willing to trade Assad’s head for its Syrian bases, but might it sacrifice a former ambassador?
Adam Salakhov
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Stories
Honour among thieves
Moscow may not be willing to trade Assad’s head for its Syrian bases, but might it sacrifice a former ambassador?
Adam Salakhov
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Comment
Method to his madness
Vladimir Putin’s bombing of Ukrainian civilians won’t end the war any faster. So, why is he doing it?
Mark Edele
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Comment
Method to his madness
Vladimir Putin’s bombing of Ukrainian civilians won’t end the war any faster. So, why is he doing it?
Mark Edele
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Stories
‘I couldn’t watch people die in silence’
The story of Alexey Rozhkov, sentenced to 16 years in prison for €14 worth of damage to a military recruitment office
Olesya Krivtsova
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Stories
‘I couldn’t watch people die in silence’
The story of Alexey Rozhkov, sentenced to 16 years in prison for €14 worth of damage to a military recruitment office
Olesya Krivtsova
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Stories
Laying low in Budva
Montenegrin sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska haven’t ended his business interests in the country
Katya Orlova
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Stories
Laying low in Budva
Montenegrin sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska haven’t ended his business interests in the country
Katya Orlova
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Comment
Cold War, warm memories
The hidden political agenda lurking behind a nostalgic social media trend
Jonas Heins
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Comment
Cold War, warm memories
The hidden political agenda lurking behind a nostalgic social media trend
Jonas Heins
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Comment
Lessons unlearnt
History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin
Tim Luckhurst
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Comment
Lessons unlearnt
History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin
Tim Luckhurst
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Stories
Stateless in Serbia
Former Russian citizens in Serbia explain how they got stuck in legal limbo
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Stateless in Serbia
Former Russian citizens in Serbia explain how they got stuck in legal limbo
Yulia Akhmedova
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Interview
Charity begins at home
Exiled Russian activist Grigory Sverdlin discusses how the war in Ukraine is reshaping Russia’s charity sector
Veronica Neifakh
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Interview
Charity begins at home
Exiled Russian activist Grigory Sverdlin discusses how the war in Ukraine is reshaping Russia’s charity sector
Veronica Neifakh
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Comment
Double trouble
Why is the Kremlin showing no willingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine on highly favourable terms?
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Comment
Double trouble
Why is the Kremlin showing no willingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine on highly favourable terms?
Nina L. Khrushcheva
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Analysis
Missile diplomacy
While Ukraine seeks a ceasefire, are Russian forces preparing for a large-scale summer offensive?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Missile diplomacy
While Ukraine seeks a ceasefire, are Russian forces preparing for a large-scale summer offensive?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Interview
Fighting on
Exiled Russian Indigenous rights activist on defending marginalised communities and resisting propaganda
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Interview
Fighting on
Exiled Russian Indigenous rights activist on defending marginalised communities and resisting propaganda
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Analysis
Fly for cover
Shutdowns at Russian airports due to drone activity are at a record high since the war began
Vladimir Loginov,
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Fly for cover
Shutdowns at Russian airports due to drone activity are at a record high since the war began
Vladimir Loginov,
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Generational oppression
A Crimean Tatar activist continues to defend minority rights on the peninsula despite being branded a ‘foreign agent’
Katya Alexander
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Stories
Generational oppression
A Crimean Tatar activist continues to defend minority rights on the peninsula despite being branded a ‘foreign agent’
Katya Alexander
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Interview
Rowing it alone
How Southampton-based anaesthesiologist Leonid Krivsky rowed across the Atlantic, collected £50,000 for Ukraine and found himself along the way
Iryna Khalip
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Interview
Rowing it alone
How Southampton-based anaesthesiologist Leonid Krivsky rowed across the Atlantic, collected £50,000 for Ukraine and found himself along the way
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Truth, accountability and justice
Relatives of victims hail UN aviation council ruling finding Russia responsible for downing flight MH17
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Truth, accountability and justice
Relatives of victims hail UN aviation council ruling finding Russia responsible for downing flight MH17
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Just a chat in the kitchen
One of Russia’s oldest human rights advocates faces trial in the Far East for a private conversation about political change
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
Just a chat in the kitchen
One of Russia’s oldest human rights advocates faces trial in the Far East for a private conversation about political change
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Comment
Setting boundaries
Territorial concessions will be high on the agenda should Ukraine and Russia sit down to talk in Istanbul
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Comment
Setting boundaries
Territorial concessions will be high on the agenda should Ukraine and Russia sit down to talk in Istanbul
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Stories
Unwilling signatories
Conscripts as young as 18 are being pressured to sign up for war at a garrison in the Russian Urals
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Unwilling signatories
Conscripts as young as 18 are being pressured to sign up for war at a garrison in the Russian Urals
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Interview
Not naming names
Ilya Politkovsky on Words of War, the first feature film about his mother, Anna Politkovskaya
Irina Karpova
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Interview
Not naming names
Ilya Politkovsky on Words of War, the first feature film about his mother, Anna Politkovskaya
Irina Karpova
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Stories
Beyond humanity
Ukrainian prisoners of war recount the unspeakable torture they endured in Russian captivity in a new human rights report
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Beyond humanity
Ukrainian prisoners of war recount the unspeakable torture they endured in Russian captivity in a new human rights report
Olga Musafirova
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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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Comment
No peace without human rights
A statement by Russian human rights defenders on why humanitarian considerations should take centre stage in any deal
Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders
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Comment
No peace without human rights
A statement by Russian human rights defenders on why humanitarian considerations should take centre stage in any deal
Council of Russian Human Rights Defenders
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Stories
Duelling on the Narva
Competing 9 May celebrations on the Estonian border underscore the deep divide between Russia and the EU
Jack Styler
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Stories
Duelling on the Narva
Competing 9 May celebrations on the Estonian border underscore the deep divide between Russia and the EU
Jack Styler
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Stories
Active defence
Poland may now have the strongest military in the EU, but are ordinary citizens ready to go to war should Russia attack?
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Active defence
Poland may now have the strongest military in the EU, but are ordinary citizens ready to go to war should Russia attack?
Yulia Akhmedova
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Editor's picks
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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