Mobilisation. Putin sends off 1 million men to die

‘A chance to vote for peace, freedom, and a life without fear’

Russia’s Supreme Court barred the anti-war Yabloko party from upcoming parliamentary elections. Here’s how the hearing went.

Squeezing the elites

Under the guise of ‘anti-corruption’, the Kremlin is using a new wave of property seizures to bring officials to heel

Will it be different this time?

Inna Bondarenko watches as a new Russian opposition party is born in exile

Honoured guest, unwanted visitor

How Elon Musk’s father charmed the Kremlin and outraged Russian farmers

Russian lawmakers advance bill to punish citizens abroad for acting ‘against Russia’s interests’

‘There’s simply no other way’

A 29-year-old is the new face of Russia’s grassroots opposition. Here's how he plans to fight authoritarianism from the inside

‘Who gave you my number?’

A missing woman from Chechnya may have been the victim of an ‘honour killing’. Her father told Novaya Europe that she ‘left the country’

‘Her only job is to carry out orders’

Russia is getting a new human rights commissioner. Her appointment is the last nail in the coffin of the office's independence

‘Why do you always have to save someone?’

Over a year after the Kerch Strait oil spill, volunteers are fighting to keep cleaning Russia’s Black Sea coast — despite increasing obstacles from the government