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‘The war has to end’ Russian military wives bring their unrelenting demobilisation campaign to the KremlinDemob justice The wives of Russian conscripts who are demanding their husbands returnThe true cost of Russia’s war Why the Kremlin won’t let the families of dead soldiers mournMore stories
How Russia tries to recruit women into war by promising to write off their debt
‘Who will save my daughter?’
A Russian woman and a Ukrainian soldier fell in love. Now she’s in prison for treason, and he’s campaigning for her release.
Paying off the court
At least 8,000 Russian criminal defendants have donated to the army to get their sentences reduced. How did funding the war become a legal strategy?
‘Stoking feelings of abandonment and helplessness’
Families of Russia’s missing soldiers built their own search network. The Kremlin accused them of working for Ukraine.
A bomb at a banquet
What we know so far about the Moscow restaurant explosion that killed five
Invisible veterans
At least 400,000 Russian soldiers have come home from the front. Their exact number — and how well they’re reintegrating — remains a mystery.
‘Please send adult diapers’
In Russian-occupied territories, ailing Ukrainian pensioners are imprisoned for ‘treason’ and ‘espionage’. Here are their stories.
Fleeing to free Ukraine
How young Ukrainians escape Russian occupation — often against their families’ wishes
‘Practically impossible’
Demining Russia’s border territories will take years. In the meantime, it’s civilians who will suffer.
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Russia’s Buryatia raises alert level over livestock disease outbreak in neighbouring region
‘You’ll see her in 10 years minimum’: Russian FSB disappears schoolteacher in Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region
Russian authorities add Novaya Gazeta to ‘foreign agents’ registry
Ukrainian drone attacks target Port of Sochi and Moscow region, hitting residential buildings
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