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Photos from Avdiivka, the ruined Ukrainian city now under Russia’s control
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Russian hackers target Ukrainian media as Ukrainian forces withdraw from Avdiivka
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‘They just threw the book at me’
Inside Russia's campaign to push teenagers out of the classroom and into trade schools
Russia’s turn against attorneys
As the Russian legal system continues to lose its autonomy, lawyers themselves are increasingly facing prosecution for their work
‘Moscow has been seized by ghouls’
Writer Svetlana Satchkova’s first novel in English follows a Russian film director who stays out of politics — until it comes for her
Funny games
Russian preschoolers will soon be subjected to pro-war indoctrination before they can even read or write
‘Add a few tables and voila — it’s a restaurant’
How Russia’s Vologda region banned the sale of alcohol, but not its purchase and consumption
‘I could at least get out. They couldn't.’
How a Ukrainian woman found herself working in a Cambodian scam compound
‘We want to make the invisible visible’
A new initiative aims to challenge the dominance of Russian by supporting literature in the country’s numerous indigenous languages
‘Books are at the heart of everything’
Pioneer Summer sparked a wave of censorship in Russia. Now it’s part of a growing literary resistance.
Between Putin and the Pope
The head of Russia’s Catholics resigned for 'health reasons’. But sources say the real reason was his anti-war stance
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Ukrainian drone attacks target Port of Sochi and Moscow region, hitting residential buildings
Moscow resident fined for chanting outside train station that Ukraine’s military is ‘fucking Russia’
Head of Russian children’s hospice foundation detained for spreading ’false information’ about military
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