Author

Iryna Khalip

exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe

14 materials
StoriesSociety

Between Russia and a hard place A Chechen resident of Ukraine is awaiting deportation to Russia in a Swiss prison. A tale of bureaucracy and misunderstanding

StoriesPolitics

Why was Belarus’ Lukashenka the one to broker a deal with Prigozhin? Lukashenka’s peacekeeping efforts come down to following Putin’s orders

StoriesPolitics

Lukashenka’s nuclear card Belarus has been without nuclear weapons for a quarter of a century. Now it’s getting them back

StoriesPolitics

Point of no return Sofia Sapega, Russian national pulled off a Ryanair flight in Belarus back in 2021, has been pardoned. This is what she went through in prison

StoriesSociety

Ownerless Not only human beings are waiting for political prisoners to come back from jail. Their pets are waiting, too. Many of them will not survive the wait

CommentPolitics

A man in outer space What was happening to jailed Belarusian politician Viktar Babaryka in prison before he was admitted to hospital

StoriesSociety

‘Cover my face’ How Switzerland denied protection to Belarusian protester by claiming that the political situation in Belarus ‘does not prevent expulsion’

StoriesSociety

Welfare for the war-ridden How Europe’s aid for Ukrainian refugees has changed a year into the war

StoriesSociety

Off the rails Another group of Belarusian ‘rail partisans’ has received jail terms. We take a look back on how their arrests and court trials went

InvestigationsSociety

Privateering security GuardService private security firm: a Belarusian clone of PMC Wagner or a dingy business project run by officials of Lukashenka’s circle?

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