Last chance saloon Mired in corruption and increasingly unable to meet procurement contracts due to a lack of components, Russia’s defence manufacturers find themselves in a precarious position
The great Russian brain drain At least 270 scientists and top university professors have resigned and left Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
War reaches Russian border regions On average, eight towns and villages are shelled daily, with almost 300 people killed and injured. Novaya-Europe’s data analysis
Russia leads globally in VPN service expansion despite government crackdown The state has learned how to block major VPN services, but there are still ways to get around censorship
Military ad campaigns reach Russian schools, metro stations, and kindergartens A surge of contract service ads has been recorded on Russian social media. Novaya-Europe investigates
Russian regions targeted by shelling at least 480 times since war in Ukraine began Kyiv is already training drones to strike targets deep within Russia, experts believe
How Russia seizes Ukrainian businesses on occupied territories Thousands of companies in Mariupol, Melitopol, and other occupied cities have been re-registered in Russia. Novaya-Europe investigates
‘My sister and I went through all the morgues’ Thousands of Russian soldiers have been reported MIA in Ukraine. Russia’s Defence Ministry is not in a hurry to help relatives find the bodies: Novaya-Europe’s research
Licence to shell Ukraine’s army has been increasingly attacking Russian territories — some located hundreds of kilometres away from the front line. Novaya-Europe’s research
Terror trouble and colonels In 10 years, Russia’s FSB went from fighting militants to looking for terrorists among school students and ‘Ukrainian neo-Nazis’
The Kremlin diet How Russia blackmails the whole world with hunger and why the grain deal is still under threat: Novaya Gazeta Europe takes a close look
The People v. The Draft Russians are far from eager to serve: the number of lawsuits against draft boards has tripled. A data analysis by Novaya. Europe
Draft beer not Buryats Russia's mobilisation was declared “partial”, but this is only relevant for Moscow and Saint P as each one in thirty men of conscription age may be drafted
Kids with guns Russia’s schoolchildren are being spoon-fed with “patriotism”: they march around wearing military uniform, hate Ukraine and NATO, and are literally taken on school trips to prisons. A research by Novaya Gazeta. Europe
When it comes to weapons, age isn’t just a number In its war in Ukraine, Russia is drawing from the old Soviet arsenal, using highly destructive weapons that endanger even the attackers themselves