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Mira Livadina

exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe

23 articles
StoriesSociety

A most unusual man The curious case of self-taught Russian geologist and archaeologist Andrey Veryanov sentenced to 24 years for treason

StoriesSociety

What’s in a name? How Volgograd residents whose relatives were killed in Stalin’s purges feel about the dictator’s return to official favour

StoriesPolitics

Fathoming Filimonov A neopagan Stalinist who hates abortion and Hollywood — meet Russia’s most controversial governor

StoriesPolitics

The accidental exile Alexey Navalny’s lawyer addresses the ‘extremism’ verdict against her colleagues and talks collegiate solidarity

InterviewPolitics

Illegal profession What does the imprisonment of Navalny’s lawyers mean for Russia’s criminal justice system?

StoriesSociety

Doctoring history MSF has been forced to end its work in Russia after over 30 years of helping some of its most vulnerable citizens survive

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They don’t abandon their own The children of Russia’s pro-war elites are rarely to be found on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine

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‘Some go crazy within half an hour’ A Soviet dissident who spent years in solitary confinement on how political prisoners are punished in contemporary Russia

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