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Mira Livadina

exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe

20 articles
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

StoriesSociety

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

StoriesSociety

‘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

StoriesSociety

Hypersonic paranoia As treason cases at the highest level of Russian science pile up, is Kremlin-sanctioned spy mania out of control?

StoriesSociety

Criminal trial How the Russian regime is torturing veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov for his anti-war views

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