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Zinaida Paramonova

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A portrait of Alexey Stolyarov, Russian defence minister’s son-in-law The blogger was recently lambasted by the Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin for not joining the Ukraine war as a combatant

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Danila Kozlovsky: portrait of a Russian actor who cannot feign war support Kozlovsky was expected to back the Ukraine invasion but he spoke out against it, despite police reports and career threats

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Too smart for their own good Russia is waging a war against its own scientists: special services are searching for traitors among prominent and elderly physicists. Not all of them live to hear the verdict

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‘The thing I fear most is being afraid’ A portrait of Zhenya Berkovich, Russian theatre director accused of ‘justifying terrorism’ in her stage play

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Who is Andrey Kartapolov, the man behind Russia’s digital draft notice law? A profile of the lawmaker who essentially introduced serfdom for the Russian male population

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Vladimir Kara-Murza: portrait of Putin’s enemy His two great-grandfathers were executed, grandfather endured labour camps, while he is imprisoned for ‘high treason’ against Putin’s regime

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Who is the Russian oligarch caught criticising Putin in leaked audio? Azerbaijan-born businessman Farkhad Akhmedov allegedly disparaged Putin during a leaked phone call. What else do we know about him?

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Diplomacy built on lies Russian diplomats’ motto abroad is ‘If you were caught in a lie, stay quiet or go into attack mode’. A dossier on Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya

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Second criminal case opened against Vladimir Kara-Murza, he is accused of implementation of activities of undesirable organisation

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The undead A story of how Detective Morozov of the FSB and Irina Aliyeva, the judge, sent a terminally ill scientist to die in jail

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