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Yulia Akhmedova

Novaya Gazeta Europe correspondent

17 articles
StoriesPolitics

Influencer operation A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light

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Stateless in Serbia Former Russian citizens in Serbia explain how they got stuck in legal limbo

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Active defence Poland may now have the strongest military in the EU, but are ordinary citizens ready to go to war should Russia attack?

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Facing the future How Ukrainian refugees in the EU view their prospects after three years of war

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Under the influence How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime

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Ideological asylum Russia is now granting permanent residency to citizens of ‘unfriendly’ countries trying to flee the woke West

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Everywhere man How a Spanish journalist befriended the Russian opposition, was unmasked as a Kremlin spy, and returned home a hero

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Skipping town Russian Germans are moving to Kaliningrad in search of ‘traditional values’, Mother Russia, and themselves

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Willing accomplices How Moscow uses Europe’s far right to promote its own narratives about the war in Ukraine

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Remembering Ryazan For many Russians, the attack on Crocus City Hall brought back memories of another infamous and still unsolved incident

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Exit strategies The founder of Get Lost, a project that helps Russian men to avoid or escape military service, discusses the rising number of deserters and where it’s safe for them to go

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