Author

Lyubov Borisenko

exclusively for Novaya Gazeta Europe

18 articles
StoriesPolitics

In the ascendant The rise and rise of Alexander Khinshtein, the newly appointed Kursk region governor

StoriesEconomics

Jumping ship How Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers continues to breach sanctions and earn the Kremlin billions

StoriesSociety

Revisionist history The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy

StoriesCulture

Written out Why did the largest Russian-language fanfiction site make its same-sex stories inaccessible?

StoriesSociety

Hopeful romantics A popular role-playing game has been forced out of Russia after refusing to pull its LGBT content

StoriesSociety

Cruel and unusual A Russian soldier told his mother he’d been tortured by military police. A month later he was found hanged.

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