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Analysis
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
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Analysis
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
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News
Armenia’s Investigative Committee names those it suspects of murdering Chechen woman
Desmond Tumulty
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News
Four killed as Russia ramps up strikes on Ukraine ahead of Abu Dhabi talks
Tom Waugh
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News
Zelensky: Ukrainian negotiators to have ‘adjusted’ mandate following devastating Russian airstrikes
Sam Peach
-
News
Ukraine slams ‘infantile’ FIFA president for proposing lifting Russia ban
Tom Waugh
-
News
Armenia’s Investigative Committee names those it suspects of murdering Chechen woman
Desmond Tumulty
-
News
Four killed as Russia ramps up strikes on Ukraine ahead of Abu Dhabi talks
Tom Waugh
-
News
Zelensky: Ukrainian negotiators to have ‘adjusted’ mandate following devastating Russian airstrikes
Sam Peach
-
News
Ukraine slams ‘infantile’ FIFA president for proposing lifting Russia ban
Tom Waugh
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Analysis
Coming home to roost
How veterans of the war in Ukraine are reshaping Russia’s crime statistics
Daria Talanova,
Sonya Richter,
Ksenia Storozheva
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Analysis
Coming home to roost
How veterans of the war in Ukraine are reshaping Russia’s crime statistics
Daria Talanova,
Sonya Richter,
Ksenia Storozheva
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Comment
Russia’s drone pipeline
How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet for use against Ukrainian civilians
Amy McAuliffe
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Stories
My enemy’s enemy
How Ukrainians and Russia’s ethnic minority groups are making common cause in opposing Russian imperialism
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Comment
Russia’s drone pipeline
How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet for use against Ukrainian civilians
Amy McAuliffe
-
Stories
My enemy’s enemy
How Ukrainians and Russia’s ethnic minority groups are making common cause in opposing Russian imperialism
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Analysis
Road from Damascus
Why Moscow is scaling back its presence in Qamishli, a key military facility in northeastern Syria
Ilya Volzhsky
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Interview
The first draft of history
Julia Loktev discusses her critically acclaimed documentary about Russian journalists being branded foreign agents
Yelena Malenkina
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Comment
Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Stefan Wolff
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Analysis
Road from Damascus
Why Moscow is scaling back its presence in Qamishli, a key military facility in northeastern Syria
Ilya Volzhsky
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Interview
The first draft of history
Julia Loktev discusses her critically acclaimed documentary about Russian journalists being branded foreign agents
Yelena Malenkina
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Comment
Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Stefan Wolff
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Interview
Gulag laureate
Freed Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski has finally been able to collect his peace prize
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Neighbourhood watch
With NATO and the EU unsuited to meet Europe’s evolving security needs, it’s time to formalise the coalition of the willing
Carl Bildt
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Interview
Gulag laureate
Freed Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski has finally been able to collect his peace prize
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Neighbourhood watch
With NATO and the EU unsuited to meet Europe’s evolving security needs, it’s time to formalise the coalition of the willing
Carl Bildt
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Analysis
Heir abhorrent
A multi-car pile up in Grozny has provided rare insight into Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession plans
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Cold war
Kyiv residents are enduring days without power as Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures put their lives at risk
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Scraping the barrel
The Kremlin is facing a massive budget deficit due to the low cost of Russian crude oil
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Heir abhorrent
A multi-car pile up in Grozny has provided rare insight into Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession plans
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Cold war
Kyiv residents are enduring days without power as Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures put their lives at risk
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Scraping the barrel
The Kremlin is facing a massive budget deficit due to the low cost of Russian crude oil
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Flag fall
Ukraine is looking increasingly like the victor in the battle for Kupyansk
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Flag fall
Ukraine is looking increasingly like the victor in the battle for Kupyansk
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Going to cede
Restitution of lost territory can take decades and is only realistic in certain geopolitical circumstances
Peter Harris
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Stories
Family feud
Could Anna Stepanova’s anti-war activism see her property in Russia be confiscated and handed to her pro-Putin cousin?
Project Veter
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Stories
Beyond the Urals
How the authorities in Chelyabinsk are floundering as the war in Ukraine draws ever closer
Igor Bocharov
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Comment
Going to cede
Restitution of lost territory can take decades and is only realistic in certain geopolitical circumstances
Peter Harris
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Stories
Family feud
Could Anna Stepanova’s anti-war activism see her property in Russia be confiscated and handed to her pro-Putin cousin?
Project Veter
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Stories
Beyond the Urals
How the authorities in Chelyabinsk are floundering as the war in Ukraine draws ever closer
Igor Bocharov
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Comment
The race for the Arctic
Trump’s outlandish threats to seize Greenland risk ushering in a new world order based on spheres of domination
Klaus Dodds
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Comment
The race for the Arctic
Trump’s outlandish threats to seize Greenland risk ushering in a new world order based on spheres of domination
Klaus Dodds
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Stories
Cries for help
How a Kazakh psychologist inadvertently launched a new social model built on women supporting women
Project Veter
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Stories
Deliverance
How one Ukrainian soldier is finally free after spending six-and-a-half years as a Russian prisoner of war
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
A grave miscalculation
Putin’s attempt to re-enact World War II in Ukraine has gone horribly wrong
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Cries for help
How a Kazakh psychologist inadvertently launched a new social model built on women supporting women
Project Veter
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Stories
Deliverance
How one Ukrainian soldier is finally free after spending six-and-a-half years as a Russian prisoner of war
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
A grave miscalculation
Putin’s attempt to re-enact World War II in Ukraine has gone horribly wrong
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
A frozen war is not peace
Why a premature peace deal in Ukraine could just be kicking the can of Russian revanchism down the road
Jonas Heins
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Comment
A frozen war is not peace
Why a premature peace deal in Ukraine could just be kicking the can of Russian revanchism down the road
Jonas Heins
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Stories
Watch your steppe
Five new films worth searching out from Russia’s regions and republics
Vladimir Kocharyan
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Analysis
Fresh blood
What Zelensky’s appointment of Ukraine’s former military intelligence head as his chief of staff could signal for the country
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Watch your steppe
Five new films worth searching out from Russia’s regions and republics
Vladimir Kocharyan
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Analysis
Fresh blood
What Zelensky’s appointment of Ukraine’s former military intelligence head as his chief of staff could signal for the country
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Just 10% from peace
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s Kyiv correspondent reflects on another year of war and muses on what 2026 may bring
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Just 10% from peace
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s Kyiv correspondent reflects on another year of war and muses on what 2026 may bring
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
The year that could be
Even without cause for optimism about the state of the world, we mustn’t allow hope to die
Lea Ypi
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Stories
The year in pictures
A look back at some of the defining images of 2025
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A moveable feast
After experiencing the hardship of exile first hand, one Belarusian in Poland has started a food bank to help other refugees
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
The year that could be
Even without cause for optimism about the state of the world, we mustn’t allow hope to die
Lea Ypi
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Stories
The year in pictures
A look back at some of the defining images of 2025
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A moveable feast
After experiencing the hardship of exile first hand, one Belarusian in Poland has started a food bank to help other refugees
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Stolen youth
How Russia made young people’s lives worse in 2025
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
Why Saudi tourists are flocking to wartime Russia
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war has catalysed, not curbed, arrivals from the conservative kingdom
Saahil Menon
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Analysis
Stolen youth
How Russia made young people’s lives worse in 2025
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
Why Saudi tourists are flocking to wartime Russia
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war has catalysed, not curbed, arrivals from the conservative kingdom
Saahil Menon
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Analysis
The war across Russia
Drone strikes on Russia’s regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or striking their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
The war across Russia
Drone strikes on Russia’s regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or striking their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
On borrowed time
How Transnistria is coping without the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine
Nikita Kovalenko
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Stories
Flight cancellation
An underground group that helps Russian activists flee the country is being forced to cease operations due to lack of funds
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Now or never
If Europe can come together to end the war in Ukraine, it will also be able to strengthen its position on other key fronts
Mark Leonard
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Stories
On borrowed time
How Transnistria is coping without the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine
Nikita Kovalenko
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Stories
Flight cancellation
An underground group that helps Russian activists flee the country is being forced to cease operations due to lack of funds
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Now or never
If Europe can come together to end the war in Ukraine, it will also be able to strengthen its position on other key fronts
Mark Leonard
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Stories
Ask your dictator anything
Vladimir Putin once again took questions from vetted members of the Russian public during his annual call-in show on Friday
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
All change
Domestic political concerns mean that Russian anti-war activists in Türkiye face a precarious new reality
Ekaterina Vorobeva
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Stories
Ask your dictator anything
Vladimir Putin once again took questions from vetted members of the Russian public during his annual call-in show on Friday
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
All change
Domestic political concerns mean that Russian anti-war activists in Türkiye face a precarious new reality
Ekaterina Vorobeva
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Comment
Faith in victory
How Ukrainians can still win as they fight to defend Western democracy
Chrystia Freeland
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Stories
Siren songs
A Moscow academic is facing four years in prison for making a playlist of Ukrainian music
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Stories
Catch and release
Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedom
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
Faith in victory
How Ukrainians can still win as they fight to defend Western democracy
Chrystia Freeland
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Stories
Siren songs
A Moscow academic is facing four years in prison for making a playlist of Ukrainian music
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Stories
Catch and release
Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedom
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Academic rigour
How Kremlin-backed super-app MAX is gradually being made obligatory in Russian schools
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Zelensky’s perfect storm
Washington’s new national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Stories
Academic rigour
How Kremlin-backed super-app MAX is gradually being made obligatory in Russian schools
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Zelensky’s perfect storm
Washington’s new national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Analysis
Remorseless
The killer of Novaya Gazeta’s Anastasia Baburova has been freed into a country that’s more aligned with her worldview than ever
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Pounds of flesh
In a gross miscarriage of justice, eight innocent people have been given life sentences for the Crimean Bridge bombing
Dmitry Zair-Bek
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Stories
A voice from the kill zone
One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes
Dmytro Durnev
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Analysis
Remorseless
The killer of Novaya Gazeta’s Anastasia Baburova has been freed into a country that’s more aligned with her worldview than ever
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Pounds of flesh
In a gross miscarriage of justice, eight innocent people have been given life sentences for the Crimean Bridge bombing
Dmitry Zair-Bek
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Stories
A voice from the kill zone
One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
No end in sight
No amount of external pressure can force peace on two parties with fundamentally incompatible objectives
Ian Bremmer
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Stories
A cure for wellness
Described as torture by the UN, gay conversion therapy is nevertheless thriving in contemporary Russia
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
No end in sight
No amount of external pressure can force peace on two parties with fundamentally incompatible objectives
Ian Bremmer
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Stories
A cure for wellness
Described as torture by the UN, gay conversion therapy is nevertheless thriving in contemporary Russia
Tatyana Kalinina
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Stories
The Old Man and the Sea
How realistic are Putin’s threats to impose a naval blockade on Ukraine?
Nikolay Pershin,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
The Old Man and the Sea
How realistic are Putin’s threats to impose a naval blockade on Ukraine?
Nikolay Pershin,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Ctrl-alt-defy
How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machine
Michel Bouchard
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Stories
Influencer operation
A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Ctrl-alt-defy
How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machine
Michel Bouchard
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Stories
Influencer operation
A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Trump’s crony diplomacy
The US president is entrusting inexperienced loyalists with complex foreign policy issues, and it shows
Federico Fubini
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Stories
Special military obligation
How Belarusian political prisoners are being forced to support the Russian war effort in Ukraine
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
The last party
The Kremlin is taking aim at Russia’s sole remaining legal opposition movement
Alexander Leonidovich
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Comment
Trump’s crony diplomacy
The US president is entrusting inexperienced loyalists with complex foreign policy issues, and it shows
Federico Fubini
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Stories
Special military obligation
How Belarusian political prisoners are being forced to support the Russian war effort in Ukraine
Iryna Khalip
-
Stories
The last party
The Kremlin is taking aim at Russia’s sole remaining legal opposition movement
Alexander Leonidovich
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Comment
Imperishable
A corruption investigation into Zelensky’s inner circle shows Kyiv is on the right path
Anna Husarska
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Analysis
Moscow’s minions
A new pro-Kremlin bloc is taking shape in the European Parliament
Mikhail Komin,
Alexander Keisut
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Comment
Imperishable
A corruption investigation into Zelensky’s inner circle shows Kyiv is on the right path
Anna Husarska
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Analysis
Moscow’s minions
A new pro-Kremlin bloc is taking shape in the European Parliament
Mikhail Komin,
Alexander Keisut
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Stories
United in tragedy
The widow of the first person to die at Chernobyl was killed by a Russian drone strike on her home earlier this month
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
United in tragedy
The widow of the first person to die at Chernobyl was killed by a Russian drone strike on her home earlier this month
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Doom mongers
A corruption scandal has left Zelensky vulnerable to US and Russian moves to impose an indefensible peace deal on Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Comment
Margaritaville
Would the departure of RT’s longtime head sound the death knell for Russia’s notorious propaganda network?
Saahil Menon
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Comment
Doom mongers
A corruption scandal has left Zelensky vulnerable to US and Russian moves to impose an indefensible peace deal on Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
-
Comment
Margaritaville
Would the departure of RT’s longtime head sound the death knell for Russia’s notorious propaganda network?
Saahil Menon
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Interview
The price of freedom
Director Alexander Molochnikov talks about Extremist, his short film about former political prisoner Sasha Skochilenko
Yelena Malenkina
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Stories
Forewarned and forearmed
As Russian provocations intensify, the Baltic states are focusing on long-term border defence plans
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Comment
Buying time
As Europe debates how to keep funds flowing to Ukraine, the outlook on the battlefield is grim
Veronika Hinman
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Interview
The price of freedom
Director Alexander Molochnikov talks about Extremist, his short film about former political prisoner Sasha Skochilenko
Yelena Malenkina
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Stories
Forewarned and forearmed
As Russian provocations intensify, the Baltic states are focusing on long-term border defence plans
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
-
Comment
Buying time
As Europe debates how to keep funds flowing to Ukraine, the outlook on the battlefield is grim
Veronika Hinman
-
Analysis
Double whammy
Could sanctions and drone strikes lead to the collapse of Russian oil production and end its funding of the Kremlin’s war machine?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
The cupboard is bare
The Russian region worst impacted by the war in Ukraine is being overwhelmed by the cost of reconstruction
Viktoria Litvin
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Analysis
Double whammy
Could sanctions and drone strikes lead to the collapse of Russian oil production and end its funding of the Kremlin’s war machine?
Denis Morokhin
-
Stories
The cupboard is bare
The Russian region worst impacted by the war in Ukraine is being overwhelmed by the cost of reconstruction
Viktoria Litvin
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Interview
The deep freeze
Activist Zhanna Nemtsova on why depriving small-time Russian investors of their assets in the West won’t help undermine Putin
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Dream ticket
As Georgia’s slide into autocracy continues, Europe appears to be losing faith it can reverse the process
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Not peace at any price
The European Union cannot afford the war in Ukraine to end in a settlement from which it is excluded
Zaki Laïdi
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Interview
The deep freeze
Activist Zhanna Nemtsova on why depriving small-time Russian investors of their assets in the West won’t help undermine Putin
Denis Morokhin
-
Analysis
Dream ticket
As Georgia’s slide into autocracy continues, Europe appears to be losing faith it can reverse the process
Iya Barateli
-
Comment
Not peace at any price
The European Union cannot afford the war in Ukraine to end in a settlement from which it is excluded
Zaki Laïdi
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Stories
Silencing the opposition
The cruel treatment of a civil activist has become a metaphor for the fate of dissenters throughout Russia
Project Veter
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Comment
Testing times
Is Russia really planning to restart nuclear tests or is it just another Kremlin gambit?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
One step forward
A lack of progress on joining the EU caps another bad month for Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
-
Stories
Minsk madness
What does Alexander Lukashenko’s latest eccentric diatribe tell us about his state of mind?
Iryna Khalip
-
Stories
Silencing the opposition
The cruel treatment of a civil activist has become a metaphor for the fate of dissenters throughout Russia
Project Veter
-
Comment
Testing times
Is Russia really planning to restart nuclear tests or is it just another Kremlin gambit?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
One step forward
A lack of progress on joining the EU caps another bad month for Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
-
Stories
Minsk madness
What does Alexander Lukashenko’s latest eccentric diatribe tell us about his state of mind?
Iryna Khalip
-
Comment
Subscribe and follow
Foreign content creators working in Russia have a responsibility not to repeat Kremlin propaganda narratives
Jonas Heins
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Analysis
They came from the East
Europe is struggling to respond to Russia’s growing use of hybrid warfare
Vladimir Loginov
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Comment
Subscribe and follow
Foreign content creators working in Russia have a responsibility not to repeat Kremlin propaganda narratives
Jonas Heins
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Analysis
They came from the East
Europe is struggling to respond to Russia’s growing use of hybrid warfare
Vladimir Loginov
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Editor's picks
Comment
‘My primary goal is not to be free, but to remain human’
A Russian volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for helping Ukrainian refugees delivers her closing statement in court
Viktoria Litvin
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Comment
‘My primary goal is not to be free, but to remain human’
A Russian volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for helping Ukrainian refugees delivers her closing statement in court
Viktoria Litvin
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Stories
A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
Milana Ochirova
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Interview
Holding on to the light
Ukrainian documentary maker and former combatant Alisa Kovalenko discusses her new film
Alina Prokopchuk
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Stories
Under the influence
How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
Milana Ochirova
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Interview
Holding on to the light
Ukrainian documentary maker and former combatant Alisa Kovalenko discusses her new film
Alina Prokopchuk
-
Stories
Under the influence
How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime
Yulia Akhmedova
-
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Analysis
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
-
Analysis
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
-
News
Armenia’s Investigative Committee names those it suspects of murdering Chechen woman
Desmond Tumulty
-
News
Four killed as Russia ramps up strikes on Ukraine ahead of Abu Dhabi talks
Tom Waugh
-
News
Zelensky: Ukrainian negotiators to have ‘adjusted’ mandate following devastating Russian airstrikes
Sam Peach
-
News
Ukraine slams ‘infantile’ FIFA president for proposing lifting Russia ban
Tom Waugh
-
News
Armenia’s Investigative Committee names those it suspects of murdering Chechen woman
Desmond Tumulty
-
News
Four killed as Russia ramps up strikes on Ukraine ahead of Abu Dhabi talks
Tom Waugh
-
News
Zelensky: Ukrainian negotiators to have ‘adjusted’ mandate following devastating Russian airstrikes
Sam Peach
-
News
Ukraine slams ‘infantile’ FIFA president for proposing lifting Russia ban
Tom Waugh
-
Analysis
Coming home to roost
How veterans of the war in Ukraine are reshaping Russia’s crime statistics
Daria Talanova,
Sonya Richter,
Ksenia Storozheva
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Analysis
Coming home to roost
How veterans of the war in Ukraine are reshaping Russia’s crime statistics
Daria Talanova,
Sonya Richter,
Ksenia Storozheva
-
Comment
Russia’s drone pipeline
How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet for use against Ukrainian civilians
Amy McAuliffe
-
Stories
My enemy’s enemy
How Ukrainians and Russia’s ethnic minority groups are making common cause in opposing Russian imperialism
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
-
Comment
Russia’s drone pipeline
How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet for use against Ukrainian civilians
Amy McAuliffe
-
Stories
My enemy’s enemy
How Ukrainians and Russia’s ethnic minority groups are making common cause in opposing Russian imperialism
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
-
Analysis
Road from Damascus
Why Moscow is scaling back its presence in Qamishli, a key military facility in northeastern Syria
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Interview
The first draft of history
Julia Loktev discusses her critically acclaimed documentary about Russian journalists being branded foreign agents
Yelena Malenkina
-
Comment
Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Stefan Wolff
-
Analysis
Road from Damascus
Why Moscow is scaling back its presence in Qamishli, a key military facility in northeastern Syria
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Interview
The first draft of history
Julia Loktev discusses her critically acclaimed documentary about Russian journalists being branded foreign agents
Yelena Malenkina
-
Comment
Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Stefan Wolff
-
Interview
Gulag laureate
Freed Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski has finally been able to collect his peace prize
Iryna Khalip
-
Comment
Neighbourhood watch
With NATO and the EU unsuited to meet Europe’s evolving security needs, it’s time to formalise the coalition of the willing
Carl Bildt
-
Interview
Gulag laureate
Freed Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski has finally been able to collect his peace prize
Iryna Khalip
-
Comment
Neighbourhood watch
With NATO and the EU unsuited to meet Europe’s evolving security needs, it’s time to formalise the coalition of the willing
Carl Bildt
-
Analysis
Heir abhorrent
A multi-car pile up in Grozny has provided rare insight into Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession plans
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Cold war
Kyiv residents are enduring days without power as Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures put their lives at risk
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Scraping the barrel
The Kremlin is facing a massive budget deficit due to the low cost of Russian crude oil
Denis Morokhin
-
Analysis
Heir abhorrent
A multi-car pile up in Grozny has provided rare insight into Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession plans
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Cold war
Kyiv residents are enduring days without power as Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures put their lives at risk
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Scraping the barrel
The Kremlin is facing a massive budget deficit due to the low cost of Russian crude oil
Denis Morokhin
-
Analysis
Flag fall
Ukraine is looking increasingly like the victor in the battle for Kupyansk
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Flag fall
Ukraine is looking increasingly like the victor in the battle for Kupyansk
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Going to cede
Restitution of lost territory can take decades and is only realistic in certain geopolitical circumstances
Peter Harris
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Stories
Family feud
Could Anna Stepanova’s anti-war activism see her property in Russia be confiscated and handed to her pro-Putin cousin?
Project Veter
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Stories
Beyond the Urals
How the authorities in Chelyabinsk are floundering as the war in Ukraine draws ever closer
Igor Bocharov
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Comment
Going to cede
Restitution of lost territory can take decades and is only realistic in certain geopolitical circumstances
Peter Harris
-
Stories
Family feud
Could Anna Stepanova’s anti-war activism see her property in Russia be confiscated and handed to her pro-Putin cousin?
Project Veter
-
Stories
Beyond the Urals
How the authorities in Chelyabinsk are floundering as the war in Ukraine draws ever closer
Igor Bocharov
-
Comment
The race for the Arctic
Trump’s outlandish threats to seize Greenland risk ushering in a new world order based on spheres of domination
Klaus Dodds
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Comment
The race for the Arctic
Trump’s outlandish threats to seize Greenland risk ushering in a new world order based on spheres of domination
Klaus Dodds
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Stories
Cries for help
How a Kazakh psychologist inadvertently launched a new social model built on women supporting women
Project Veter
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Stories
Deliverance
How one Ukrainian soldier is finally free after spending six-and-a-half years as a Russian prisoner of war
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
A grave miscalculation
Putin’s attempt to re-enact World War II in Ukraine has gone horribly wrong
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Cries for help
How a Kazakh psychologist inadvertently launched a new social model built on women supporting women
Project Veter
-
Stories
Deliverance
How one Ukrainian soldier is finally free after spending six-and-a-half years as a Russian prisoner of war
Dmytro Durnev
-
Comment
A grave miscalculation
Putin’s attempt to re-enact World War II in Ukraine has gone horribly wrong
Kirill Martynov
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Comment
A frozen war is not peace
Why a premature peace deal in Ukraine could just be kicking the can of Russian revanchism down the road
Jonas Heins
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Comment
A frozen war is not peace
Why a premature peace deal in Ukraine could just be kicking the can of Russian revanchism down the road
Jonas Heins
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Stories
Watch your steppe
Five new films worth searching out from Russia’s regions and republics
Vladimir Kocharyan
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Analysis
Fresh blood
What Zelensky’s appointment of Ukraine’s former military intelligence head as his chief of staff could signal for the country
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Watch your steppe
Five new films worth searching out from Russia’s regions and republics
Vladimir Kocharyan
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Analysis
Fresh blood
What Zelensky’s appointment of Ukraine’s former military intelligence head as his chief of staff could signal for the country
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Just 10% from peace
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s Kyiv correspondent reflects on another year of war and muses on what 2026 may bring
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Just 10% from peace
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s Kyiv correspondent reflects on another year of war and muses on what 2026 may bring
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
The year that could be
Even without cause for optimism about the state of the world, we mustn’t allow hope to die
Lea Ypi
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Stories
The year in pictures
A look back at some of the defining images of 2025
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A moveable feast
After experiencing the hardship of exile first hand, one Belarusian in Poland has started a food bank to help other refugees
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
The year that could be
Even without cause for optimism about the state of the world, we mustn’t allow hope to die
Lea Ypi
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Stories
The year in pictures
A look back at some of the defining images of 2025
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
A moveable feast
After experiencing the hardship of exile first hand, one Belarusian in Poland has started a food bank to help other refugees
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Stolen youth
How Russia made young people’s lives worse in 2025
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
Why Saudi tourists are flocking to wartime Russia
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war has catalysed, not curbed, arrivals from the conservative kingdom
Saahil Menon
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Analysis
Stolen youth
How Russia made young people’s lives worse in 2025
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
Why Saudi tourists are flocking to wartime Russia
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war has catalysed, not curbed, arrivals from the conservative kingdom
Saahil Menon
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Analysis
The war across Russia
Drone strikes on Russia’s regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or striking their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
The war across Russia
Drone strikes on Russia’s regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or striking their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
On borrowed time
How Transnistria is coping without the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine
Nikita Kovalenko
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Stories
Flight cancellation
An underground group that helps Russian activists flee the country is being forced to cease operations due to lack of funds
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Now or never
If Europe can come together to end the war in Ukraine, it will also be able to strengthen its position on other key fronts
Mark Leonard
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Stories
On borrowed time
How Transnistria is coping without the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine
Nikita Kovalenko
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Stories
Flight cancellation
An underground group that helps Russian activists flee the country is being forced to cease operations due to lack of funds
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Now or never
If Europe can come together to end the war in Ukraine, it will also be able to strengthen its position on other key fronts
Mark Leonard
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Stories
Ask your dictator anything
Vladimir Putin once again took questions from vetted members of the Russian public during his annual call-in show on Friday
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
All change
Domestic political concerns mean that Russian anti-war activists in Türkiye face a precarious new reality
Ekaterina Vorobeva
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Stories
Ask your dictator anything
Vladimir Putin once again took questions from vetted members of the Russian public during his annual call-in show on Friday
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
All change
Domestic political concerns mean that Russian anti-war activists in Türkiye face a precarious new reality
Ekaterina Vorobeva
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Comment
Faith in victory
How Ukrainians can still win as they fight to defend Western democracy
Chrystia Freeland
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Stories
Siren songs
A Moscow academic is facing four years in prison for making a playlist of Ukrainian music
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Stories
Catch and release
Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedom
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
Faith in victory
How Ukrainians can still win as they fight to defend Western democracy
Chrystia Freeland
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Stories
Siren songs
A Moscow academic is facing four years in prison for making a playlist of Ukrainian music
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Stories
Catch and release
Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedom
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Academic rigour
How Kremlin-backed super-app MAX is gradually being made obligatory in Russian schools
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Zelensky’s perfect storm
Washington’s new national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Stories
Academic rigour
How Kremlin-backed super-app MAX is gradually being made obligatory in Russian schools
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Zelensky’s perfect storm
Washington’s new national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Analysis
Remorseless
The killer of Novaya Gazeta’s Anastasia Baburova has been freed into a country that’s more aligned with her worldview than ever
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Pounds of flesh
In a gross miscarriage of justice, eight innocent people have been given life sentences for the Crimean Bridge bombing
Dmitry Zair-Bek
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Stories
A voice from the kill zone
One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes
Dmytro Durnev
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Analysis
Remorseless
The killer of Novaya Gazeta’s Anastasia Baburova has been freed into a country that’s more aligned with her worldview than ever
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Pounds of flesh
In a gross miscarriage of justice, eight innocent people have been given life sentences for the Crimean Bridge bombing
Dmitry Zair-Bek
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Stories
A voice from the kill zone
One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
No end in sight
No amount of external pressure can force peace on two parties with fundamentally incompatible objectives
Ian Bremmer
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Stories
A cure for wellness
Described as torture by the UN, gay conversion therapy is nevertheless thriving in contemporary Russia
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
No end in sight
No amount of external pressure can force peace on two parties with fundamentally incompatible objectives
Ian Bremmer
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Stories
A cure for wellness
Described as torture by the UN, gay conversion therapy is nevertheless thriving in contemporary Russia
Tatyana Kalinina
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Stories
The Old Man and the Sea
How realistic are Putin’s threats to impose a naval blockade on Ukraine?
Nikolay Pershin,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
The Old Man and the Sea
How realistic are Putin’s threats to impose a naval blockade on Ukraine?
Nikolay Pershin,
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Ctrl-alt-defy
How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machine
Michel Bouchard
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Stories
Influencer operation
A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Ctrl-alt-defy
How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machine
Michel Bouchard
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Stories
Influencer operation
A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light
Yulia Akhmedova
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Comment
Trump’s crony diplomacy
The US president is entrusting inexperienced loyalists with complex foreign policy issues, and it shows
Federico Fubini
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Stories
Special military obligation
How Belarusian political prisoners are being forced to support the Russian war effort in Ukraine
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
The last party
The Kremlin is taking aim at Russia’s sole remaining legal opposition movement
Alexander Leonidovich
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Comment
Trump’s crony diplomacy
The US president is entrusting inexperienced loyalists with complex foreign policy issues, and it shows
Federico Fubini
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Stories
Special military obligation
How Belarusian political prisoners are being forced to support the Russian war effort in Ukraine
Iryna Khalip
-
Stories
The last party
The Kremlin is taking aim at Russia’s sole remaining legal opposition movement
Alexander Leonidovich
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Comment
Imperishable
A corruption investigation into Zelensky’s inner circle shows Kyiv is on the right path
Anna Husarska
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Analysis
Moscow’s minions
A new pro-Kremlin bloc is taking shape in the European Parliament
Mikhail Komin,
Alexander Keisut
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Comment
Imperishable
A corruption investigation into Zelensky’s inner circle shows Kyiv is on the right path
Anna Husarska
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Analysis
Moscow’s minions
A new pro-Kremlin bloc is taking shape in the European Parliament
Mikhail Komin,
Alexander Keisut
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Stories
United in tragedy
The widow of the first person to die at Chernobyl was killed by a Russian drone strike on her home earlier this month
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
United in tragedy
The widow of the first person to die at Chernobyl was killed by a Russian drone strike on her home earlier this month
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Doom mongers
A corruption scandal has left Zelensky vulnerable to US and Russian moves to impose an indefensible peace deal on Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Comment
Margaritaville
Would the departure of RT’s longtime head sound the death knell for Russia’s notorious propaganda network?
Saahil Menon
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Comment
Doom mongers
A corruption scandal has left Zelensky vulnerable to US and Russian moves to impose an indefensible peace deal on Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
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Comment
Margaritaville
Would the departure of RT’s longtime head sound the death knell for Russia’s notorious propaganda network?
Saahil Menon
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Interview
The price of freedom
Director Alexander Molochnikov talks about Extremist, his short film about former political prisoner Sasha Skochilenko
Yelena Malenkina
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Stories
Forewarned and forearmed
As Russian provocations intensify, the Baltic states are focusing on long-term border defence plans
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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Comment
Buying time
As Europe debates how to keep funds flowing to Ukraine, the outlook on the battlefield is grim
Veronika Hinman
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Interview
The price of freedom
Director Alexander Molochnikov talks about Extremist, his short film about former political prisoner Sasha Skochilenko
Yelena Malenkina
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Stories
Forewarned and forearmed
As Russian provocations intensify, the Baltic states are focusing on long-term border defence plans
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
-
Comment
Buying time
As Europe debates how to keep funds flowing to Ukraine, the outlook on the battlefield is grim
Veronika Hinman
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Analysis
Double whammy
Could sanctions and drone strikes lead to the collapse of Russian oil production and end its funding of the Kremlin’s war machine?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
The cupboard is bare
The Russian region worst impacted by the war in Ukraine is being overwhelmed by the cost of reconstruction
Viktoria Litvin
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Analysis
Double whammy
Could sanctions and drone strikes lead to the collapse of Russian oil production and end its funding of the Kremlin’s war machine?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
The cupboard is bare
The Russian region worst impacted by the war in Ukraine is being overwhelmed by the cost of reconstruction
Viktoria Litvin
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Interview
The deep freeze
Activist Zhanna Nemtsova on why depriving small-time Russian investors of their assets in the West won’t help undermine Putin
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Dream ticket
As Georgia’s slide into autocracy continues, Europe appears to be losing faith it can reverse the process
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Not peace at any price
The European Union cannot afford the war in Ukraine to end in a settlement from which it is excluded
Zaki Laïdi
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Interview
The deep freeze
Activist Zhanna Nemtsova on why depriving small-time Russian investors of their assets in the West won’t help undermine Putin
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Dream ticket
As Georgia’s slide into autocracy continues, Europe appears to be losing faith it can reverse the process
Iya Barateli
-
Comment
Not peace at any price
The European Union cannot afford the war in Ukraine to end in a settlement from which it is excluded
Zaki Laïdi
-
Stories
Silencing the opposition
The cruel treatment of a civil activist has become a metaphor for the fate of dissenters throughout Russia
Project Veter
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Comment
Testing times
Is Russia really planning to restart nuclear tests or is it just another Kremlin gambit?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
One step forward
A lack of progress on joining the EU caps another bad month for Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
-
Stories
Minsk madness
What does Alexander Lukashenko’s latest eccentric diatribe tell us about his state of mind?
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Silencing the opposition
The cruel treatment of a civil activist has become a metaphor for the fate of dissenters throughout Russia
Project Veter
-
Comment
Testing times
Is Russia really planning to restart nuclear tests or is it just another Kremlin gambit?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
One step forward
A lack of progress on joining the EU caps another bad month for Ukraine
Stefan Wolff,
Tetyana Malyarenko
-
Stories
Minsk madness
What does Alexander Lukashenko’s latest eccentric diatribe tell us about his state of mind?
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Subscribe and follow
Foreign content creators working in Russia have a responsibility not to repeat Kremlin propaganda narratives
Jonas Heins
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Analysis
They came from the East
Europe is struggling to respond to Russia’s growing use of hybrid warfare
Vladimir Loginov
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Comment
Subscribe and follow
Foreign content creators working in Russia have a responsibility not to repeat Kremlin propaganda narratives
Jonas Heins
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Analysis
They came from the East
Europe is struggling to respond to Russia’s growing use of hybrid warfare
Vladimir Loginov
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Holding on to the light
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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
Yulia Akhmedova
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A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
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