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Russian government poll shows lowest support for Putin since start of war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
The rise of ‘drone studies’
Russian schools, universities, and kindergartens have spent nearly 16 billion rubles on UAVs since the start of the full-scale war
Алексей Степанов
-
News
Russian government poll shows lowest support for Putin since start of war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
The rise of ‘drone studies’
Russian schools, universities, and kindergartens have spent nearly 16 billion rubles on UAVs since the start of the full-scale war
Алексей Степанов
-
News
Ramzan Kadyrov’s son launches energy drink line in Chechnya
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘Why do you always have to save someone?’
Over a year after the Kerch Strait oil spill, volunteers are fighting to keep cleaning Russia’s Black Sea coast — despite increasing obstacles from the government
Project Veter
-
Stories
No safe harbour
Moscow has targeted more than 120 anti-war Russians abroad since 2022. Here’s who is most at risk
Vladimir Loginov
-
News
Ramzan Kadyrov’s son launches energy drink line in Chechnya
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘Why do you always have to save someone?’
Over a year after the Kerch Strait oil spill, volunteers are fighting to keep cleaning Russia’s Black Sea coast — despite increasing obstacles from the government
Project Veter
-
Stories
No safe harbour
Moscow has targeted more than 120 anti-war Russians abroad since 2022. Here’s who is most at risk
Vladimir Loginov
-
Stories
‘Mannequins in the watchtowers’
Even as Russia sends prisoners to war en masse, its prisons face a staff shortage that is undermining inmates' rights
Oleg Belov
-
Stories
‘Mannequins in the watchtowers’
Even as Russia sends prisoners to war en masse, its prisons face a staff shortage that is undermining inmates' rights
Oleg Belov
-
Stories
‘The Motherland will discard you in the end’
Russia spends billions of rubles a year to support veterans of the war in Ukraine. Why are so many of them unable to get help?
Project Veter
-
News
Russian court declares prominent LGBTQ media outlet ‘extremist organisation’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian authorities block release of film about North Korean defector
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘The Motherland will discard you in the end’
Russia spends billions of rubles a year to support veterans of the war in Ukraine. Why are so many of them unable to get help?
Project Veter
-
News
Russian court declares prominent LGBTQ media outlet ‘extremist organisation’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian authorities block release of film about North Korean defector
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Manufacturing contempt
How the four layers of Russia’s propaganda machine have responded to the war in Iran
Harry Hult
-
Stories
Moscow’s man on the inside
Viktor Orbán is facing his biggest electoral challenge in years. Russia is doing everything it can to ensure his victory
Nikolay Pershin
-
Stories
Manufacturing contempt
How the four layers of Russia’s propaganda machine have responded to the war in Iran
Harry Hult
-
Stories
Moscow’s man on the inside
Viktor Orbán is facing his biggest electoral challenge in years. Russia is doing everything it can to ensure his victory
Nikolay Pershin
-
News
Russian Supreme Court uses AI to draft plenary resolution
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin renames Russia’s spy academy after founder of Soviet secret police
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Italy summons Russian ambassador after TV propagandist calls Meloni ‘fascist scum’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian Supreme Court uses AI to draft plenary resolution
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin renames Russia’s spy academy after founder of Soviet secret police
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Italy summons Russian ambassador after TV propagandist calls Meloni ‘fascist scum’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
One last dance
Kirill Serebrennikov brings his acclaimed ballet Nureyev to a new audience at Berlin’s Deutsche Oper
Natasha Kiseleva
-
Stories
One last dance
Kirill Serebrennikov brings his acclaimed ballet Nureyev to a new audience at Berlin’s Deutsche Oper
Natasha Kiseleva
-
News
Russian police beat up double amputee war veteran after breaking into his home by mistake
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Security forces raid Russia's largest publisher and detain its CEO in ‘LGBT propaganda’ case
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russia requires ‘drug propaganda’ labels on biographies of Mikhail Bulgakov and Vladimir Vysotsky
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian police beat up double amputee war veteran after breaking into his home by mistake
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Security forces raid Russia's largest publisher and detain its CEO in ‘LGBT propaganda’ case
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russia requires ‘drug propaganda’ labels on biographies of Mikhail Bulgakov and Vladimir Vysotsky
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Just desserts
Do Russian former combatants who claim asylum in Europe really pose a risk to EU security?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Crunching the numbers
Despite its massive casualties in Ukraine, Russia is unlikely to run out of soldiers anytime soon
Bettina Renz,
Charlie Walker
-
Stories
Just desserts
Do Russian former combatants who claim asylum in Europe really pose a risk to EU security?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Crunching the numbers
Despite its massive casualties in Ukraine, Russia is unlikely to run out of soldiers anytime soon
Bettina Renz,
Charlie Walker
-
Interview
The art of war
When 12-year-old Masha Moskalyova drew an anti-war picture at school, her father ended up in prison. Both are now free in France.
Yulia Kaneva
-
Stories
Shock and awe
What’s behind the recent intensification of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Russian cities?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
A new low
The strained relationship between Budapest and Kyiv has further deteriorated ahead of Hungary’s April election
Marc Roscoe Loustau
-
Interview
The art of war
When 12-year-old Masha Moskalyova drew an anti-war picture at school, her father ended up in prison. Both are now free in France.
Yulia Kaneva
-
Stories
Shock and awe
What’s behind the recent intensification of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Russian cities?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
A new low
The strained relationship between Budapest and Kyiv has further deteriorated ahead of Hungary’s April election
Marc Roscoe Loustau
-
Stories
The nuclear option
An engineer at Europe’s biggest atomic power plant has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for ‘treason’
Anton Naumlyuk
-
Stories
The nuclear option
An engineer at Europe’s biggest atomic power plant has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for ‘treason’
Anton Naumlyuk
-
Stories
Hostile environment
The EU is turning down ever more asylum claims from queer Russians fleeing violence at home
Roman Polyakov
-
Analysis
From trench to grave
Russians enlisting to fight in Ukraine have become the country’s most generously funded social group
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s data team
-
Comment
No pushover
Despite relentless Russian interference since the start of the war in Ukraine, Moldova has gone its own way
Stefan Wolff,
Marina Gorbatiuc
-
Stories
Hostile environment
The EU is turning down ever more asylum claims from queer Russians fleeing violence at home
Roman Polyakov
-
Analysis
From trench to grave
Russians enlisting to fight in Ukraine have become the country’s most generously funded social group
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s data team
-
Comment
No pushover
Despite relentless Russian interference since the start of the war in Ukraine, Moldova has gone its own way
Stefan Wolff,
Marina Gorbatiuc
-
Comment
Independence Day
Why Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko is so focused on attaining Russian ‘internet sovereignty’
Leland Hollowell
-
Analysis
Biennial blues
Pussy Riot is leading the backlash against Russia’s planned return to the Venice Biennale later this year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
New Russia, old problems
How a reclaimed imperial term came to represent something far more than a mere territorial claim for Russian soldiers
Maria Kurbak
-
Comment
Independence Day
Why Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko is so focused on attaining Russian ‘internet sovereignty’
Leland Hollowell
-
Analysis
Biennial blues
Pussy Riot is leading the backlash against Russia’s planned return to the Venice Biennale later this year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
New Russia, old problems
How a reclaimed imperial term came to represent something far more than a mere territorial claim for Russian soldiers
Maria Kurbak
-
Stories
Family matters
Some Russians have successfully challenged their parents’ support for the war in Ukraine
Katerina Merkureva
-
Stories
Arming the ayatollah
Tehran’s decades of procuring arms from Russia are unlikely to alter the outcome of the US-Israeli intervention
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Family matters
Some Russians have successfully challenged their parents’ support for the war in Ukraine
Katerina Merkureva
-
Stories
Arming the ayatollah
Tehran’s decades of procuring arms from Russia are unlikely to alter the outcome of the US-Israeli intervention
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Analysis
Slippery slope
How Russia’s journey into fascism began with the weaponisation of homophobia
Evi Chayka
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Comment
Couplets from the frontline
The vital role being played by poetry in processing Ukrainian trauma
Hugh Roberts
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Stories
Toppling Goliath
Members of Russia’s Finno-Ugric ethnic minorities discuss their reasons for joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Analysis
Slippery slope
How Russia’s journey into fascism began with the weaponisation of homophobia
Evi Chayka
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Comment
Couplets from the frontline
The vital role being played by poetry in processing Ukrainian trauma
Hugh Roberts
-
Stories
Toppling Goliath
Members of Russia’s Finno-Ugric ethnic minorities discuss their reasons for joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Comment
Against all odds
How sound economics has brought Ukraine’s GDP close to prewar levels despite four years of devastation
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Tatyana Deryugina
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Comment
Four years of hell
Putin’s misjudged effort to subjugate Ukraine has only helped cement its national identity, and it won’t ever stop fighting
Leonid Shvets
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Stories
One man’s terrorist
Multiple Russian teenagers are facing long prison sentences for acts of sabotage carried out to make money
Project Veter
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Comment
Against all odds
How sound economics has brought Ukraine’s GDP close to prewar levels despite four years of devastation
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Tatyana Deryugina
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Comment
Four years of hell
Putin’s misjudged effort to subjugate Ukraine has only helped cement its national identity, and it won’t ever stop fighting
Leonid Shvets
-
Stories
One man’s terrorist
Multiple Russian teenagers are facing long prison sentences for acts of sabotage carried out to make money
Project Veter
-
Stories
Breaking the waves
The Kremlin’s latest attempt to quash Telegram echoes the Soviet Union’s war on foreign radio broadcasts
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
The artlessness of the deal
Trump’s diplomatic blitz exposes his fundamental misunderstanding of peacemaking
Stefan Wolff
-
Stories
Breaking the waves
The Kremlin’s latest attempt to quash Telegram echoes the Soviet Union’s war on foreign radio broadcasts
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
The artlessness of the deal
Trump’s diplomatic blitz exposes his fundamental misunderstanding of peacemaking
Stefan Wolff
-
Stories
Deserting the paper army
How one woman refused to be a cog in Russia’s military machine
Lukas Žalalis
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Comment
NATO’s next test
The alliance must face down the Russian threat in places where deterrence is most fragile, such as the Suwałki corridor
Agnia Grigas
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Analysis
Endlessly offensive
Could recent military activity in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region signal a fresh Russian advance?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Deserting the paper army
How one woman refused to be a cog in Russia’s military machine
Lukas Žalalis
-
Comment
NATO’s next test
The alliance must face down the Russian threat in places where deterrence is most fragile, such as the Suwałki corridor
Agnia Grigas
-
Analysis
Endlessly offensive
Could recent military activity in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region signal a fresh Russian advance?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
Electoral illusion
Claims that Kyiv is preparing to go to the polls to end the war in Ukraine are far-fetched to say the least
Leonid Shvets
-
Comment
Electoral illusion
Claims that Kyiv is preparing to go to the polls to end the war in Ukraine are far-fetched to say the least
Leonid Shvets
-
Stories
Censory overload
As the Kremlin declares war on queer literature, Russians are still finding ways to read and publish transgressive fiction
Maria Latsinskaya
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Comment
Suspect citizens
Much as in Soviet times, the Kremlin still views those with second passports as disloyal
Rustam Alexander
-
Comment
Anyone’s game
Who would win if presidential elections were actually held in Ukraine this spring?
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
Censory overload
As the Kremlin declares war on queer literature, Russians are still finding ways to read and publish transgressive fiction
Maria Latsinskaya
-
Comment
Suspect citizens
Much as in Soviet times, the Kremlin still views those with second passports as disloyal
Rustam Alexander
-
Comment
Anyone’s game
Who would win if presidential elections were actually held in Ukraine this spring?
Jennifer Mathers
-
Comment
The new atomic era
The expiration of the New START Treaty last week showed that the world has grown too comfortable with nuclear weapons
Richard Haass
-
Stories
Violent entrapment
Queer people in Russia are increasingly being catfished by criminal gangs and even the police
Matvey Leybin
-
Stories
A deserter’s desert
Escape routes from the Russian military are narrowing as European attitudes to ex-servicemen harden
Anna Matveeva
-
Comment
The new atomic era
The expiration of the New START Treaty last week showed that the world has grown too comfortable with nuclear weapons
Richard Haass
-
Stories
Violent entrapment
Queer people in Russia are increasingly being catfished by criminal gangs and even the police
Matvey Leybin
-
Stories
A deserter’s desert
Escape routes from the Russian military are narrowing as European attitudes to ex-servicemen harden
Anna Matveeva
-
Comment
Powerless
Farcical peace talks in Abu Dhabi have gone nowhere as Ukraine freezes amid Russia’s winter onslaught
Stefan Wolff
-
Stories
Thawing out
How TV smash hit Heated Rivalry has not only melted hearts, but cultural stereotypes about Russia as well
Eloïse Thompson
-
Comment
Powerless
Farcical peace talks in Abu Dhabi have gone nowhere as Ukraine freezes amid Russia’s winter onslaught
Stefan Wolff
-
Stories
Thawing out
How TV smash hit Heated Rivalry has not only melted hearts, but cultural stereotypes about Russia as well
Eloïse Thompson
-
Comment
Under pressure
Giving up Donbas in return for US security guarantees could be fatal misstep for Ukraine
Rod Thornton,
Marina Miron
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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
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
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Comment
Under pressure
Giving up Donbas in return for US security guarantees could be fatal misstep for Ukraine
Rod Thornton,
Marina Miron
-
Analysis
Coming home to roost
How veterans of the war in Ukraine are reshaping Russia’s crime statistics
Daria Talanova,
Sonya Richter,
Ksenia Storozheva
-
Analysis
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
-
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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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
-
Comment
Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Stefan Wolff
-
Interview
The first draft of history
Julia Loktev discusses her critically acclaimed documentary about Russian journalists being branded foreign agents
Yelena Malenkina
-
Analysis
Road from Damascus
Why Moscow is scaling back its presence in Qamishli, a key military facility in northeastern Syria
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Stefan Wolff
-
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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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
-
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
-
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
-
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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Russian government poll shows lowest support for Putin since start of war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
The rise of ‘drone studies’
Russian schools, universities, and kindergartens have spent nearly 16 billion rubles on UAVs since the start of the full-scale war
Алексей Степанов
-
News
Russian government poll shows lowest support for Putin since start of war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
The rise of ‘drone studies’
Russian schools, universities, and kindergartens have spent nearly 16 billion rubles on UAVs since the start of the full-scale war
Алексей Степанов
-
News
Ramzan Kadyrov’s son launches energy drink line in Chechnya
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘Why do you always have to save someone?’
Over a year after the Kerch Strait oil spill, volunteers are fighting to keep cleaning Russia’s Black Sea coast — despite increasing obstacles from the government
Project Veter
-
Stories
No safe harbour
Moscow has targeted more than 120 anti-war Russians abroad since 2022. Here’s who is most at risk
Vladimir Loginov
-
News
Ramzan Kadyrov’s son launches energy drink line in Chechnya
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘Why do you always have to save someone?’
Over a year after the Kerch Strait oil spill, volunteers are fighting to keep cleaning Russia’s Black Sea coast — despite increasing obstacles from the government
Project Veter
-
Stories
No safe harbour
Moscow has targeted more than 120 anti-war Russians abroad since 2022. Here’s who is most at risk
Vladimir Loginov
-
Stories
‘Mannequins in the watchtowers’
Even as Russia sends prisoners to war en masse, its prisons face a staff shortage that is undermining inmates' rights
Oleg Belov
-
Stories
‘Mannequins in the watchtowers’
Even as Russia sends prisoners to war en masse, its prisons face a staff shortage that is undermining inmates' rights
Oleg Belov
-
Stories
‘The Motherland will discard you in the end’
Russia spends billions of rubles a year to support veterans of the war in Ukraine. Why are so many of them unable to get help?
Project Veter
-
News
Russian court declares prominent LGBTQ media outlet ‘extremist organisation’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian authorities block release of film about North Korean defector
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘The Motherland will discard you in the end’
Russia spends billions of rubles a year to support veterans of the war in Ukraine. Why are so many of them unable to get help?
Project Veter
-
News
Russian court declares prominent LGBTQ media outlet ‘extremist organisation’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian authorities block release of film about North Korean defector
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Manufacturing contempt
How the four layers of Russia’s propaganda machine have responded to the war in Iran
Harry Hult
-
Stories
Moscow’s man on the inside
Viktor Orbán is facing his biggest electoral challenge in years. Russia is doing everything it can to ensure his victory
Nikolay Pershin
-
Stories
Manufacturing contempt
How the four layers of Russia’s propaganda machine have responded to the war in Iran
Harry Hult
-
Stories
Moscow’s man on the inside
Viktor Orbán is facing his biggest electoral challenge in years. Russia is doing everything it can to ensure his victory
Nikolay Pershin
-
News
Russian Supreme Court uses AI to draft plenary resolution
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin renames Russia’s spy academy after founder of Soviet secret police
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Italy summons Russian ambassador after TV propagandist calls Meloni ‘fascist scum’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian Supreme Court uses AI to draft plenary resolution
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Putin renames Russia’s spy academy after founder of Soviet secret police
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Italy summons Russian ambassador after TV propagandist calls Meloni ‘fascist scum’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
One last dance
Kirill Serebrennikov brings his acclaimed ballet Nureyev to a new audience at Berlin’s Deutsche Oper
Natasha Kiseleva
-
Stories
One last dance
Kirill Serebrennikov brings his acclaimed ballet Nureyev to a new audience at Berlin’s Deutsche Oper
Natasha Kiseleva
-
News
Russian police beat up double amputee war veteran after breaking into his home by mistake
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Security forces raid Russia's largest publisher and detain its CEO in ‘LGBT propaganda’ case
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russia requires ‘drug propaganda’ labels on biographies of Mikhail Bulgakov and Vladimir Vysotsky
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian police beat up double amputee war veteran after breaking into his home by mistake
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Security forces raid Russia's largest publisher and detain its CEO in ‘LGBT propaganda’ case
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russia requires ‘drug propaganda’ labels on biographies of Mikhail Bulgakov and Vladimir Vysotsky
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Just desserts
Do Russian former combatants who claim asylum in Europe really pose a risk to EU security?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Crunching the numbers
Despite its massive casualties in Ukraine, Russia is unlikely to run out of soldiers anytime soon
Bettina Renz,
Charlie Walker
-
Stories
Just desserts
Do Russian former combatants who claim asylum in Europe really pose a risk to EU security?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Crunching the numbers
Despite its massive casualties in Ukraine, Russia is unlikely to run out of soldiers anytime soon
Bettina Renz,
Charlie Walker
-
Interview
The art of war
When 12-year-old Masha Moskalyova drew an anti-war picture at school, her father ended up in prison. Both are now free in France.
Yulia Kaneva
-
Stories
Shock and awe
What’s behind the recent intensification of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Russian cities?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
A new low
The strained relationship between Budapest and Kyiv has further deteriorated ahead of Hungary’s April election
Marc Roscoe Loustau
-
Interview
The art of war
When 12-year-old Masha Moskalyova drew an anti-war picture at school, her father ended up in prison. Both are now free in France.
Yulia Kaneva
-
Stories
Shock and awe
What’s behind the recent intensification of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Russian cities?
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Comment
A new low
The strained relationship between Budapest and Kyiv has further deteriorated ahead of Hungary’s April election
Marc Roscoe Loustau
-
Stories
The nuclear option
An engineer at Europe’s biggest atomic power plant has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for ‘treason’
Anton Naumlyuk
-
Stories
The nuclear option
An engineer at Europe’s biggest atomic power plant has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for ‘treason’
Anton Naumlyuk
-
Stories
Hostile environment
The EU is turning down ever more asylum claims from queer Russians fleeing violence at home
Roman Polyakov
-
Analysis
From trench to grave
Russians enlisting to fight in Ukraine have become the country’s most generously funded social group
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s data team
-
Comment
No pushover
Despite relentless Russian interference since the start of the war in Ukraine, Moldova has gone its own way
Stefan Wolff,
Marina Gorbatiuc
-
Stories
Hostile environment
The EU is turning down ever more asylum claims from queer Russians fleeing violence at home
Roman Polyakov
-
Analysis
From trench to grave
Russians enlisting to fight in Ukraine have become the country’s most generously funded social group
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s data team
-
Comment
No pushover
Despite relentless Russian interference since the start of the war in Ukraine, Moldova has gone its own way
Stefan Wolff,
Marina Gorbatiuc
-
Comment
Independence Day
Why Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko is so focused on attaining Russian ‘internet sovereignty’
Leland Hollowell
-
Analysis
Biennial blues
Pussy Riot is leading the backlash against Russia’s planned return to the Venice Biennale later this year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
New Russia, old problems
How a reclaimed imperial term came to represent something far more than a mere territorial claim for Russian soldiers
Maria Kurbak
-
Comment
Independence Day
Why Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko is so focused on attaining Russian ‘internet sovereignty’
Leland Hollowell
-
Analysis
Biennial blues
Pussy Riot is leading the backlash against Russia’s planned return to the Venice Biennale later this year
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
New Russia, old problems
How a reclaimed imperial term came to represent something far more than a mere territorial claim for Russian soldiers
Maria Kurbak
-
Stories
Family matters
Some Russians have successfully challenged their parents’ support for the war in Ukraine
Katerina Merkureva
-
Stories
Arming the ayatollah
Tehran’s decades of procuring arms from Russia are unlikely to alter the outcome of the US-Israeli intervention
Ilya Volzhsky
-
Stories
Family matters
Some Russians have successfully challenged their parents’ support for the war in Ukraine
Katerina Merkureva
-
Stories
Arming the ayatollah
Tehran’s decades of procuring arms from Russia are unlikely to alter the outcome of the US-Israeli intervention
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Slippery slope
How Russia’s journey into fascism began with the weaponisation of homophobia
Evi Chayka
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Comment
Couplets from the frontline
The vital role being played by poetry in processing Ukrainian trauma
Hugh Roberts
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Stories
Toppling Goliath
Members of Russia’s Finno-Ugric ethnic minorities discuss their reasons for joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Analysis
Slippery slope
How Russia’s journey into fascism began with the weaponisation of homophobia
Evi Chayka
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Comment
Couplets from the frontline
The vital role being played by poetry in processing Ukrainian trauma
Hugh Roberts
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Stories
Toppling Goliath
Members of Russia’s Finno-Ugric ethnic minorities discuss their reasons for joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
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Comment
Against all odds
How sound economics has brought Ukraine’s GDP close to prewar levels despite four years of devastation
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Tatyana Deryugina
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Comment
Four years of hell
Putin’s misjudged effort to subjugate Ukraine has only helped cement its national identity, and it won’t ever stop fighting
Leonid Shvets
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Stories
One man’s terrorist
Multiple Russian teenagers are facing long prison sentences for acts of sabotage carried out to make money
Project Veter
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Comment
Against all odds
How sound economics has brought Ukraine’s GDP close to prewar levels despite four years of devastation
Anastassia Fedyk,
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
Tatyana Deryugina
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Comment
Four years of hell
Putin’s misjudged effort to subjugate Ukraine has only helped cement its national identity, and it won’t ever stop fighting
Leonid Shvets
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Stories
One man’s terrorist
Multiple Russian teenagers are facing long prison sentences for acts of sabotage carried out to make money
Project Veter
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Stories
Breaking the waves
The Kremlin’s latest attempt to quash Telegram echoes the Soviet Union’s war on foreign radio broadcasts
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
The artlessness of the deal
Trump’s diplomatic blitz exposes his fundamental misunderstanding of peacemaking
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Breaking the waves
The Kremlin’s latest attempt to quash Telegram echoes the Soviet Union’s war on foreign radio broadcasts
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
The artlessness of the deal
Trump’s diplomatic blitz exposes his fundamental misunderstanding of peacemaking
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Deserting the paper army
How one woman refused to be a cog in Russia’s military machine
Lukas Žalalis
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Comment
NATO’s next test
The alliance must face down the Russian threat in places where deterrence is most fragile, such as the Suwałki corridor
Agnia Grigas
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Analysis
Endlessly offensive
Could recent military activity in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region signal a fresh Russian advance?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Deserting the paper army
How one woman refused to be a cog in Russia’s military machine
Lukas Žalalis
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Comment
NATO’s next test
The alliance must face down the Russian threat in places where deterrence is most fragile, such as the Suwałki corridor
Agnia Grigas
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Analysis
Endlessly offensive
Could recent military activity in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region signal a fresh Russian advance?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Electoral illusion
Claims that Kyiv is preparing to go to the polls to end the war in Ukraine are far-fetched to say the least
Leonid Shvets
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Comment
Electoral illusion
Claims that Kyiv is preparing to go to the polls to end the war in Ukraine are far-fetched to say the least
Leonid Shvets
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Stories
Censory overload
As the Kremlin declares war on queer literature, Russians are still finding ways to read and publish transgressive fiction
Maria Latsinskaya
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Comment
Suspect citizens
Much as in Soviet times, the Kremlin still views those with second passports as disloyal
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
Anyone’s game
Who would win if presidential elections were actually held in Ukraine this spring?
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
Censory overload
As the Kremlin declares war on queer literature, Russians are still finding ways to read and publish transgressive fiction
Maria Latsinskaya
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Comment
Suspect citizens
Much as in Soviet times, the Kremlin still views those with second passports as disloyal
Rustam Alexander
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Comment
Anyone’s game
Who would win if presidential elections were actually held in Ukraine this spring?
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
The new atomic era
The expiration of the New START Treaty last week showed that the world has grown too comfortable with nuclear weapons
Richard Haass
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Stories
Violent entrapment
Queer people in Russia are increasingly being catfished by criminal gangs and even the police
Matvey Leybin
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Stories
A deserter’s desert
Escape routes from the Russian military are narrowing as European attitudes to ex-servicemen harden
Anna Matveeva
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Comment
The new atomic era
The expiration of the New START Treaty last week showed that the world has grown too comfortable with nuclear weapons
Richard Haass
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Stories
Violent entrapment
Queer people in Russia are increasingly being catfished by criminal gangs and even the police
Matvey Leybin
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Stories
A deserter’s desert
Escape routes from the Russian military are narrowing as European attitudes to ex-servicemen harden
Anna Matveeva
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Comment
Powerless
Farcical peace talks in Abu Dhabi have gone nowhere as Ukraine freezes amid Russia’s winter onslaught
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Thawing out
How TV smash hit Heated Rivalry has not only melted hearts, but cultural stereotypes about Russia as well
Eloïse Thompson
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Comment
Powerless
Farcical peace talks in Abu Dhabi have gone nowhere as Ukraine freezes amid Russia’s winter onslaught
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Thawing out
How TV smash hit Heated Rivalry has not only melted hearts, but cultural stereotypes about Russia as well
Eloïse Thompson
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Comment
Under pressure
Giving up Donbas in return for US security guarantees could be fatal misstep for Ukraine
Rod Thornton,
Marina Miron
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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
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
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Comment
Under pressure
Giving up Donbas in return for US security guarantees could be fatal misstep for Ukraine
Rod Thornton,
Marina Miron
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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
A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya Sokolova
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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
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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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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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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
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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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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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
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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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
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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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