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Analysis
The war across Russia
Drone attacks on Russian regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or hitting their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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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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Analysis
The war across Russia
Drone attacks on Russian regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or hitting their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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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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News
Prominent investigative journalist stripped of Russian citizenship for spreading ‘false information’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Widespread power outages reported across Ukraine as mass Russian strike kills 3
Georgie Archer
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News
Russia opens first treason case against serviceman who fought in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Washington cautious as Zelensky hails basis for future security deal
Oliver Fisk
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News
Prominent investigative journalist stripped of Russian citizenship for spreading ‘false information’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Widespread power outages reported across Ukraine as mass Russian strike kills 3
Georgie Archer
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News
Russia opens first treason case against serviceman who fought in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Washington cautious as Zelensky hails basis for future security deal
Oliver Fisk
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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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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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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
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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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
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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
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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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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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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Stories
Holding the line
Life in the Estonian border villages just metres from Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Stories
The doctor’s plot
Serhiy Petrik, a paediatrician from occupied Donbas, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for ‘espionage’
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
The nuclear option
A resumption of weapons testing by the US would be extremely dangerous for humanity
Tilman Ruff
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Stories
Holding the line
Life in the Estonian border villages just metres from Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Stories
The doctor’s plot
Serhiy Petrik, a paediatrician from occupied Donbas, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for ‘espionage’
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
The nuclear option
A resumption of weapons testing by the US would be extremely dangerous for humanity
Tilman Ruff
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Comment
Coming for the cartel
The national opposition movements of the Post-Soviet Space must be as united as the regimes they seek to replace
Arseny Borisov
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Stories
Chorus of disapproval
Young Russians have responded to the arrest of singer Naoko with protest videos that are going viral on TikTok
Katya Orlova
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Comment
Coming for the cartel
The national opposition movements of the Post-Soviet Space must be as united as the regimes they seek to replace
Arseny Borisov
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Stories
Chorus of disapproval
Young Russians have responded to the arrest of singer Naoko with protest videos that are going viral on TikTok
Katya Orlova
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Stories
Putin Youth
Patriotism, TikTok and the new Pioneers: why school-age Russians are joining pro-Kremlin youth organisations
Project Veter
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Stories
Fight or flight
A remote village in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains has become a pit stop for military-aged men escaping to Romania
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Braced for the cold
How Kyiv is preparing for another difficult winter amid massive Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Putin Youth
Patriotism, TikTok and the new Pioneers: why school-age Russians are joining pro-Kremlin youth organisations
Project Veter
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Stories
Fight or flight
A remote village in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains has become a pit stop for military-aged men escaping to Romania
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Braced for the cold
How Kyiv is preparing for another difficult winter amid massive Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Right on the money
Using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine is the right choice — Western leaders must now make it happen
Vladyslav Rashkovan,
Greg Wilson
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Comment
Right on the money
Using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine is the right choice — Western leaders must now make it happen
Vladyslav Rashkovan,
Greg Wilson
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Comment
All over the map
Donald Trump’s transactional approach to redrawing Ukraine’s borders is an affront to Ukrainian national identity
Gerard Toal
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Stories
No escape
The story of Aishat Baymuradova, a Chechen woman who fled violence at home only to be killed in Armenia
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
The emperor
Mikhail Piotrovsky’s journey as director of the Hermitage has taken him from liberal innovator to pro-war imperialist
Anna Matveeva
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Comment
All over the map
Donald Trump’s transactional approach to redrawing Ukraine’s borders is an affront to Ukrainian national identity
Gerard Toal
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Stories
No escape
The story of Aishat Baymuradova, a Chechen woman who fled violence at home only to be killed in Armenia
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
The emperor
Mikhail Piotrovsky’s journey as director of the Hermitage has taken him from liberal innovator to pro-war imperialist
Anna Matveeva
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Comment
Out of options
Whether Vladimir Putin realises it or not, Russia has no path to victory in Ukraine
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Putin’s pawns
The West should offer to free pro-Kremlin criminals from its jails if Russia agrees to release its political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Out of options
Whether Vladimir Putin realises it or not, Russia has no path to victory in Ukraine
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Putin’s pawns
The West should offer to free pro-Kremlin criminals from its jails if Russia agrees to release its political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Tightening the screws
Why the Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on opposition both at home and abroad
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘Worse than prison’
Inside Russia’s migrant detention centres where Ukrainians can be kept in limbo for months
Project Veter
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Analysis
Profits of doom
Will the EU breach its own sanctions to compensate an Austrian bank fined €2 billion in Russia?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Tightening the screws
Why the Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on opposition both at home and abroad
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘Worse than prison’
Inside Russia’s migrant detention centres where Ukrainians can be kept in limbo for months
Project Veter
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Analysis
Profits of doom
Will the EU breach its own sanctions to compensate an Austrian bank fined €2 billion in Russia?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Deadly silence
Why have two European laboratories refused to share their findings on the death of Alexey Navalny?
Eloïse Thompson,
Mira Livadina,
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Bunker mentality
How one Ukrainian civilian plans to ride out nuclear apocalypse
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
Deadly silence
Why have two European laboratories refused to share their findings on the death of Alexey Navalny?
Eloïse Thompson,
Mira Livadina,
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Bunker mentality
How one Ukrainian civilian plans to ride out nuclear apocalypse
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Comment
Putin’s polycrisis
The war won’t end until the West strengthens sanctions, better arms Kyiv and incentivises a Russian brain drain
Sergey Guriev
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Comment
Putin’s polycrisis
The war won’t end until the West strengthens sanctions, better arms Kyiv and incentivises a Russian brain drain
Sergey Guriev
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Comment
Undermining Putin
Five of Russia’s neighbours are planning to turn their eastern borders into a deadly defensive barrier against Russia
Marina Miron,
Rod Thornton
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Stories
In the dark
Access to key Russian archives is being restricted as the state seeks to tighten its control of historical memory
Alexander Leonidovich
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Comment
Undermining Putin
Five of Russia’s neighbours are planning to turn their eastern borders into a deadly defensive barrier against Russia
Marina Miron,
Rod Thornton
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Stories
In the dark
Access to key Russian archives is being restricted as the state seeks to tighten its control of historical memory
Alexander Leonidovich
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Analysis
Economic overkill
Russia’s untenable level of military spending has trapped the country in a Catch-22
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Duty to remember
Ukraine is beginning to think about memorials, a tricky task during an ongoing war
Kerry Whigham
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Stories
Motherland
Russian doctors have been recruited to dissuade underage girls from terminating unwanted pregnancies
Tatyana Kalinina
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Analysis
Economic overkill
Russia’s untenable level of military spending has trapped the country in a Catch-22
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Duty to remember
Ukraine is beginning to think about memorials, a tricky task during an ongoing war
Kerry Whigham
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Stories
Motherland
Russian doctors have been recruited to dissuade underage girls from terminating unwanted pregnancies
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
Sea change
The Caspian, the world’s largest inland sea, is fast shrinking due to the climate emergency
Simon Goodman
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Stories
Etched in stone
Despite the war, efforts to honour those who saved Ukrainian Jews during WWII have recommenced
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Sea change
The Caspian, the world’s largest inland sea, is fast shrinking due to the climate emergency
Simon Goodman
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Stories
Etched in stone
Despite the war, efforts to honour those who saved Ukrainian Jews during WWII have recommenced
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Parenting under cover
What price do queer Russian parents have to pay for their children’s safety at school?
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
China in your hand
Why Beijing has finally added Russia to the list of 76 countries it already allows visa-free travel
Saahil Menon
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Comment
With or without you
As Trump looks set to abandon Ukraine peace efforts, Europe must step up to face Russian aggression on its own
Stefan Wolff,
Richard Whitman
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Stories
Parenting under cover
What price do queer Russian parents have to pay for their children’s safety at school?
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
China in your hand
Why Beijing has finally added Russia to the list of 76 countries it already allows visa-free travel
Saahil Menon
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Comment
With or without you
As Trump looks set to abandon Ukraine peace efforts, Europe must step up to face Russian aggression on its own
Stefan Wolff,
Richard Whitman
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Stories
Death and taxes
Will raising VAT to 22% be enough to maintain Russia’s vast military spending?
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Death and taxes
Will raising VAT to 22% be enough to maintain Russia’s vast military spending?
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
Propping up the home front
Russia is turning to African women and conscripted North Koreans to tackle its defence worker shortage
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Putin’s new front
Encouraged by recent summits in Alaska and Beijing, Russia now has its eye on Europe
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Falling foul
Who is Roman Alyokhin, the first pro-war blogger to be deemed a ‘foreign agent’ by the Russian authorities?
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Propping up the home front
Russia is turning to African women and conscripted North Koreans to tackle its defence worker shortage
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Putin’s new front
Encouraged by recent summits in Alaska and Beijing, Russia now has its eye on Europe
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Falling foul
Who is Roman Alyokhin, the first pro-war blogger to be deemed a ‘foreign agent’ by the Russian authorities?
Yulia Sokolova
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Stories
Ties that bind
Long-standing cultural links between Russia and India make New Delhi reluctant to fall in line over sanctions on Moscow
Sarah Chatta
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Stories
Ties that bind
Long-standing cultural links between Russia and India make New Delhi reluctant to fall in line over sanctions on Moscow
Sarah Chatta
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Analysis
Tanking it
Ukrainian drone strikes have disabled one sixth of Russia’s oil refining capacity and led to a protracted fuel crisis
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Legitimate land grabs
The Kremlin is hoping to destigmatise the acquisition of territory through warfare
Jon Richardson
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Comment
The power of refusal
Why did Belarusian opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich choose a return to brutal imprisonment over exile in Lithuania?
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Tanking it
Ukrainian drone strikes have disabled one sixth of Russia’s oil refining capacity and led to a protracted fuel crisis
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Legitimate land grabs
The Kremlin is hoping to destigmatise the acquisition of territory through warfare
Jon Richardson
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Comment
The power of refusal
Why did Belarusian opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich choose a return to brutal imprisonment over exile in Lithuania?
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Bellwether state
Why Moldova’s upcoming election could have significant ramifications for the whole of Europe
Amy Eaglestone
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Analysis
Stopping the clock
Why has Russia massively increased its funding of anti-ageing research?
Alexey Basmanov
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Comment
Bellwether state
Why Moldova’s upcoming election could have significant ramifications for the whole of Europe
Amy Eaglestone
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Analysis
Stopping the clock
Why has Russia massively increased its funding of anti-ageing research?
Alexey Basmanov
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Stories
Double discrimination
Life in Russia for migrants is hard, but queer migrants have things far, far tougher
Matvey Leybin
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Comment
Exhausting the reserves
More foreign volunteers are needed to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s war machine
Anna Husarska
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Comment
Pole position
NATO’s tepid response to the flagrant breach of its airspace by Russian drones this week is unlikely to worry Vladimir Putin
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Double discrimination
Life in Russia for migrants is hard, but queer migrants have things far, far tougher
Matvey Leybin
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Comment
Exhausting the reserves
More foreign volunteers are needed to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s war machine
Anna Husarska
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Comment
Pole position
NATO’s tepid response to the flagrant breach of its airspace by Russian drones this week is unlikely to worry Vladimir Putin
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Germ warfare
The spread of chronic diseases in the Russian army is rapidly becoming an epidemic threatening society as a whole
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Germ warfare
The spread of chronic diseases in the Russian army is rapidly becoming an epidemic threatening society as a whole
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Potemkin 2.0
Russia’s growing territorial ambitions in Ukraine echo those of Catherine the Great
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
Death by courier
Was the murder of Ukraine’s former speaker the work of a vengeful lone wolf or a more sinister Russian-ordered hit?
Anton Naumlyuk
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Stories
Media blackout
A pillar of Russian independent journalism is facing a funding crisis and urgently requires support
Tom Masters
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Comment
Potemkin 2.0
Russia’s growing territorial ambitions in Ukraine echo those of Catherine the Great
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
Death by courier
Was the murder of Ukraine’s former speaker the work of a vengeful lone wolf or a more sinister Russian-ordered hit?
Anton Naumlyuk
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Stories
Media blackout
A pillar of Russian independent journalism is facing a funding crisis and urgently requires support
Tom Masters
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Comment
Wartime resurgence
Surzhyk, a blend of Ukrainian and Russian once stigmatised as a marker of backwardness, is enjoying an unexpected comeback
Oleksandra Osypenko
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Comment
Wartime resurgence
Surzhyk, a blend of Ukrainian and Russian once stigmatised as a marker of backwardness, is enjoying an unexpected comeback
Oleksandra Osypenko
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Analysis
Hot air?
Progress has been made on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, but a final deal may still be some way off
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Once bitten, twice shy
Amid warming relations with the Kremlin, are US companies considering a return to the Russian market?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Mission impossible?
A European plan to create a buffer zone on the frontline in Ukraine is looking increasingly unrealistic
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Hot air?
Progress has been made on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, but a final deal may still be some way off
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Once bitten, twice shy
Amid warming relations with the Kremlin, are US companies considering a return to the Russian market?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Mission impossible?
A European plan to create a buffer zone on the frontline in Ukraine is looking increasingly unrealistic
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
In pictures: Putin attends huge Beijing military parade celebrating 80 years since end of WWII
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Black magic
Despite strong performances from its lead actors, The Wizard of the Kremlin verges on being a Putin apologia
Irina Karpova
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Stories
In pictures: Putin attends huge Beijing military parade celebrating 80 years since end of WWII
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Black magic
Despite strong performances from its lead actors, The Wizard of the Kremlin verges on being a Putin apologia
Irina Karpova
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Stories
Island of war
How Russia’s bombing of a bridge in Kherson forced residents to evacuate the city’s island district and what it means for the front line
Olga Vasilyeva
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Comment
Much ado about nothing
Despite its carefully choreographed pledges of solidarity, the SCO summit in Tianjin is unlikely to usher in a new world order
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Keeping promises
Proposed Western ‘security guarantees’ for Ukraine would mean little without boots on the ground
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Island of war
How Russia’s bombing of a bridge in Kherson forced residents to evacuate the city’s island district and what it means for the front line
Olga Vasilyeva
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Comment
Much ado about nothing
Despite its carefully choreographed pledges of solidarity, the SCO summit in Tianjin is unlikely to usher in a new world order
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Keeping promises
Proposed Western ‘security guarantees’ for Ukraine would mean little without boots on the ground
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Breaking with convention
Russia’s impending withdrawal from the European anti-torture treaty will grant its prison authorities near-total impunity
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Breaking with convention
Russia’s impending withdrawal from the European anti-torture treaty will grant its prison authorities near-total impunity
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Running dry
A record-hot summer, a failing utility system, and a key Soviet-era waterway destroyed by war have left Donbas on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Rigged game
From autumn onwards, thousands of migrant children in Russia will be left without access to mandatory education
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Dogs of war
Ukrainian volunteers are trying to find new owners for orphaned animals from frontline regions of the country
Asya Moroz
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Stories
Running dry
A record-hot summer, a failing utility system, and a key Soviet-era waterway destroyed by war have left Donbas on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Rigged game
From autumn onwards, thousands of migrant children in Russia will be left without access to mandatory education
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Dogs of war
Ukrainian volunteers are trying to find new owners for orphaned animals from frontline regions of the country
Asya Moroz
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Analysis
An unlikely showdown
Following Monday’s White House summit, Trump is now trying to broker a direct meeting between Putin and Zelensky
Natalia Glukhova
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Analysis
An unlikely showdown
Following Monday’s White House summit, Trump is now trying to broker a direct meeting between Putin and Zelensky
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
Russian malaise
Why Malaysia’s Faustian pact with the Kremlin matters
Saahil Menon
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Comment
The nostalgia bomb
Russia’s obsession with recreating its Soviet past could lead to a repeat of the USSR’s bleak end
Carl Bildt
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Stories
Undue process
Deliberate indifference is being exercised by the Russian authorities against jailed lawyer Maria Bontsler
Yulia Paramonova
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Comment
Russian malaise
Why Malaysia’s Faustian pact with the Kremlin matters
Saahil Menon
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Comment
The nostalgia bomb
Russia’s obsession with recreating its Soviet past could lead to a repeat of the USSR’s bleak end
Carl Bildt
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Stories
Undue process
Deliberate indifference is being exercised by the Russian authorities against jailed lawyer Maria Bontsler
Yulia Paramonova
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Analysis
‘Russia will always lie’
Why Ukraine is not even considering handing occupied Donbas over to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
‘Russia will always lie’
Why Ukraine is not even considering handing occupied Donbas over to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Half-baked Alaska?
Though it’s unlikely, the outcome of the Putin-Trump summit might just confound its critics
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Looting the war fund
As volunteers spend donations on manicures, holidays and sports cars, how are the Russian authorities tackling growing fraud?
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Half-baked Alaska?
Though it’s unlikely, the outcome of the Putin-Trump summit might just confound its critics
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Looting the war fund
As volunteers spend donations on manicures, holidays and sports cars, how are the Russian authorities tackling growing fraud?
Yulia Sokolova
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Interview
The B team
A veteran diplomat explains how the upcoming Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
Donald Heflin
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Interview
The B team
A veteran diplomat explains how the upcoming Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
Donald Heflin
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Stories
A nation of hostages
Five years after the mass protests, political repression in Belarus has reached new heights
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
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Analysis
Running out of road
Stagflation is hitting Russia’s war economy as sanctions take their toll on economic growth and price stability
Anders Åslund
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Comment
Holidaying in the hermit kingdom
Why has North Korea suddenly decided to start courting Russian tourists?
Saahil Menon
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Stories
A nation of hostages
Five years after the mass protests, political repression in Belarus has reached new heights
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
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Analysis
Running out of road
Stagflation is hitting Russia’s war economy as sanctions take their toll on economic growth and price stability
Anders Åslund
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Comment
Holidaying in the hermit kingdom
Why has North Korea suddenly decided to start courting Russian tourists?
Saahil Menon
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Analysis
Strengthening Kyiv’s hand
New research shows drones have given Zelensky additional bargaining power with Putin
Marcel Plichta
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Analysis
Strengthening Kyiv’s hand
New research shows drones have given Zelensky additional bargaining power with Putin
Marcel Plichta
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Stories
The fog of war
Is there any basis to Russian claims that Ukrainian villages on the frontline are falling like dominoes?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Hostile takeover
A resident of the Russian town of Sudzha on unexpectedly living under Ukrainian occupation
Sergey Shvets
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Analysis
Purge season
Nearly 100 senior Russian officials have been charged with corruption so far in 2025 — the highest number in a decade
Maria Ehrlich
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Stories
The fog of war
Is there any basis to Russian claims that Ukrainian villages on the frontline are falling like dominoes?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Hostile takeover
A resident of the Russian town of Sudzha on unexpectedly living under Ukrainian occupation
Sergey Shvets
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Analysis
Purge season
Nearly 100 senior Russian officials have been charged with corruption so far in 2025 — the highest number in a decade
Maria Ehrlich
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Comment
Mission creep
Europe must act swiftly before Russia’s expanding foothold in Libya becomes even harder to contain
Tarek Megerisi
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Stories
Undocumented
Russia is stripping political prisoners of their citizenship using a constitutional loophole
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Mission creep
Europe must act swiftly before Russia’s expanding foothold in Libya becomes even harder to contain
Tarek Megerisi
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Stories
Undocumented
Russia is stripping political prisoners of their citizenship using a constitutional loophole
Yulia Sokolova
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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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The war across Russia
Drone attacks on Russian regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or hitting their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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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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Analysis
The war across Russia
Drone attacks on Russian regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or hitting their targets daily
Alesya Sokolova,
Ilya Volzhsky
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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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News
Prominent investigative journalist stripped of Russian citizenship for spreading ‘false information’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Widespread power outages reported across Ukraine as mass Russian strike kills 3
Georgie Archer
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News
Russia opens first treason case against serviceman who fought in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Washington cautious as Zelensky hails basis for future security deal
Oliver Fisk
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News
Prominent investigative journalist stripped of Russian citizenship for spreading ‘false information’
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Widespread power outages reported across Ukraine as mass Russian strike kills 3
Georgie Archer
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News
Russia opens first treason case against serviceman who fought in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Washington cautious as Zelensky hails basis for future security deal
Oliver Fisk
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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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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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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
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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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
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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
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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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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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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Stories
Holding the line
Life in the Estonian border villages just metres from Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Stories
The doctor’s plot
Serhiy Petrik, a paediatrician from occupied Donbas, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for ‘espionage’
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
The nuclear option
A resumption of weapons testing by the US would be extremely dangerous for humanity
Tilman Ruff
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Stories
Holding the line
Life in the Estonian border villages just metres from Russia
Sonia Mustaeva
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Stories
The doctor’s plot
Serhiy Petrik, a paediatrician from occupied Donbas, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for ‘espionage’
Dmytro Durnev
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Comment
The nuclear option
A resumption of weapons testing by the US would be extremely dangerous for humanity
Tilman Ruff
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Comment
Coming for the cartel
The national opposition movements of the Post-Soviet Space must be as united as the regimes they seek to replace
Arseny Borisov
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Stories
Chorus of disapproval
Young Russians have responded to the arrest of singer Naoko with protest videos that are going viral on TikTok
Katya Orlova
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Comment
Coming for the cartel
The national opposition movements of the Post-Soviet Space must be as united as the regimes they seek to replace
Arseny Borisov
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Stories
Chorus of disapproval
Young Russians have responded to the arrest of singer Naoko with protest videos that are going viral on TikTok
Katya Orlova
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Stories
Putin Youth
Patriotism, TikTok and the new Pioneers: why school-age Russians are joining pro-Kremlin youth organisations
Project Veter
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Stories
Fight or flight
A remote village in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains has become a pit stop for military-aged men escaping to Romania
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Braced for the cold
How Kyiv is preparing for another difficult winter amid massive Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Putin Youth
Patriotism, TikTok and the new Pioneers: why school-age Russians are joining pro-Kremlin youth organisations
Project Veter
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Stories
Fight or flight
A remote village in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains has become a pit stop for military-aged men escaping to Romania
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Braced for the cold
How Kyiv is preparing for another difficult winter amid massive Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Right on the money
Using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine is the right choice — Western leaders must now make it happen
Vladyslav Rashkovan,
Greg Wilson
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Comment
Right on the money
Using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine is the right choice — Western leaders must now make it happen
Vladyslav Rashkovan,
Greg Wilson
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Comment
All over the map
Donald Trump’s transactional approach to redrawing Ukraine’s borders is an affront to Ukrainian national identity
Gerard Toal
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Stories
No escape
The story of Aishat Baymuradova, a Chechen woman who fled violence at home only to be killed in Armenia
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
The emperor
Mikhail Piotrovsky’s journey as director of the Hermitage has taken him from liberal innovator to pro-war imperialist
Anna Matveeva
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Comment
All over the map
Donald Trump’s transactional approach to redrawing Ukraine’s borders is an affront to Ukrainian national identity
Gerard Toal
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Stories
No escape
The story of Aishat Baymuradova, a Chechen woman who fled violence at home only to be killed in Armenia
Milana Ochirova
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Stories
The emperor
Mikhail Piotrovsky’s journey as director of the Hermitage has taken him from liberal innovator to pro-war imperialist
Anna Matveeva
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Comment
Out of options
Whether Vladimir Putin realises it or not, Russia has no path to victory in Ukraine
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Putin’s pawns
The West should offer to free pro-Kremlin criminals from its jails if Russia agrees to release its political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Out of options
Whether Vladimir Putin realises it or not, Russia has no path to victory in Ukraine
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Putin’s pawns
The West should offer to free pro-Kremlin criminals from its jails if Russia agrees to release its political prisoners
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Tightening the screws
Why the Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on opposition both at home and abroad
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘Worse than prison’
Inside Russia’s migrant detention centres where Ukrainians can be kept in limbo for months
Project Veter
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Analysis
Profits of doom
Will the EU breach its own sanctions to compensate an Austrian bank fined €2 billion in Russia?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Tightening the screws
Why the Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on opposition both at home and abroad
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘Worse than prison’
Inside Russia’s migrant detention centres where Ukrainians can be kept in limbo for months
Project Veter
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Analysis
Profits of doom
Will the EU breach its own sanctions to compensate an Austrian bank fined €2 billion in Russia?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Deadly silence
Why have two European laboratories refused to share their findings on the death of Alexey Navalny?
Eloïse Thompson,
Mira Livadina,
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Bunker mentality
How one Ukrainian civilian plans to ride out nuclear apocalypse
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Stories
Deadly silence
Why have two European laboratories refused to share their findings on the death of Alexey Navalny?
Eloïse Thompson,
Mira Livadina,
Yulia Akhmedova
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Stories
Bunker mentality
How one Ukrainian civilian plans to ride out nuclear apocalypse
Pavel Kuznetsov
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Comment
Putin’s polycrisis
The war won’t end until the West strengthens sanctions, better arms Kyiv and incentivises a Russian brain drain
Sergey Guriev
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Comment
Putin’s polycrisis
The war won’t end until the West strengthens sanctions, better arms Kyiv and incentivises a Russian brain drain
Sergey Guriev
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Comment
Undermining Putin
Five of Russia’s neighbours are planning to turn their eastern borders into a deadly defensive barrier against Russia
Marina Miron,
Rod Thornton
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Stories
In the dark
Access to key Russian archives is being restricted as the state seeks to tighten its control of historical memory
Alexander Leonidovich
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Comment
Undermining Putin
Five of Russia’s neighbours are planning to turn their eastern borders into a deadly defensive barrier against Russia
Marina Miron,
Rod Thornton
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Stories
In the dark
Access to key Russian archives is being restricted as the state seeks to tighten its control of historical memory
Alexander Leonidovich
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Analysis
Economic overkill
Russia’s untenable level of military spending has trapped the country in a Catch-22
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Duty to remember
Ukraine is beginning to think about memorials, a tricky task during an ongoing war
Kerry Whigham
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Stories
Motherland
Russian doctors have been recruited to dissuade underage girls from terminating unwanted pregnancies
Tatyana Kalinina
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Analysis
Economic overkill
Russia’s untenable level of military spending has trapped the country in a Catch-22
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Duty to remember
Ukraine is beginning to think about memorials, a tricky task during an ongoing war
Kerry Whigham
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Stories
Motherland
Russian doctors have been recruited to dissuade underage girls from terminating unwanted pregnancies
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
Sea change
The Caspian, the world’s largest inland sea, is fast shrinking due to the climate emergency
Simon Goodman
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Stories
Etched in stone
Despite the war, efforts to honour those who saved Ukrainian Jews during WWII have recommenced
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
Sea change
The Caspian, the world’s largest inland sea, is fast shrinking due to the climate emergency
Simon Goodman
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Stories
Etched in stone
Despite the war, efforts to honour those who saved Ukrainian Jews during WWII have recommenced
Olga Musafirova
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Stories
Parenting under cover
What price do queer Russian parents have to pay for their children’s safety at school?
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
China in your hand
Why Beijing has finally added Russia to the list of 76 countries it already allows visa-free travel
Saahil Menon
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Comment
With or without you
As Trump looks set to abandon Ukraine peace efforts, Europe must step up to face Russian aggression on its own
Stefan Wolff,
Richard Whitman
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Stories
Parenting under cover
What price do queer Russian parents have to pay for their children’s safety at school?
Tatyana Kalinina
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Comment
China in your hand
Why Beijing has finally added Russia to the list of 76 countries it already allows visa-free travel
Saahil Menon
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Comment
With or without you
As Trump looks set to abandon Ukraine peace efforts, Europe must step up to face Russian aggression on its own
Stefan Wolff,
Richard Whitman
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Stories
Death and taxes
Will raising VAT to 22% be enough to maintain Russia’s vast military spending?
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Death and taxes
Will raising VAT to 22% be enough to maintain Russia’s vast military spending?
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
Propping up the home front
Russia is turning to African women and conscripted North Koreans to tackle its defence worker shortage
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Putin’s new front
Encouraged by recent summits in Alaska and Beijing, Russia now has its eye on Europe
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Falling foul
Who is Roman Alyokhin, the first pro-war blogger to be deemed a ‘foreign agent’ by the Russian authorities?
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Propping up the home front
Russia is turning to African women and conscripted North Koreans to tackle its defence worker shortage
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Putin’s new front
Encouraged by recent summits in Alaska and Beijing, Russia now has its eye on Europe
Kirill Martynov
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Stories
Falling foul
Who is Roman Alyokhin, the first pro-war blogger to be deemed a ‘foreign agent’ by the Russian authorities?
Yulia Sokolova
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Stories
Ties that bind
Long-standing cultural links between Russia and India make New Delhi reluctant to fall in line over sanctions on Moscow
Sarah Chatta
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Stories
Ties that bind
Long-standing cultural links between Russia and India make New Delhi reluctant to fall in line over sanctions on Moscow
Sarah Chatta
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Analysis
Tanking it
Ukrainian drone strikes have disabled one sixth of Russia’s oil refining capacity and led to a protracted fuel crisis
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Legitimate land grabs
The Kremlin is hoping to destigmatise the acquisition of territory through warfare
Jon Richardson
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Comment
The power of refusal
Why did Belarusian opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich choose a return to brutal imprisonment over exile in Lithuania?
Iryna Khalip
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Analysis
Tanking it
Ukrainian drone strikes have disabled one sixth of Russia’s oil refining capacity and led to a protracted fuel crisis
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Legitimate land grabs
The Kremlin is hoping to destigmatise the acquisition of territory through warfare
Jon Richardson
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Comment
The power of refusal
Why did Belarusian opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich choose a return to brutal imprisonment over exile in Lithuania?
Iryna Khalip
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Comment
Bellwether state
Why Moldova’s upcoming election could have significant ramifications for the whole of Europe
Amy Eaglestone
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Analysis
Stopping the clock
Why has Russia massively increased its funding of anti-ageing research?
Alexey Basmanov
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Comment
Bellwether state
Why Moldova’s upcoming election could have significant ramifications for the whole of Europe
Amy Eaglestone
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Analysis
Stopping the clock
Why has Russia massively increased its funding of anti-ageing research?
Alexey Basmanov
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Stories
Double discrimination
Life in Russia for migrants is hard, but queer migrants have things far, far tougher
Matvey Leybin
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Comment
Exhausting the reserves
More foreign volunteers are needed to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s war machine
Anna Husarska
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Comment
Pole position
NATO’s tepid response to the flagrant breach of its airspace by Russian drones this week is unlikely to worry Vladimir Putin
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Double discrimination
Life in Russia for migrants is hard, but queer migrants have things far, far tougher
Matvey Leybin
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Comment
Exhausting the reserves
More foreign volunteers are needed to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s war machine
Anna Husarska
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Comment
Pole position
NATO’s tepid response to the flagrant breach of its airspace by Russian drones this week is unlikely to worry Vladimir Putin
Stefan Wolff
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Stories
Germ warfare
The spread of chronic diseases in the Russian army is rapidly becoming an epidemic threatening society as a whole
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Germ warfare
The spread of chronic diseases in the Russian army is rapidly becoming an epidemic threatening society as a whole
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Potemkin 2.0
Russia’s growing territorial ambitions in Ukraine echo those of Catherine the Great
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
Death by courier
Was the murder of Ukraine’s former speaker the work of a vengeful lone wolf or a more sinister Russian-ordered hit?
Anton Naumlyuk
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Stories
Media blackout
A pillar of Russian independent journalism is facing a funding crisis and urgently requires support
Tom Masters
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Comment
Potemkin 2.0
Russia’s growing territorial ambitions in Ukraine echo those of Catherine the Great
Jennifer Mathers
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Stories
Death by courier
Was the murder of Ukraine’s former speaker the work of a vengeful lone wolf or a more sinister Russian-ordered hit?
Anton Naumlyuk
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Stories
Media blackout
A pillar of Russian independent journalism is facing a funding crisis and urgently requires support
Tom Masters
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Comment
Wartime resurgence
Surzhyk, a blend of Ukrainian and Russian once stigmatised as a marker of backwardness, is enjoying an unexpected comeback
Oleksandra Osypenko
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Comment
Wartime resurgence
Surzhyk, a blend of Ukrainian and Russian once stigmatised as a marker of backwardness, is enjoying an unexpected comeback
Oleksandra Osypenko
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Analysis
Hot air?
Progress has been made on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, but a final deal may still be some way off
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Once bitten, twice shy
Amid warming relations with the Kremlin, are US companies considering a return to the Russian market?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Mission impossible?
A European plan to create a buffer zone on the frontline in Ukraine is looking increasingly unrealistic
Ilya Volzhsky
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Analysis
Hot air?
Progress has been made on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, but a final deal may still be some way off
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Once bitten, twice shy
Amid warming relations with the Kremlin, are US companies considering a return to the Russian market?
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
Mission impossible?
A European plan to create a buffer zone on the frontline in Ukraine is looking increasingly unrealistic
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
In pictures: Putin attends huge Beijing military parade celebrating 80 years since end of WWII
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Black magic
Despite strong performances from its lead actors, The Wizard of the Kremlin verges on being a Putin apologia
Irina Karpova
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Stories
In pictures: Putin attends huge Beijing military parade celebrating 80 years since end of WWII
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Black magic
Despite strong performances from its lead actors, The Wizard of the Kremlin verges on being a Putin apologia
Irina Karpova
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Stories
Island of war
How Russia’s bombing of a bridge in Kherson forced residents to evacuate the city’s island district and what it means for the front line
Olga Vasilyeva
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Comment
Much ado about nothing
Despite its carefully choreographed pledges of solidarity, the SCO summit in Tianjin is unlikely to usher in a new world order
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Keeping promises
Proposed Western ‘security guarantees’ for Ukraine would mean little without boots on the ground
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Island of war
How Russia’s bombing of a bridge in Kherson forced residents to evacuate the city’s island district and what it means for the front line
Olga Vasilyeva
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Comment
Much ado about nothing
Despite its carefully choreographed pledges of solidarity, the SCO summit in Tianjin is unlikely to usher in a new world order
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Keeping promises
Proposed Western ‘security guarantees’ for Ukraine would mean little without boots on the ground
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Breaking with convention
Russia’s impending withdrawal from the European anti-torture treaty will grant its prison authorities near-total impunity
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Breaking with convention
Russia’s impending withdrawal from the European anti-torture treaty will grant its prison authorities near-total impunity
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Running dry
A record-hot summer, a failing utility system, and a key Soviet-era waterway destroyed by war have left Donbas on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Rigged game
From autumn onwards, thousands of migrant children in Russia will be left without access to mandatory education
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Dogs of war
Ukrainian volunteers are trying to find new owners for orphaned animals from frontline regions of the country
Asya Moroz
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Stories
Running dry
A record-hot summer, a failing utility system, and a key Soviet-era waterway destroyed by war have left Donbas on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe
Dmytro Durnev
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Stories
Rigged game
From autumn onwards, thousands of migrant children in Russia will be left without access to mandatory education
Alexander Leonidovich
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Stories
Dogs of war
Ukrainian volunteers are trying to find new owners for orphaned animals from frontline regions of the country
Asya Moroz
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Analysis
An unlikely showdown
Following Monday’s White House summit, Trump is now trying to broker a direct meeting between Putin and Zelensky
Natalia Glukhova
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Analysis
An unlikely showdown
Following Monday’s White House summit, Trump is now trying to broker a direct meeting between Putin and Zelensky
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
Russian malaise
Why Malaysia’s Faustian pact with the Kremlin matters
Saahil Menon
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Comment
The nostalgia bomb
Russia’s obsession with recreating its Soviet past could lead to a repeat of the USSR’s bleak end
Carl Bildt
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Stories
Undue process
Deliberate indifference is being exercised by the Russian authorities against jailed lawyer Maria Bontsler
Yulia Paramonova
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Comment
Russian malaise
Why Malaysia’s Faustian pact with the Kremlin matters
Saahil Menon
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Comment
The nostalgia bomb
Russia’s obsession with recreating its Soviet past could lead to a repeat of the USSR’s bleak end
Carl Bildt
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Stories
Undue process
Deliberate indifference is being exercised by the Russian authorities against jailed lawyer Maria Bontsler
Yulia Paramonova
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Analysis
‘Russia will always lie’
Why Ukraine is not even considering handing occupied Donbas over to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
‘Russia will always lie’
Why Ukraine is not even considering handing occupied Donbas over to Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Half-baked Alaska?
Though it’s unlikely, the outcome of the Putin-Trump summit might just confound its critics
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Looting the war fund
As volunteers spend donations on manicures, holidays and sports cars, how are the Russian authorities tackling growing fraud?
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Half-baked Alaska?
Though it’s unlikely, the outcome of the Putin-Trump summit might just confound its critics
Peter Rutland
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Stories
Looting the war fund
As volunteers spend donations on manicures, holidays and sports cars, how are the Russian authorities tackling growing fraud?
Yulia Sokolova
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Interview
The B team
A veteran diplomat explains how the upcoming Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
Donald Heflin
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Interview
The B team
A veteran diplomat explains how the upcoming Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
Donald Heflin
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Stories
A nation of hostages
Five years after the mass protests, political repression in Belarus has reached new heights
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
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Analysis
Running out of road
Stagflation is hitting Russia’s war economy as sanctions take their toll on economic growth and price stability
Anders Åslund
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Comment
Holidaying in the hermit kingdom
Why has North Korea suddenly decided to start courting Russian tourists?
Saahil Menon
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Stories
A nation of hostages
Five years after the mass protests, political repression in Belarus has reached new heights
Nadezhda Chernyavskaya
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Analysis
Running out of road
Stagflation is hitting Russia’s war economy as sanctions take their toll on economic growth and price stability
Anders Åslund
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Comment
Holidaying in the hermit kingdom
Why has North Korea suddenly decided to start courting Russian tourists?
Saahil Menon
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Analysis
Strengthening Kyiv’s hand
New research shows drones have given Zelensky additional bargaining power with Putin
Marcel Plichta
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Analysis
Strengthening Kyiv’s hand
New research shows drones have given Zelensky additional bargaining power with Putin
Marcel Plichta
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Stories
The fog of war
Is there any basis to Russian claims that Ukrainian villages on the frontline are falling like dominoes?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Hostile takeover
A resident of the Russian town of Sudzha on unexpectedly living under Ukrainian occupation
Sergey Shvets
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Analysis
Purge season
Nearly 100 senior Russian officials have been charged with corruption so far in 2025 — the highest number in a decade
Maria Ehrlich
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Stories
The fog of war
Is there any basis to Russian claims that Ukrainian villages on the frontline are falling like dominoes?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Hostile takeover
A resident of the Russian town of Sudzha on unexpectedly living under Ukrainian occupation
Sergey Shvets
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Analysis
Purge season
Nearly 100 senior Russian officials have been charged with corruption so far in 2025 — the highest number in a decade
Maria Ehrlich
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Comment
Mission creep
Europe must act swiftly before Russia’s expanding foothold in Libya becomes even harder to contain
Tarek Megerisi
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Stories
Undocumented
Russia is stripping political prisoners of their citizenship using a constitutional loophole
Yulia Sokolova
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Comment
Mission creep
Europe must act swiftly before Russia’s expanding foothold in Libya becomes even harder to contain
Tarek Megerisi
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Stories
Undocumented
Russia is stripping political prisoners of their citizenship using a constitutional loophole
Yulia Sokolova
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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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