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Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
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Analysis
Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
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News
Belarus police hold anti-riot drills ahead of January election
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Ukraine fires Storm Shadow missiles in Russia’s Kursk region for first time
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian doctors appeal to Putin to free paediatrician jailed for criticising war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Kremlin says freezing Ukraine war along current frontlines would be unacceptable
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Belarus police hold anti-riot drills ahead of January election
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Ukraine fires Storm Shadow missiles in Russia’s Kursk region for first time
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian doctors appeal to Putin to free paediatrician jailed for criticising war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Kremlin says freezing Ukraine war along current frontlines would be unacceptable
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
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Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
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Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
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Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
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Comment
Berlin calling
Ahead of Sunday’s anti-war march in Berlin, Ilya Yashin explains why symbolism and solidarity matter
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Morality bites
Is the Kremlin really planning to hand the Russian police powers to enforce ‘traditional and moral values’?
Lera Furman
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Comment
Dangerous medicine
As interest rates soar, will Putin replace Russia’s veteran Central Bank governor with an unqualified loyalist?
Anders Åslund
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Comment
Berlin calling
Ahead of Sunday’s anti-war march in Berlin, Ilya Yashin explains why symbolism and solidarity matter
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Morality bites
Is the Kremlin really planning to hand the Russian police powers to enforce ‘traditional and moral values’?
Lera Furman
-
Comment
Dangerous medicine
As interest rates soar, will Putin replace Russia’s veteran Central Bank governor with an unqualified loyalist?
Anders Åslund
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Analysis
Dream statistics
Were claims of fraud in last month’s Georgian election widespread enough to have the vote annulled?
Alesya Sokolova
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Stories
Putin’s Trump card
Will the US president-elect soften his stance on Russia and end military support for Ukraine?
Yulia Akhmedova,
Lyubov Borisenko
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Analysis
Dream statistics
Were claims of fraud in last month’s Georgian election widespread enough to have the vote annulled?
Alesya Sokolova
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Stories
Putin’s Trump card
Will the US president-elect soften his stance on Russia and end military support for Ukraine?
Yulia Akhmedova,
Lyubov Borisenko
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Comment
Dissident patriot
Alexey Navalny’s memoir is a testament to resisting authoritarianism
Robert Horvath
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Stories
Mob rule
The murder of a taxi driver in the Russian Urals has led to a riot and simmering racial tensions
Mark Mishin
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Report
Still here
Russians trapped in Ukrainian-occupied Sudzha are making short videos for their families to let them know they’re alive
Olga Musafirova,
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
Dissident patriot
Alexey Navalny’s memoir is a testament to resisting authoritarianism
Robert Horvath
-
Stories
Mob rule
The murder of a taxi driver in the Russian Urals has led to a riot and simmering racial tensions
Mark Mishin
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Report
Still here
Russians trapped in Ukrainian-occupied Sudzha are making short videos for their families to let them know they’re alive
Olga Musafirova,
Sonia Mustaeva
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Comment
Go your own way
Why the victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s election has a far wider significance
Kirill Martynov
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Analysis
Say their names
Why remembering the victims of Soviet-era repression is more about Russia’s future than its past
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Go your own way
Why the victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s election has a far wider significance
Kirill Martynov
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Analysis
Say their names
Why remembering the victims of Soviet-era repression is more about Russia’s future than its past
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
The lower depths
Moscow’s terror tactics against Ukrainian civilians have reached new lows
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
The lower depths
Moscow’s terror tactics against Ukrainian civilians have reached new lows
Olga Musafirova
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Analysis
Vested interest
How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
God forbid
Muslims in central Russia’s Vladimir region have come out against a school hijab ban
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
Vested interest
How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
God forbid
Muslims in central Russia’s Vladimir region have come out against a school hijab ban
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Fighting mood
In photos: Georgians take to the streets to protest a rigged election and fight for the country’s European future
Anna Tumanova
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Stories
Unapologetic
A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison
Irina Garina
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Comment
Shifting the paradigm
US President Joe Biden’s decision to avoid escalation has become perverse and deadly for Ukraine
Marci Shore
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Stories
Fighting mood
In photos: Georgians take to the streets to protest a rigged election and fight for the country’s European future
Anna Tumanova
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Stories
Unapologetic
A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison
Irina Garina
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Comment
Shifting the paradigm
US President Joe Biden’s decision to avoid escalation has become perverse and deadly for Ukraine
Marci Shore
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Stories
Korea’s second front
Tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul reach boiling point as the two Koreas risk coming face-to-face in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky,
Milana Ochirova
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Report
Recurring dream
Georgians face risk of a rigged election as the country’s ruling party seeks to hold onto power indefinitely
Nicholas Pearce
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Stories
Korea’s second front
Tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul reach boiling point as the two Koreas risk coming face-to-face in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky,
Milana Ochirova
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Report
Recurring dream
Georgians face risk of a rigged election as the country’s ruling party seeks to hold onto power indefinitely
Nicholas Pearce
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Comment
The multipolar dream
As the annual BRICS summit begins in Russia, the organisation appears serious about ushering in a new world order
Brahma Chellaney
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Stories
Nobody to each other
How a Belarusian-Russian married gay couple’s right to be together is being undermined in the EU
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Brave new world
The 22-year-old woman from Moscow who has spent the past two years evacuating people from the war zone
Asya Moroz
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Comment
The multipolar dream
As the annual BRICS summit begins in Russia, the organisation appears serious about ushering in a new world order
Brahma Chellaney
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Stories
Nobody to each other
How a Belarusian-Russian married gay couple’s right to be together is being undermined in the EU
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Brave new world
The 22-year-old woman from Moscow who has spent the past two years evacuating people from the war zone
Asya Moroz
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News
Russia detains German citizen accused of plotting to sabotage energy facilities in Kaliningrad
US Embassy in Kyiv closes amid ‘significant’ air attack threat
Zelensky urges unity as he presents ‘resilience plan’ to Ukrainian parliament on 1,000th day of war
Russia begins mass production of mobile nuclear shelters
Ukraine strikes military facility within Russia with US-made ATACMS missiles for first time
Over 1,000 Russian soldiers desert division deployed in Ukraine
Comment
A union of no consequence
Next week’s BRICS summit in Kazan will only underscore how incohesive and irrelevant the group really is
Jim O'Neill
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Analysis
Cradle snatchers
The Kremlin is now targeting Russian children as young as three with its pro-war propaganda
Daria Talanova
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Comment
A union of no consequence
Next week’s BRICS summit in Kazan will only underscore how incohesive and irrelevant the group really is
Jim O'Neill
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Analysis
Cradle snatchers
The Kremlin is now targeting Russian children as young as three with its pro-war propaganda
Daria Talanova
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Stories
Diminishing returns
Russia is facing a massive shortfall in migrant labour that’s only being made worse by the government’s own populist rhetoric
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
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Analysis
Discordant
How one app’s popularity in Russia led the Kremlin to block it despite its important role in the war in Ukraine
Leonid Rakhlin
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Stories
Diminishing returns
Russia is facing a massive shortfall in migrant labour that’s only being made worse by the government’s own populist rhetoric
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
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Analysis
Discordant
How one app’s popularity in Russia led the Kremlin to block it despite its important role in the war in Ukraine
Leonid Rakhlin
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Comment
Objective reality
Whether or not Kyiv can ultimately triumph over Moscow depends on how exactly it chooses to define victory
Joseph S. Nye Jr.
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Comment
Change is inevitable
The wars in Ukraine and Israel and the failing global economy herald the advent of a new world order
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Comment
Objective reality
Whether or not Kyiv can ultimately triumph over Moscow depends on how exactly it chooses to define victory
Joseph S. Nye Jr.
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Comment
Change is inevitable
The wars in Ukraine and Israel and the failing global economy herald the advent of a new world order
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Doctoring history
MSF has been forced to end its work in Russia after over 30 years of helping some of its most vulnerable citizens survive
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Doctoring history
MSF has been forced to end its work in Russia after over 30 years of helping some of its most vulnerable citizens survive
Mira Livadina
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News
Abkhazia’s president tenders resignation amid unrest over Russia deal
Putin updates nuclear doctrine after US allows Kyiv to strike inside Russia
At least 10 killed in fresh Russian strike on Ukraine’s Sumy region
Erdoğan to propose peace plan to freeze war in Ukraine at G20 summit in Brazil
Ten killed in Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukrainian port city Odesa
FSB detains Russian man in connection to terror strikes planned for March presidential elections
Comment
Selling Russia short
The apparent resilience of Putin’s war economy comes at an enormous cost to the country’s future
Konstantin Sonin
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Comment
Behind the curtain
The Kremlin’s claim that it attacked Ukraine in self-defence is a dangerous sleight of hand
Slavoj Žižek
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Stories
The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Selling Russia short
The apparent resilience of Putin’s war economy comes at an enormous cost to the country’s future
Konstantin Sonin
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Comment
Behind the curtain
The Kremlin’s claim that it attacked Ukraine in self-defence is a dangerous sleight of hand
Slavoj Žižek
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Stories
The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
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Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
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Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
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Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
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Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
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Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
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Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
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News
Eleven killed in Russian missile strike on high-rise building in Sumy
Ukraine plans long-range strikes on Russia within ‘days’ after US lifts ban
Russian opposition holds anti-war protest in Berlin in show of unity
Kyiv urges ‘peace through strength, not appeasement’ as massive Russian strike on Ukraine kills 5
Head of Georgia’s election commission doused in black paint as results finalised
Zelensky: war in Ukraine will end sooner with Trump in office
Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
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Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
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Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
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News
Abkhazia’s president promises to resign once protesters end occupation of parliament
German Chancellor Scholz calls Putin for first time in nearly two years
Zelensky touts new ‘resilience plan’ for bolstering Ukraine’s security and development
Reports of second US–Russia prisoner exchange confirmed by lawyer of jailed US citizen
Moscow’s Gulag Museum forced to close indefinitely amid rumoured Kremlin pressure
Putin orders new approach to military compensation payments based on severity of injury
Comment
Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
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Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
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Comment
Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
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Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
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Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
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Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
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Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
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Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
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Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Editor’s picks
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
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Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
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Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
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Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
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Analysis
Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
-
Analysis
Party crashers
The Russian authorities are increasingly cracking down on queer venues in the name of ‘traditional values’
Alesya Sokolova
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News
Belarus police hold anti-riot drills ahead of January election
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ukraine fires Storm Shadow missiles in Russia’s Kursk region for first time
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian doctors appeal to Putin to free paediatrician jailed for criticising war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Kremlin says freezing Ukraine war along current frontlines would be unacceptable
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Belarus police hold anti-riot drills ahead of January election
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ukraine fires Storm Shadow missiles in Russia’s Kursk region for first time
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian doctors appeal to Putin to free paediatrician jailed for criticising war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Kremlin says freezing Ukraine war along current frontlines would be unacceptable
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
Death by a thousand cuts
A look back at the defining events of the war in Ukraine as the horrors of the Russian invasion enter their 1,000th day
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
-
Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
-
Stories
‘No more warm words’
Why ruble devaluation and xenophobic policies are making Russia less attractive for Armenian migrant workers
Sona Hovsepyan
-
Comment
Regime change
Why a Trump White House might not be a disaster for Ukraine
Tatsyana Kulakevich
-
Comment
Berlin calling
Ahead of Sunday’s anti-war march in Berlin, Ilya Yashin explains why symbolism and solidarity matter
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Morality bites
Is the Kremlin really planning to hand the Russian police powers to enforce ‘traditional and moral values’?
Lera Furman
-
Comment
Dangerous medicine
As interest rates soar, will Putin replace Russia’s veteran Central Bank governor with an unqualified loyalist?
Anders Åslund
-
Comment
Berlin calling
Ahead of Sunday’s anti-war march in Berlin, Ilya Yashin explains why symbolism and solidarity matter
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Morality bites
Is the Kremlin really planning to hand the Russian police powers to enforce ‘traditional and moral values’?
Lera Furman
-
Comment
Dangerous medicine
As interest rates soar, will Putin replace Russia’s veteran Central Bank governor with an unqualified loyalist?
Anders Åslund
-
Analysis
Dream statistics
Were claims of fraud in last month’s Georgian election widespread enough to have the vote annulled?
Alesya Sokolova
-
Stories
Putin’s Trump card
Will the US president-elect soften his stance on Russia and end military support for Ukraine?
Yulia Akhmedova,
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Analysis
Dream statistics
Were claims of fraud in last month’s Georgian election widespread enough to have the vote annulled?
Alesya Sokolova
-
Stories
Putin’s Trump card
Will the US president-elect soften his stance on Russia and end military support for Ukraine?
Yulia Akhmedova,
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Comment
Dissident patriot
Alexey Navalny’s memoir is a testament to resisting authoritarianism
Robert Horvath
-
Stories
Mob rule
The murder of a taxi driver in the Russian Urals has led to a riot and simmering racial tensions
Mark Mishin
-
Report
Still here
Russians trapped in Ukrainian-occupied Sudzha are making short videos for their families to let them know they’re alive
Olga Musafirova,
Sonia Mustaeva
-
Comment
Dissident patriot
Alexey Navalny’s memoir is a testament to resisting authoritarianism
Robert Horvath
-
Stories
Mob rule
The murder of a taxi driver in the Russian Urals has led to a riot and simmering racial tensions
Mark Mishin
-
Report
Still here
Russians trapped in Ukrainian-occupied Sudzha are making short videos for their families to let them know they’re alive
Olga Musafirova,
Sonia Mustaeva
-
Comment
Go your own way
Why the victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s election has a far wider significance
Kirill Martynov
-
Analysis
Say their names
Why remembering the victims of Soviet-era repression is more about Russia’s future than its past
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Comment
Go your own way
Why the victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s election has a far wider significance
Kirill Martynov
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Analysis
Say their names
Why remembering the victims of Soviet-era repression is more about Russia’s future than its past
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
The lower depths
Moscow’s terror tactics against Ukrainian civilians have reached new lows
Olga Musafirova
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Comment
The lower depths
Moscow’s terror tactics against Ukrainian civilians have reached new lows
Olga Musafirova
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Analysis
Vested interest
How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
God forbid
Muslims in central Russia’s Vladimir region have come out against a school hijab ban
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Analysis
Vested interest
How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
God forbid
Muslims in central Russia’s Vladimir region have come out against a school hijab ban
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
Fighting mood
In photos: Georgians take to the streets to protest a rigged election and fight for the country’s European future
Anna Tumanova
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Stories
Unapologetic
A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison
Irina Garina
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Comment
Shifting the paradigm
US President Joe Biden’s decision to avoid escalation has become perverse and deadly for Ukraine
Marci Shore
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Stories
Fighting mood
In photos: Georgians take to the streets to protest a rigged election and fight for the country’s European future
Anna Tumanova
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Stories
Unapologetic
A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison
Irina Garina
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Comment
Shifting the paradigm
US President Joe Biden’s decision to avoid escalation has become perverse and deadly for Ukraine
Marci Shore
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Stories
Korea’s second front
Tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul reach boiling point as the two Koreas risk coming face-to-face in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky,
Milana Ochirova
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Report
Recurring dream
Georgians face risk of a rigged election as the country’s ruling party seeks to hold onto power indefinitely
Nicholas Pearce
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Stories
Korea’s second front
Tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul reach boiling point as the two Koreas risk coming face-to-face in Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky,
Milana Ochirova
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Report
Recurring dream
Georgians face risk of a rigged election as the country’s ruling party seeks to hold onto power indefinitely
Nicholas Pearce
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Comment
The multipolar dream
As the annual BRICS summit begins in Russia, the organisation appears serious about ushering in a new world order
Brahma Chellaney
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Stories
Nobody to each other
How a Belarusian-Russian married gay couple’s right to be together is being undermined in the EU
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Brave new world
The 22-year-old woman from Moscow who has spent the past two years evacuating people from the war zone
Asya Moroz
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Comment
The multipolar dream
As the annual BRICS summit begins in Russia, the organisation appears serious about ushering in a new world order
Brahma Chellaney
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Stories
Nobody to each other
How a Belarusian-Russian married gay couple’s right to be together is being undermined in the EU
Iryna Khalip
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Stories
Brave new world
The 22-year-old woman from Moscow who has spent the past two years evacuating people from the war zone
Asya Moroz
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News
Russia detains German citizen accused of plotting to sabotage energy facilities in Kaliningrad
US Embassy in Kyiv closes amid ‘significant’ air attack threat
Zelensky urges unity as he presents ‘resilience plan’ to Ukrainian parliament on 1,000th day of war
Russia begins mass production of mobile nuclear shelters
Ukraine strikes military facility within Russia with US-made ATACMS missiles for first time
Over 1,000 Russian soldiers desert division deployed in Ukraine
Comment
A union of no consequence
Next week’s BRICS summit in Kazan will only underscore how incohesive and irrelevant the group really is
Jim O'Neill
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Analysis
Cradle snatchers
The Kremlin is now targeting Russian children as young as three with its pro-war propaganda
Daria Talanova
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Comment
A union of no consequence
Next week’s BRICS summit in Kazan will only underscore how incohesive and irrelevant the group really is
Jim O'Neill
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Analysis
Cradle snatchers
The Kremlin is now targeting Russian children as young as three with its pro-war propaganda
Daria Talanova
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Stories
Diminishing returns
Russia is facing a massive shortfall in migrant labour that’s only being made worse by the government’s own populist rhetoric
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
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Analysis
Discordant
How one app’s popularity in Russia led the Kremlin to block it despite its important role in the war in Ukraine
Leonid Rakhlin
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Stories
Diminishing returns
Russia is facing a massive shortfall in migrant labour that’s only being made worse by the government’s own populist rhetoric
Denis Morokhin
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Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
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Analysis
Discordant
How one app’s popularity in Russia led the Kremlin to block it despite its important role in the war in Ukraine
Leonid Rakhlin
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Comment
Objective reality
Whether or not Kyiv can ultimately triumph over Moscow depends on how exactly it chooses to define victory
Joseph S. Nye Jr.
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Comment
Change is inevitable
The wars in Ukraine and Israel and the failing global economy herald the advent of a new world order
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Comment
Objective reality
Whether or not Kyiv can ultimately triumph over Moscow depends on how exactly it chooses to define victory
Joseph S. Nye Jr.
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Comment
Change is inevitable
The wars in Ukraine and Israel and the failing global economy herald the advent of a new world order
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Doctoring history
MSF has been forced to end its work in Russia after over 30 years of helping some of its most vulnerable citizens survive
Mira Livadina
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Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
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Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Doctoring history
MSF has been forced to end its work in Russia after over 30 years of helping some of its most vulnerable citizens survive
Mira Livadina
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News
Abkhazia’s president tenders resignation amid unrest over Russia deal
Putin updates nuclear doctrine after US allows Kyiv to strike inside Russia
At least 10 killed in fresh Russian strike on Ukraine’s Sumy region
Erdoğan to propose peace plan to freeze war in Ukraine at G20 summit in Brazil
Ten killed in Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukrainian port city Odesa
FSB detains Russian man in connection to terror strikes planned for March presidential elections
Comment
Selling Russia short
The apparent resilience of Putin’s war economy comes at an enormous cost to the country’s future
Konstantin Sonin
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Comment
Behind the curtain
The Kremlin’s claim that it attacked Ukraine in self-defence is a dangerous sleight of hand
Slavoj Žižek
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Stories
The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
Selling Russia short
The apparent resilience of Putin’s war economy comes at an enormous cost to the country’s future
Konstantin Sonin
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Comment
Behind the curtain
The Kremlin’s claim that it attacked Ukraine in self-defence is a dangerous sleight of hand
Slavoj Žižek
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Stories
The fall of Vuhledar
The Ukrainian strategic defence hub has finally fallen to the Russian military. What happens now?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
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Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
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Comment
War of attrition
Through ever more daring drone strikes, Kyiv is demonstrating its determination to fight Russia for as long as it takes
James Horncastle
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Stories
‘Going back to Russia would be a dead-end street’
A Russian man who refused to fight in Ukraine has been denied political asylum by Norway
Natalia Glukhova
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Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
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Stories
Putin’s children
How the state is attempting to instil its version of family values in Russian schoolchildren
Ilya Andreyev
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Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Rallying hatred
The day after Georgia banned ‘LGBT propaganda’, the country’s best-known transgender woman was brutally murdered
Iya Barateli
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Comment
Russia today, India tomorrow
Kremlin propaganda broadcaster RT is successfully growing its audience in Narendra Modi’s India
Saahil Menon
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Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
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Report
Inconspicuous consumption
Tuberculosis clinics are often the final destination of Russians who have fallen through the cracks in society
Asiya Nesoyevaya
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News
Eleven killed in Russian missile strike on high-rise building in Sumy
Ukraine plans long-range strikes on Russia within ‘days’ after US lifts ban
Russian opposition holds anti-war protest in Berlin in show of unity
Kyiv urges ‘peace through strength, not appeasement’ as massive Russian strike on Ukraine kills 5
Head of Georgia’s election commission doused in black paint as results finalised
Zelensky: war in Ukraine will end sooner with Trump in office
Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
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Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
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Comment
War weary
Peace without victory may be possible as Kyiv and Moscow realise how unobtainable their military objectives are
Carl Bildt
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Comment
Peace through strength
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that he cannot simply dictate terms to end the war in Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Andriy Yermak
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Stories
Seismic event
Russia’s Defence Ministry is keeping quiet about a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a major ammunition depot
Ilya Volzhsky
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News
Abkhazia’s president promises to resign once protesters end occupation of parliament
German Chancellor Scholz calls Putin for first time in nearly two years
Zelensky touts new ‘resilience plan’ for bolstering Ukraine’s security and development
Reports of second US–Russia prisoner exchange confirmed by lawyer of jailed US citizen
Moscow’s Gulag Museum forced to close indefinitely amid rumoured Kremlin pressure
Putin orders new approach to military compensation payments based on severity of injury
Comment
Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
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Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
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Comment
Stray drones
Why NATO countries don’t shoot down Russian drones that enter their airspace and what the recent incident in Latvia means for the alliance
Serhiy Pakhomenko
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Comment
Projecting control
Why Putin has resisted using Ukraine’s Kursk offensive to call for greater Russian sacrifices
Jennifer Mathers
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Comment
Crush or be crushed
Why a policy of realpolitik towards Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is doomed to fail
Pavel Latushka
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Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Analysis
The best defence
Why have Kyiv’s three separate counteroffensives against invading Russian forces failed to turn the tide of the war?
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Unsanctioned supply
Novaya Europe looks at how seriously rules banning the sale of Starlink terminals to Russia’s neighbours are being taken
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s investigations department
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Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
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Stories
An army of one
The enormous Chechen military reserve Ramzan Kadyrov always brags about simply does not exist
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
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Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
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Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
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Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
Drowning out the screams
A former Ukrainian prisoner of war describes the torture he withstood during almost two years in Russian captivity
Yekaterina Glikman
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Analysis
Parallel frontlines
Refusing to take the bait in the Kursk region, the Russian army is instead pressing home its advantage in eastern Ukraine
Ilya Volzhsky
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Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Stories
No end in sight
Over 60 people killed by Russian strikes on Ukraine in under a week
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Editor’s picks
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
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Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
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Analysis
Death metal
Why the West is reluctant or unable to fully end its reliance on Russia’s natural resources
Denis Morokhin
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Analysis
Paying the piper
The transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine will end later this year unless an alternative can be found
Yana Fortuna
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
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Comment
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Putin’s well-honed image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been repeatedly exposed for the empty rhetoric it is
Lena Surzhko Harned
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Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
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Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
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Analysis
A two pipe problem
Moscow and Beijing are no closer to agreeing terms for the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
Denis Morokhin
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Stories
‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’
A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner
Irina Garina
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Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
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Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
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