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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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News
Russian foreign minister to visit EU in his first trip since start of Ukraine war
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Criminal case opened into deadly drone strike on monastery in Russia’s Kursk region
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Ally of Moldovan presidential hopeful revealed to have ties to Russia’s FSB
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian ex-staffer at US consulate in Vladivostok jailed on spying charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian foreign minister to visit EU in his first trip since start of Ukraine war
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Criminal case opened into deadly drone strike on monastery in Russia’s Kursk region
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ally of Moldovan presidential hopeful revealed to have ties to Russia’s FSB
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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News
Russian ex-staffer at US consulate in Vladivostok jailed on spying charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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
-
Stories
God forbid
Muslims in central Russia’s Vladimir region have come out against a school hijab ban
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
Vested interest
How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Report
Recurring dream
Georgians face risk of a rigged election as the country’s ruling party seeks to hold onto power indefinitely
Nicholas Pearce
-
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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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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
News
Outspoken St. Petersburg opposition politician resigns seat in city legislature
Russian state to gain greater access to personal data stored by businesses
Hundreds of Caspian seals found dead on Kazakhstan’s shoreline
At least one killed and 35 injured in Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv
Chelyabinsk region district head resigns following surge of anti-Roma feeling
Three dead and 15 injured in Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s Kherson region
News
Moldovans vote to join EU with knife-edge majority as Sandu alleges massive electoral fraud
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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
-
News
Moldovans vote to join EU with knife-edge majority as Sandu alleges massive electoral fraud
Novaya Gazeta Europe
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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
-
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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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
-
Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
-
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
-
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
-
Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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.
-
Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
-
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
-
Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
-
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
-
News
Navalnaya, Yashin and Kara-Murza announce major anti-war demonstration in Berlin
School in Russia’s Far East begins teaching North Korean Juche ideology
Kadyrov claims Ukrainian POWs killed in drone strike on Russian Special Forces University in Chechnya
Georgian Prosecutor’s Office to investigate claims of voter fraud in parliamentary elections
Russia and Ukraine in talks to stop strikes on energy infrastructure
Putin oversees launch of three ballistic missiles before dismissing chances of new arms race
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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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
‘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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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
‘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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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
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
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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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
Image of US soldier removed from Russian war memorial within week of unveiling
Russian court orders Google to pay blocked Russian channels sum with 36 zeros
Fire breaks out after drone strike on Chechen special forces university named after Putin
At least 5 killed in Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih overnight
Police detain 20 Roma in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region following death of taxi driver
Moscow court upholds police decision not to investigate paint attack on Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov
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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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
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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News
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán flies to Tbilisi after contentious election result
NATO chief confirms North Korean troop deployment to Russia’s Kursk region
Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest
Russian region bans hijabs and niqabs in schools citing country’s secular status
Georgian president calls for protests over ‘Russian elections’ as ruling party claims victory
Election day in Georgia marred by reports of street violence and vote rigging
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Comment
Authoritarian drift
Why a surge in pro-Russian sentiment across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union should concern us all
Stefan Wolff
-
Comment
Making the most of Kursk
How can Ukraine best profit from its successful incursion into Russian territory?
Samuel Charap,
Charles A. Kupchan
-
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
-
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
-
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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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
-
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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Comment
Out on a limb
Why is the UAE sticking its neck out for indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Saahil Menon
-
Stories
Hipster gulag
How an attempt to transform Moscow into a progressive European capital was sacrificed on the altar of Putinism
Andrey Sapozhnikov
-
Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
-
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
-
Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Stories
Rebel with a cause
An unhoused rabbit aficionado and former political prisoner has become an unlikely local celebrity in Minsk
Olga Grigoryeva
-
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
-
Stories
Under moderation
Will Telegram’s uncompromising privacy policy survive founder Pavel Durov’s arrest?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
-
Stories
Russian roulette
Novaya Europe investigates how impoverished Nepalis are being unscrupulously lured into fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine
Irina Kravtsova
-
Editor’s picks
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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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 dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
-
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
-
Stories
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Russian medic sent to a ‘punishment battalion’ for treating Ukrainian POWs shares his story
Alexey Sidorov
-
Stories
The dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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The lower depths
Moscow’s terror tactics against Ukrainian civilians have reached new lows
Olga Musafirova
-
Comment
The lower depths
Moscow’s terror tactics against Ukrainian civilians have reached new lows
Olga Musafirova
-
News
Russian foreign minister to visit EU in his first trip since start of Ukraine war
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Criminal case opened into deadly drone strike on monastery in Russia’s Kursk region
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ally of Moldovan presidential hopeful revealed to have ties to Russia’s FSB
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian ex-staffer at US consulate in Vladivostok jailed on spying charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian foreign minister to visit EU in his first trip since start of Ukraine war
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Criminal case opened into deadly drone strike on monastery in Russia’s Kursk region
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Ally of Moldovan presidential hopeful revealed to have ties to Russia’s FSB
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
News
Russian ex-staffer at US consulate in Vladivostok jailed on spying charges
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Stories
God forbid
Muslims in central Russia’s Vladimir region have come out against a school hijab ban
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
Vested interest
How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
Stories
God forbid
Muslims in central Russia’s Vladimir region have come out against a school hijab ban
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
Analysis
Vested interest
How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians?
Sofya Kanevskaya
-
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
-
Stories
Unapologetic
A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison
Irina Garina
-
Comment
Shifting the paradigm
US President Joe Biden’s decision to avoid escalation has become perverse and deadly for Ukraine
Marci Shore
-
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
-
Stories
Unapologetic
A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison
Irina Garina
-
Comment
Shifting the paradigm
US President Joe Biden’s decision to avoid escalation has become perverse and deadly for Ukraine
Marci Shore
-
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
-
Report
Recurring dream
Georgians face risk of a rigged election as the country’s ruling party seeks to hold onto power indefinitely
Nicholas Pearce
-
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
-
Report
Recurring dream
Georgians face risk of a rigged election as the country’s ruling party seeks to hold onto power indefinitely
Nicholas Pearce
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
News
Outspoken St. Petersburg opposition politician resigns seat in city legislature
Russian state to gain greater access to personal data stored by businesses
Hundreds of Caspian seals found dead on Kazakhstan’s shoreline
At least one killed and 35 injured in Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv
Chelyabinsk region district head resigns following surge of anti-Roma feeling
Three dead and 15 injured in Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s Kherson region
News
Moldovans vote to join EU with knife-edge majority as Sandu alleges massive electoral fraud
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
News
Moldovans vote to join EU with knife-edge majority as Sandu alleges massive electoral fraud
Novaya Gazeta Europe
-
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
-
Analysis
Cradle snatchers
The Kremlin is now targeting Russian children as young as three with its pro-war propaganda
Daria Talanova
-
Analysis
Cradle snatchers
The Kremlin is now targeting Russian children as young as three with its pro-war propaganda
Daria Talanova
-
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
-
Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
-
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
-
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
-
Comment
Future proofing Ukraine
NATO should provide Kyiv with the security guarantees it needs to survive after the war
Ana Palacio
-
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
-
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
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
-
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
-
Stories
Revisionist history
The Russian authorities are revisiting thousands of post-Soviet rehabilitation orders to align them with statist policy
Lyubov Borisenko
-
Stories
Prisoner of conscience
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin died in combat while fighting for Ukraine last week
Ilya Volzhsky
-
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
-
News
Navalnaya, Yashin and Kara-Murza announce major anti-war demonstration in Berlin
School in Russia’s Far East begins teaching North Korean Juche ideology
Kadyrov claims Ukrainian POWs killed in drone strike on Russian Special Forces University in Chechnya
Georgian Prosecutor’s Office to investigate claims of voter fraud in parliamentary elections
Russia and Ukraine in talks to stop strikes on energy infrastructure
Putin oversees launch of three ballistic missiles before dismissing chances of new arms race
Comment
Selling Russia short
The apparent resilience of Putin’s war economy comes at an enormous cost to the country’s future
Konstantin Sonin
-
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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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
‘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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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
‘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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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
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
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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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
Image of US soldier removed from Russian war memorial within week of unveiling
Russian court orders Google to pay blocked Russian channels sum with 36 zeros
Fire breaks out after drone strike on Chechen special forces university named after Putin
At least 5 killed in Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih overnight
Police detain 20 Roma in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region following death of taxi driver
Moscow court upholds police decision not to investigate paint attack on Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov
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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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
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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News
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán flies to Tbilisi after contentious election result
NATO chief confirms North Korean troop deployment to Russia’s Kursk region
Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest
Russian region bans hijabs and niqabs in schools citing country’s secular status
Georgian president calls for protests over ‘Russian elections’ as ruling party claims victory
Election day in Georgia marred by reports of street violence and vote rigging
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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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
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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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
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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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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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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Editor’s picks
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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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 dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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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 dissenter
An anti-war blogger given two years in prison for criticising the Russian government is determined to see justice
Novaya Gazeta Baltic
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