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Kremlin uses record unemployment to keep Ingushetia in check

Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia has the highest unemployment rate in the country, with more than a quarter of the population being out of work....

Sandarmokh: Symbol of Russia's colonial violence against Ukraine

The Russian war against Ukraine is not caused by Putin solely. It is a relapse into Russia's imperialist policy and embedded in the Russian high...

Preserving the legacy of Russia's independent media

With independent journalism in Russia now virtually impossible, a group of exiled journalists has launched a Russian Independent Media Archive...
A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad stands in a ransacked government security facility, in Damascus, on December 8, 2024. Photo: Rami al Sayed / AFP

How Russia is spinning its Syria debacle, and why

With the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, Russia has suddenly lost an important ally in the Middle East. Radio Free Europe / Radio...

What's behind Russia's booming film industry

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many actors and filmmakers have left Russia. Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime...

The economic aftermath of Ukrainian incursions in Kursk and Belgorod

The Ukrainian incursions in the Russian Kursk and Belgorod districts have lasted for over a month already. The size of Russia's lost territory...

Love for a lost country

In October last year, Elena Kostyuchenko’s book with the provocative title I Love Russia was released in English. Drawing from her...

The story of the Central European nest of Russian influence: can Prague reinvent itself?

The Czech Security Information Service recently uncovered a Russian-operated network trying to influence the upcoming European parliamentary...

Putin’s new social justice

The formation in Russia of a new concept of 'fairness' is testament to how long the war in Ukraine is expected to continue. The 'special military...

Navalny is Russia's most powerful antidote to cynicism

Navalny's death last Friday came as a shock, although it hardly surprised anyone. The unbearable conditions in which he was kept since January 2021...

Russia’s oil industry threatened by Ukrainian drones and Western sanctions

Ukrainian aerial attacks on Russian infrastructure could cause significant problems as international isolation makes it harder for Russian companies...

Russia's LGBT community responds to label 'extremist'

On Thursday, November 30, the Russian Supreme Court outlawed the 'international LGBT movement' as an 'extremist' organization. The...

Prigozhin’s coup attempt exposes Putin’s vulnerability

The war has gradually revealed Putin to be an ’emperor without clothes’. Even his inner circle will soon be forced to admit that. Though...

China can learn from Russia how to survive under sanctions

Last week China’s leader Xi Jinping visited Moscow. Beijing’s agenda was twofold: to study Russia’s unique experience of surviving under tough...

Sociologist Grigory Yudin: ‘The war is now forever’

Sociologist Grigory Yudin was one of the few Russians who predicted the war. Now he discusses a year of war and what comes next with Margarita...

How the West misunderstood the criminals in the Kremlin

Several months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the global discussion about the war has divided into two opposing camps. In Ukraine and...

Germany-Russia: from 'strategic partnership' to alienation

After the unification of Germany hopes were high that a new phase of cooperation between the Bundesrepublik and Russia would start. But in stead of...

Medics: there is a shortage of absolutely everything

Although Russia still has a relatively low number of confirmed corona cases, medics are bracing themselves for the worst, facing serious shortages...

Cyber-challenge cuts both ways

Russia now is considered as one of the main actors in cyberwar. But using 'patriotic hackers' can backfire in your own country. As the massive...
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