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Viktoria Beha and Khrystyna Kotsira
27-year-old journalist Viktoria Roshchyna died in Russian captivity shortly before she was going to be exchanged in a prisoner swap. Russian authorities claim that this happened during her...
Sofia Johanson
While the U.S. seals the cracks in the windows to keep out Russian state-funded broadcasting, the door remains wide open across Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Its growing following...
Asya Panasevich
Maria Kalesnikava’s relatives have not received any letters from her for more than a year and a half. The Belarussian political prisoner spent almost all this time in a cell with no hot water, but...
Darya Bassel
Last week, the film ‘Russians at War’ premiered at the 81st Venice film festival in the category of ‘Out of Competition’. It portrays young Russian soldiers, often struggling to understand what they...
Andrej Pertsev
In een twintigtal regio’s en steden zijn in het weekeinde van 6 tot 8 september nieuwe gouverneurs, burgemeesters of gemeenteraden gekozen. De Kremlinkandidaten wonnen overal. Ook het presidentiële...
Vladislav Inozemtsev
The Ukrainian incursions in the Russian Kursk and Belgorod districts have lasted for over a month already. The size of Russia's lost territory may look rather small, but the impact on the state...
Sibir.Realii
Russische leerlingen vieren deze week de opening van het nieuwe schooljaar. Hen wacht een ingrijpend aangepast programma: met de Verdediging van het vaderland en Gezinsstudies als verplichte kost en...
Artjom Sjraibman
Het voor de tweede keer op rij vrijkomen van politieke gevangenen in Belarus, en mogelijke voorbereidingen voor een derde bevrijdingsronde, roept onwillekeurig de vraag op welke motieven hierbij een...
Verstka
On August 9, Russian authorities declared a federal-level emergency in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces had already been advancing for four days. Anywhere from several dozen to...
Xavier Kruth
Twee jaar gevangenisstraf kregen muzikanten Nadia en Vova Kalach uit Belarus voor hun optreden. Tijdens een demonstratie tegen de vervalste presidentsverkiezingen van 2020 speelden ze op hun...
Mike Eckel
Determined to develop the 'RuNet' into a parallel online universe, Russian authorities have made YouTube their latest target. Over the past weeks, the popular video platform has been intentionally...
Sergei Lebedev
No one can deny Navalny’s personal bravery. However, there were things that even he did not dare do. With most of his exposés in the area of corruption, he left the most terrifying aspect...
Andrei Muchnik
In Ivan Filippov's dystopian novel Mouse, no one — not even Putin himself — is safe. For The Moscow Times Andrei Muchnik explains why the Kremlin sees Filippov's portrayal of Moscow during...
Dinara Khalilova
While Ukraine defends itself against Russian aggression and fights to preserve its own statehood, Ukrainian journalists are voicing concerns about political pressure, censorship attempts, and...
Emil Avdaliani
Armenië staat op het punt om zijn lidmaatschap van de Verdragsorganisatie voor Collectieve Veiligheid (CSTO), een door Rusland geleid militair bondgenootschap, op te zeggen. Het land voelt zich...
Nicole Gonik and Eric Ciaramella
Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested last weekend that he may be open to negotiating a ceasefire if Ukraine concedes large swathes of its territory, but most Ukrainians scoffed at the idea....
Elizabeth Owen
Political prisoners from Belarus risk losing custody of their children. The punishment, which mainly targets mothers, is an underreported part of the government’s ongoing campaign to eradicate...
Yuriy Tsybukh
Combat medic Iryna 'Cheka' Tsybukh died in action near the frontline in Kharkiv region last week. Last year, she wrote a farewell letter to her brother, 'just in case'. A day after her...
Sergey Vakulenko
By most traditional measures, the Russian economy is in surprisingly good shape, writes Sergey Vakulenko for Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. However, these metrics may be deceitful when analyzing...
Alexander Atasuntsev
On May 14 the Georgian parliament approved a widely contested Foreign Agent Law, dubbed by critics as the 'Russian law'. For weeks now people are protesting in Tbilisi against the law, fearing...
Andrey Pertsev
Last week's arrest of Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov is the highest-profile corruption case in years. The influential opponents of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu’s were able...
Andrei Kolesnikov
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 operation' is fast approaching a way of life, Andrei...
Mykola Topalov
Although the US has put pressure on Ukraine to stop attacking oil refineries in Russia, Ukraine will continue to attack Russian oil infrastructure. The goal is to damage military infrastructure. But...
Meduza
Islamic State (IS) claimed the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow. Radical Islamists have long accused Russia for 'oppressing Muslims' both at home and abroad. IS propaganda mentions...
Marcin Jędrysiak
The almost two-year-long Russian assault has inflicted huge losses on Ukraine. In order to cover partially the damage, Ukraine wants the Russian assets that have been frozen in Western countries to...