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“Spare people”. Russian MP and ex‑DPR leader Alexander Borodai caught on tape describing Russian volunteers as expendable in Ukraine war

4 November 2024, 23:54

“They want to zero us all out”. Russian soldiers accuse commanders of sending troops to their deaths

29 October 2024, 18:05

“Putin is war and poverty”. Teenager detained in Kazan over graffiti criticizing Putin may face extremism charges

28 October 2024, 18:04

North Korean soldiers are set to join Russia’s army in Ukraine. Here’s what experts who study the country say

25 October 2024, 19:36

“Spare people”. Russian MP and ex‑DPR leader Alexander Borodai caught on tape describing Russian volunteers as expendable in Ukraine war

4 November 2024, 23:54

“They want to zero us all out”. Russian soldiers accuse commanders of sending troops to their deaths

29 October 2024, 18:05

“Putin is war and poverty”. Teenager detained in Kazan over graffiti criticizing Putin may face extremism charges

28 October 2024, 18:04

North Korean soldiers are set to join Russia’s army in Ukraine. Here’s what experts who study the country say

25 October 2024, 19:36

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From a dining car to prison for 6.5 years. The story of political prisoner Mikhail Simonov, 64, a railroad worker who is jailed for two blog posts
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Article 15 October 2024, 18:34
“Why’d you put me in jail without knowing who I am”. Moscow nurse Olga Menshikh, 59, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for two anti‑war posts
Article 10 October 2024, 17:07
“Who’d think a last name could turn people into monsters?” Ukrainian Iryna Navalna, Alexei Navalny namesake, gets 8 years in Russia after torture
Article 9 October 2024, 18:46
Marginalisation trumps integration. Russia’s State Duma pushes new anti‑migrant legislation amid pressure against rights activists
Article 1 October 2024, 19:20
“This is kidnapping.” Russian security forces found a deserter in Astana, took him to a military base in the desert, and then to Omsk
Article 30 September 2024, 19:59
“I want a woman”. How Russian soldiers harass women on trains and planes while returning from the front
Article 23 September 2024, 20:48
Russia’s repression replay. Prosecutor General pushes for new review of Soviet era repression victims’ rehabilitation orders
Article 19 September 2024, 5:58
Navalny’s team accuses ex‑Yukos executive Leonid Nevzlin of orchestrating brutal attacks in new investigation. We detail the findings
Article 13 September 2024, 0:26
“They told me to pack for a couple of days”. Nina Slobodchikova’s account of her 12‑year sentence for transferring $50 to Ukraine
Article 10 September 2024, 23:13
“One said to another: ‘Ring it!’, an electric current coursed through my body, I screamed”. Anarchist Rouslan Sidiki, detained for sabotage near Ryazan, recounts torture
Article 6 September 2024, 21:49
“One can reduce the spread of ‘fake news’ by simply telling people the truth”. Jailed anti‑war activist Dmitry Ivanov confronts judge in court
Article 3 September 2024, 19:05
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Article 2 September 2024, 18:09
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Article 29 August 2024, 22:30
“Granny, why am I in jail?” Tuberculosis‑stricken schoolboy jailed for 4.5 years in the Russian Far East on “terrorism” charges
Article 27 August 2024, 21:39
The case of the 24. Russian prosectution requests 16 to 24 years in prison for Azov regiment POWs—Mediazona’s photo report
Article 21 August 2024, 20:18
Vladimir Putin claims conscripts aren’t fighting in the war, but they go missing in Kursk region in droves. Mediazona interviews their relatives
Article 17 August 2024, 16:22
TikTok Troops vs. Z‑Telegram. How the Akhmat battalion commander commented fighting with the AFU in the Kursk region
Article 14 August 2024, 19:17
“Ukraine has shown that full‑scale military operations can be launched on Russian territory.” CIT founder Ruslan Leviev on the AFU Kursk campaign
Article 14 August 2024, 1:32
The art of war. The Kremlin is hiding Russia’s death toll in Ukraine—a small regional museum collection helps expose it
Article 13 August 2024, 18:06
“Home is no longer an option”. Residents of Sudzha describe their escape as Ukrainian forces attack Russian border town
Article 8 August 2024, 21:57