Bashar al‑Assad’s fall and Russia’s army. How Syrian government’s collapse will reshape Russia’s presence in Africa and the Middle East
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11 December 2024, 19:48
Torture, bribes, and an escape. What one mobilised Russian soldier went through to evade the war
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11 December 2024, 18:45
From Soviet tactics to modern Russia: December 10 and the legacy of fenced squares
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11 December 2024, 2:30
Behind bars in the USSR and in Putin’s Russia. The story of dissident Marxist Alexander Skobov
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29 November 2024, 18:59
A crackdown on quiz community. What’s next for “What? Where? When?” players in Russia after “undesirable” designation 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 “This is kidnapping.” Russian security forces found a deserter in Astana, took him to a military base in the desert, and then to Omsk “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