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“For Alpha Centauri, Navalny lives, unpoisoned”. An essay on the cosmic scale by political prisoner Alexei Gorinov
Article 24 July 2024, 23:33
The inner workings of Russian state surveillance. Two former operatives share the secrets of their craft with Mediazona
Article 18 July 2024, 19:17
“They made the courts an integral part of dictatorship”. Memorial’s Oleg Orlov speaks at the Moscow City Court
Article 11 July 2024, 15:09
Rainbow hunters. What “extremist” LGBTQ+ symbols are Russians being fined for (even if they’re right‑wing)
Article 1 July 2024, 20:12
Political prisoner at 15. Arseny Turbin’s journey from pro‑Ukraine student to imprisoned “terrorist”
Article 27 June 2024, 22:38
“Every second counts.” An Orthodox priest from Dagestan recounts surviving a second terrorist attack
Article 24 June 2024, 18:27
The train has stopped. How Ilya Podkamenny from Irkutsk got 12 years in jail for several leaflets and putting wire on the rails
Article 13 June 2024, 18:52
“She’s either buried or married.” What we know about early and forced marriages in the North Caucasus
Article 11 June 2024, 17:08
The price of Bakhmut. We reveal the staggering toll of Russia’s bloodiest battle since WW2 and Wagner’s inmates recruited to fight it
Article 10 June 2024, 18:04
Political prisoners. Oleg Orlov: 2.5 years in prison for one anti‑war article
Article 7 June 2024, 13:02
Cover me. How Lieutenant Kirill Gontarenko became the unlikely recipient of 180 tonnes of blankets on the frontlines in Ukraine
Article 6 June 2024, 20:11
Make War Not Love. Police and Nazi teens disperse a hippie festival in a Moscow park—event that had been held for at least 40 years
Article 3 June 2024, 20:15
“Behind bars, we are shielded from foreign influence”. Memorial’s Oleg Orlov speaks in court about his “foreign agent” status
Article 29 May 2024, 19:42
Hunting season. Moscow conscripts seeking to avoid military service locked in assembly point, transported to army unit at night
Article 29 May 2024, 7:47
Firecrackers, Telegram chats, and a relay box. Russian‑Ukrainian bartender from Moscow sentenced to 25 years on 10 charges amid torture allegations
Article 27 May 2024, 2:50
Denounced, arrested four times, expelled, deported. Ukrainian medical student Serhiy Hulko’s ordeal in Russia and beyond
Article 22 May 2024, 3:22
“Some kind of death squad.” Political prisoner Vladimir Kara‑Murza demands investigation of attempts on his life
Article 21 May 2024, 19:33
Fine after fine. Over one hundred Russian “foreign agents” are on the verge of criminal prosecution
Article 17 May 2024, 15:34
Nine thousand new names. Russian Interior Ministry’s wanted persons database, updated
Article 15 May 2024, 12:52
Georgia against the “foreign agents” law. In pictures
Article 14 May 2024, 23:07
Russian authorities target foreign media journalists in “extremism” cases linked to Navalny’s foundation
Article 29 April 2024, 16:37
Rediscovering the enemy. Historian Rustam Alexander on how homosexuals were persecuted: from early USSR to modern Russia
Article 29 April 2024, 10:09
Russians are now being fined for reposting content from “undesirable” news media. Most penalties are linked to Meduza
Article 26 April 2024, 17:56
Ivanov’s corruption. Bribery, kickbacks and luxury in Russia’s Defence Ministry
Article 24 April 2024, 18:10
“A lot of people came out. A crazy amount of people.” Photographer Mariam Giunashvili on protests against the “foreign agents” law in Georgia
Article 24 April 2024, 13:16