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Over 100 criminal cases launched for donations to Navalny’s foundation. Mediazona is tracking the nationwide crackdown on supporters of the Anti‑Corruption Foundation
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15 October 2025, 16:19
Roman Golikov fled Putin’s army mobilisation and supported Navalny. Finland still denied him asylum
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23 September 2025, 21:47
State of Probiv. Moscow’s new crackdown on data leaks implicates namesakes of the very police staff meant to protect the information
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14 July 2025, 20:07
Brotherly to bruising. Russia and Azerbaijan swap raids in spiraling diplomatic feud after two men die in Yekaterinburg
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3 July 2025, 19:41
An exchange deception. Russia sent Ukraine ex‑convicts already due for deportation, instead of prisoners of war
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27 May 2025, 20:45
“They call me a scumbag, but they haven’t seen the film”. Russian teacher who filmed his school’s descent into propaganda during the war now showing the film at Sundance
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30 January 2025, 23:25
“The police are already looking for you. I’m a scammer.” How Russians are tricked into attacking military enlistment offices and polling stations
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16 January 2025, 22:15
North Korean soldiers are set to join Russia’s army in Ukraine. Here’s what experts who study the country say
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25 October 2024, 19:36
Russia’s repression replay. Prosecutor General pushes for new review of Soviet era repression victims’ rehabilitation orders
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19 September 2024, 5:58
Political prisoner at 15. Arseny Turbin’s journey from pro‑Ukraine student to imprisoned “terrorist”
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27 June 2024, 22:38
The train has stopped. How Ilya Podkamenny from Irkutsk got 12 years in jail for several leaflets and putting wire on the rails
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13 June 2024, 18:52
Ivanov’s corruption. Bribery, kickbacks and luxury in Russia’s Defence Ministry
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24 April 2024, 18:10
Ink and fire. In three days, at least 44 Russians attacked polling stations and spoiled ballots pushed by phone scammers
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19 March 2024, 7:47
A Russian pastoral. How a killer sentenced to 21 years in prison was pardoned by Putin and died in the war in Ukraine
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12 January 2024, 14:27
“You may carry on with your flings.” Inside the police raid on a Moscow gay club
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4 December 2023, 20:33
“Homophobia and transphobia become an ideology of war”. A brief timeline of the LGBTQ+ ban in modern Russia
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30 November 2023, 18:11
The secret history of 395. How activists helped hundreds of people to beat Russia’s transgender ban
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7 November 2023, 19:20
“Since childhood, I’ve witnessed women silenced and killed.” The story of an Ingush woman whose family threatens to kill a human rights activist
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25 October 2023, 0:25
“Instead to kill they make you ill.” Former OPCW lab head on the new wave of poisonings of Russian activists and journalists abroad
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16 August 2023, 17:01
“A blow to Putin’s hubris.” How arson attacks on military recruitment offices are prosecuted in Russia
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28 July 2023, 10:19
“Everybody out!” The case of Ruslan Zinin, the man who shot and nearly killed a draft officer in a small Russian town
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13 April 2023, 14:08
“The police is off the leash.” Transgender sex workers are being expelled from Russia for “LGBT propaganda”
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28 February 2023, 13:52
LGBTQ+ refugee at risk of execution after returning to Russia to attend father’s funeral. He was detained at Moscow airport and handed over to Chechen authorities
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16 February 2023, 19:24
Record number of legal gender transitions in Russia in 2022. Mediazona analyzes state data on new passports issued due to “sex change”
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13 February 2023, 19:43
The man with the bag. How a lone handyman was accused of terrorism and then tortured for setting an FSB rug on fire
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31 January 2023, 16:10
Draft office arson, six months in jail and escape from Russia. How a shop assistant from the Urals tried to save conscripts from dying in Ukraine
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16 January 2023, 22:03
“The whole floor’s in my blood.” TikToker Nekoglai speaks about police torture and being expelled from Russia for parodying the military
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15 December 2022, 10:50
How to help LGBT‑rights activists in Russia. After the ‘gay‑propaganda’ law was signed, the queer community needs support more than ever
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13 December 2022, 18:31
“I am an occupier here, nobody has invited me.” Diary of a Russian engineer who spent a month in Mariupol
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5 December 2022, 13:38
Queer resistance. What Russian activists, lawyers, event organisers and fanfic writers say about the new “LGBT‑propaganda” ban
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3 November 2022, 19:51
The anti‑war holdout. A story of one Russian IT professional who lives in the woods hiding from Putin’s mobilisation
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22 October 2022, 21:02
“Continuous, deliberate destructive activity.” Moscow court kicks Memorial out of their office on the day they received Nobel Peace Prize
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10 October 2022, 8:56