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The rise and fall of the “Heroes of the Surgut Land”. How the Russian state works with memory of soldiers who died in the war with Ukraine
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7 January 2026, 18:33
Treason‑lite. The FSB’s provocation playbook for turning Russians’ contacts with foreigners into criminal charges
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11 September 2025, 17:43
What Russia’s pro‑war writers dream of. Inside the brutal and awkward fantasies of Z‑literature
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2 May 2025, 17:17
VChK‑OGPU, a Russian Telegram channel posting security insights, disappears. Admins claim censorship by Kremlin; Telegram denies
Telegram’s press office claims the channel’s owner likely deleted it due to “unauthorized access”
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7 April 2025, 21:03
A crackdown on quiz community. What’s next for “What? Where? When?” players in Russia after “undesirable” designation
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8 November 2024, 0:03
The case of the 24. Russian prosectution requests 16 to 24 years in prison for Azov regiment POWs—Mediazona’s photo report
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21 August 2024, 20:18
The art of war. The Kremlin is hiding Russia’s death toll in Ukraine—a small regional museum collection helps expose it
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13 August 2024, 18:06
The inner workings of Russian state surveillance. Two former operatives share the secrets of their craft with Mediazona
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18 July 2024, 19:17
“Every second counts.” An Orthodox priest from Dagestan recounts surviving a second terrorist attack
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24 June 2024, 18:27
Russia’s pioneering “LGBT extremism” case. In Orenburg, Pose bar raid and criminal case set precedent for future repression
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5 April 2024, 5:13
“I told them to fuck off and left.” AWOL and desertion in the Russian army are beating one record after another
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4 March 2024, 12:04
“Sadom,” “Gomora,” and “modern Ukraine”. Russia will train psychology students in “spiritual security” and countering Western influence
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27 February 2024, 21:17
“It’s sacred: once it’s in a museum, it’s beyond return”. How war artifacts and stolen Kherson exhibits make their way into Russian museums
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25 January 2024, 21:41
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
Talent pursuit. A fencing couple who moved to the USA is now on the wanted list in Russia
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26 December 2023, 20:55
Ohio man’s Russian‑Armenian nightmare. Amid cross‑border legal battle, US citizen Eric Creamer’s desperate bid to return home
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19 December 2023, 23:46
State overreach. Stopping short of outright ban, Russian authorities tighten access to abortions
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11 November 2023, 0:13
Fire tracks. An updated survey of anti‑war railway sabotage in Russia
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6 October 2023, 10:34
“You are Russians now; you’ll be issued passports.” Forced transfer of Ukrainian prisoners from Kherson to Russia amidst military retreat
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25 September 2023, 15:01
Letters of hope and despair. A Russian woman in the Alps and her lifeline to the political prisoners in a Moscow‑area jail
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11 September 2023, 13:03
How the war reached Pskov. Military analysts discuss the strike at an airfield 700 kilometres from the Ukrainian border
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30 August 2023, 22:45
Russia’s renewed push to stop VPNs. Bypassing website blocks will become increasingly difficult, experts warn
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8 August 2023, 21:05
Journalist who exposed anti‑LGBT violence and human rights lawyer attacked in Chechnya. What we know about the assault on Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov
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4 July 2023, 21:27
Cabinet on fire. Over 65 arrested, a third of them underage, amid crackdown on anti‑war railway sabotage in Russia
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2 May 2023, 11:23
One anti‑war Russian family, three criminal cases. Mother and daughter accused of arson attempt, terrorism, and extremism
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21 April 2023, 16:48
Long sentence requested in a “fake news about the army” case. A Siberian journalist faces 9 years in prison for writing about Mariupol
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8 February 2023, 9:44
Partial social mobility. How Moscow men were rounded up at homeless assistance centers, hostels and rehearsal studios—to fight in Ukraine
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28 October 2022, 8:37
“They keep asking why we aren’t scared to help them.” Long queues for Ukrainian refugees on their way out of Russia, and the volunteers who help them
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8 October 2022, 1:56
“We don't need your damn humanitarian aid, you can shove it up your ass.” How two patriotic citizens of Pskov drove humanitarian aid to Ukraine and never returned
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5 August 2022, 20:06