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New Russia, old problems
How a reclaimed imperial term came to represent something far more than a mere territorial claim for Russian soldiers
Maria Kurbak
17 hours ago
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Azerbaijan’s president calls Iranian drone strikes ‘act of terror’ as Tehran denies responsibility
Novaya Gazeta Europe
14 hours ago
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Protests against planned Telegram ban prevented in at least eight Russian cities
Novaya Gazeta Europe
17 hours ago
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Zelensky says peace talks with Russia postponed until situation with Iran improves
Novaya Gazeta Europe
18 hours ago
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Iranian Shahed drones strike airport in Azerbaijan, injuring two civilians
Georgie Archer
19 hours ago
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Slippery slope
How Russia’s journey into fascism began with the weaponisation of homophobia
Эви ЧайкаMarch 3, 11:01
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Couplets from the frontline
The vital role being played by poetry in processing Ukrainian trauma
Hugh RobertsMarch 1, 10:08
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Toppling Goliath
Members of Russia’s Finno-Ugric ethnic minorities discuss their reasons for joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Daniil Martikainen-IarlykovskiiFebruary 27, 13:52
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Against all odds
How sound economics has brought Ukraine’s GDP close to prewar levels despite four years of devastation
Anastassia FedykYuriy GorodnichenkoTatyana DeryuginaFebruary 26, 14:39
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Four years of hell
Putin’s misjudged effort to subjugate Ukraine has only helped cement its national identity, and it won’t ever stop fighting
Леонид ШвецFebruary 24, 09:24
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One man’s terrorist
Multiple Russian teenagers are facing long prison sentences for acts of sabotage carried out to make money
Veter ProjectFebruary 25, 13:16
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Breaking the waves
The Kremlin’s latest attempt to quash Telegram echoes the Soviet Union’s war on foreign radio broadcasts
Rustam Alexander
February 23, 12:38
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The artlessness of the deal
Trump’s diplomatic blitz exposes his fundamental misunderstanding of peacemaking
Stefan Wolff
February 22, 09:05
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Deserting the paper army
How one woman refused to be a cog in Russia’s military machine
Lukas ŽalalisFebruary 20, 11:21
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NATO’s next test
The alliance must face down the Russian threat in places where deterrence is most fragile, such as the Suwałki corridor
Agnia GrigasFebruary 19, 10:40
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Endlessly offensive
Could recent military activity in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region signal a fresh Russian advance?
Ilya VolzhskyFebruary 18, 13:58
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Censory overload
As the Kremlin declares war on queer literature, Russians are still finding ways to read and publish transgressive fiction
Maria LatsinskayaFebruary 16, 11:05
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Suspect citizens
Much as in Soviet times, the Kremlin still views those with second passports as disloyal
Rustam AlexanderFebruary 13, 08:52
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Anyone’s game
Who would win if presidential elections were actually held in Ukraine this spring?
Jennifer MathersFebruary 15, 10:52
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The new atomic era
The expiration of the New START Treaty last week showed that the world has grown too comfortable with nuclear weapons
Richard HaassFebruary 11, 11:02
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Violent entrapment
Queer people in Russia are increasingly being catfished by criminal gangs and even the police
Matvey LeybinFebruary 10, 12:58
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A deserter’s desert
Escape routes from the Russian military are narrowing as European attitudes to ex-servicemen harden
Anna MatveevaFebruary 9, 13:52
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Powerless
Farcical peace talks in Abu Dhabi have gone nowhere as Ukraine freezes amid Russia’s winter onslaught
Stefan Wolff
February 8, 10:53
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Thawing out
How TV smash hit Heated Rivalry has not only melted hearts, but cultural stereotypes about Russia as well
Eloïse Thompson
February 6, 10:31
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Under pressure
Giving up Donbas in return for US security guarantees could be fatal misstep for Ukraine
Rod ThorntonMarina MironFebruary 5, 10:39
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Coming home to roost
How veterans of the war in Ukraine are reshaping Russia’s crime statistics
Daria TalanovaSonya RichterKsenia StorozhevaFebruary 3, 10:23
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A short history of hate
How Russia’s pro-government media learned to target ‘internal enemies’
Alesya SokolovaFebruary 4, 09:40
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Russia’s drone pipeline
How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet for use against Ukrainian civilians
Amy McAuliffe
February 2, 08:16
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My enemy’s enemy
How Ukrainians and Russia’s ethnic minority groups are making common cause in opposing Russian imperialism
Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii
January 30, 11:39
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Road from Damascus
Why Moscow is scaling back its presence in Qamishli, a key military facility in northeastern Syria
Ilya VolzhskyJanuary 29, 10:26
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Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Stefan WolffJanuary 28, 12:41
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The first draft of history
Julia Loktev discusses her critically acclaimed documentary about Russian journalists being branded foreign agents
Yelena MalenkinaJanuary 26, 15:30
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Gulag laureate
Freed Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski has finally been able to collect his peace prize
Iryna Khalip
January 23, 13:11
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Neighbourhood watch
With NATO and the EU unsuited to meet Europe’s evolving security needs, it’s time to formalise the coalition of the willing
Carl Bildt
January 25, 14:16
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Heir abhorrent
A multi-car pile up in Grozny has provided rare insight into Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession plans
Novaya Gazeta EuropeJanuary 21, 13:39
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Cold war
Kyiv residents are enduring days without power as Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures put their lives at risk
Novaya Gazeta EuropeJanuary 22, 16:11
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Scraping the barrel
The Kremlin is facing a massive budget deficit due to the low cost of Russian crude oil
Denis MorokhinJanuary 20, 14:14
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Going to cede
Restitution of lost territory can take decades and is only realistic in certain geopolitical circumstances
Peter HarrisJanuary 18, 10:51
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Family feud
Could Anna Stepanova’s anti-war activism see her property in Russia be confiscated and handed to her pro-Putin cousin?
Veter ProjectJanuary 15, 12:51
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Beyond the Urals
How the authorities in Chelyabinsk are floundering as the war in Ukraine draws ever closer
Игорь БочаровJanuary 16, 15:52
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Cries for help
How a Kazakh psychologist inadvertently launched a new social model built on women supporting women
Veter ProjectJanuary 13, 14:35
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Deliverance
How one Ukrainian soldier is finally free after spending six-and-a-half years as a Russian prisoner of war
Dmytro DurnevJanuary 11, 13:55
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A grave miscalculation
Putin’s attempt to re-enact World War II in Ukraine has gone horribly wrong
Kirill MartynovJanuary 12, 16:03
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Watch your steppe
Five new films worth searching out from Russia’s regions and republics
Владимир Кочарян
January 6, 09:53
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Fresh blood
What Zelensky’s appointment of Ukraine’s former military intelligence head as his chief of staff could signal for the country
Olga Musafirova
January 7, 16:09
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The year that could be
Even without cause for optimism about the state of the world, we mustn’t allow hope to die
Lea YpiJanuary 2, 11:25
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The year in pictures
A look back at some of the defining images of 2025
Novaya Gazeta EuropeDecember 30, 09:49
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A moveable feast
After experiencing the hardship of exile first hand, one Belarusian in Poland has started a food bank to help other refugees
Iryna KhalipJanuary 1, 13:31
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Stolen youth
How Russia made young people’s lives worse in 2025
Sonia Mustaeva
December 26, 12:55
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Why Saudi tourists are flocking to wartime Russia
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war has catalysed, not curbed, arrivals from the conservative kingdom
Saahil Menon
December 25, 12:51
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On borrowed time
How Transnistria is coping without the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine
Никита КоваленкоDecember 24, 12:55
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Flight cancellation
An underground group that helps Russian activists flee the country is being forced to cease operations due to lack of funds
Novaya Gazeta EuropeDecember 22, 10:55
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Now or never
If Europe can come together to end the war in Ukraine, it will also be able to strengthen its position on other key fronts
Mark LeonardDecember 21, 09:08
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Ask your dictator anything
Vladimir Putin once again took questions from vetted members of the Russian public during his annual call-in show on Friday
Novaya Gazeta Europe
December 19, 09:32
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All change
Domestic political concerns mean that Russian anti-war activists in Türkiye face a precarious new reality
Ekaterina Vorobeva
December 18, 16:24
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Faith in victory
How Ukrainians can still win as they fight to defend Western democracy
Chrystia FreelandDecember 16, 13:59
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Siren songs
A Moscow academic is facing four years in prison for making a playlist of Ukrainian music
Novaya Gazeta BalticDecember 17, 11:51
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Catch and release
Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedom
Dmytro DurnevDecember 15, 15:52
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Academic rigour
How Kremlin-backed super-app MAX is gradually being made obligatory in Russian schools
Yulia Sokolova
December 12, 12:27
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Zelensky’s perfect storm
Washington’s new national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas
Stefan Wolff
Tetyana Malyarenko
December 11, 14:17
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Remorseless
The killer of Novaya Gazeta’s Anastasia Baburova has been freed into a country that’s more aligned with her worldview than ever
Alexander LeonidovichDecember 10, 15:52
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Pounds of flesh
In a gross miscarriage of justice, eight innocent people have been given life sentences for the Crimean Bridge bombing
Дмитрий Заир-БекDecember 9, 14:20
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A voice from the kill zone
One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes
Dmytro DurnevDecember 8, 15:53
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No end in sight
No amount of external pressure can force peace on two parties with fundamentally incompatible objectives
Ian Bremmer
December 7, 12:26ArticlesСюжеты
A cure for wellness
Described as torture by the UN, gay conversion therapy is nevertheless thriving in contemporary Russia
Tatyana Kalinina
December 4, 15:01
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Ctrl-alt-defy
How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machine
Michel Bouchard
December 3, 14:10
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Influencer operation
A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light
Yulia Akhmedova
December 1, 16:13
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Trump’s crony diplomacy
The US president is entrusting inexperienced loyalists with complex foreign policy issues, and it shows
Federico FubiniNovember 30, 11:38
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Special military obligation
How Belarusian political prisoners are being forced to support the Russian war effort in Ukraine
Iryna KhalipNovember 28, 11:08
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The last party
The Kremlin is taking aim at Russia’s sole remaining legal opposition movement
Alexander LeonidovichDecember 2, 16:02
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Imperishable
A corruption investigation into Zelensky’s inner circle shows Kyiv is on the right path
Anna Husarska
November 27, 12:59
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Moscow’s minions
A new pro-Kremlin bloc is taking shape in the European Parliament
Mikhail Komin
Александр Кейсут
November 26, 10:45
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Doom mongers
A corruption scandal has left Zelensky vulnerable to US and Russian moves to impose an indefensible peace deal on Ukraine
Stefan Wolff
Tetyana Malyarenko
November 23, 10:12
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Margaritaville
Would the departure of RT’s longtime head sound the death knell for Russia’s notorious propaganda network?
Saahil Menon
November 21, 11:26ArticlesИнтервью
The price of freedom
Director Alexander Molochnikov talks about Extremist, his short film about former political prisoner Sasha Skochilenko
Yelena MalenkinaNovember 20, 13:41
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Forewarned and forearmed
As Russian provocations intensify, the Baltic states are focusing on long-term border defence plans
Novaya Gazeta BalticNovember 19, 15:04
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Buying time
As Europe debates how to keep funds flowing to Ukraine, the outlook on the battlefield is grim
Veronika HinmanNovember 16, 11:47
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Double whammy
Could sanctions and drone strikes lead to the collapse of Russian oil production and end its funding of the Kremlin’s war machine?
Denis Morokhin
November 17, 15:54ArticlesСюжеты
The cupboard is bare
The Russian region worst impacted by the war in Ukraine is being overwhelmed by the cost of reconstruction
Viktoria Litvin
November 15, 12:38ArticlesИнтервью
The deep freeze
Activist Zhanna Nemtsova on why depriving small-time Russian investors of their assets in the West won’t help undermine Putin
Denis MorokhinNovember 13, 10:32
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Dream ticket
As Georgia’s slide into autocracy continues, Europe appears to be losing faith it can reverse the process
Iya BarateliNovember 11, 13:59
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Not peace at any price
The European Union cannot afford the war in Ukraine to end in a settlement from which it is excluded
Zaki LaïdiNovember 12, 12:13
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Silencing the opposition
The cruel treatment of a civil activist has become a metaphor for the fate of dissenters throughout Russia
Veter Project
November 10, 15:04ArticlesКомментарий
Testing times
Is Russia really planning to restart nuclear tests or is it just another Kremlin gambit?
Novaya Gazeta Europe
November 7, 16:04ArticlesКомментарий
One step forward
A lack of progress on joining the EU caps another bad month for Ukraine
Stefan Wolff
Tetyana Malyarenko
November 9, 12:14ArticlesСюжеты
Minsk madness
What does Alexander Lukashenko’s latest eccentric diatribe tell us about his state of mind?
Iryna Khalip
November 6, 13:23ArticlesКомментарий
Subscribe and follow
Foreign content creators working in Russia have a responsibility not to repeat Kremlin propaganda narratives
Jonas Heins
November 5, 15:06ArticlesДата
They came from the East
Europe is struggling to respond to Russia’s growing use of hybrid warfare
Vladimir Loginov
November 4, 12:32Editor's picks
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A friend indeed
When Seda Suleymanova was abducted and likely killed by her own family, one St. Petersburg woman refused to remain silent
Milana OchirovaFebruary 11, 09:53
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Holding on to the light
Ukrainian documentary maker and former combatant Alisa Kovalenko discusses her new film
Alina ProkopchukJune 23, 13:33
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Under the influence
How foreign bloggers are stealthily promoting the image of a ‘free and safe’ Russia on the Kremlin‘s dime
Yulia AkhmedovaFebruary 22, 10:17
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A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light
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NATO’s next test
The alliance must face down the Russian threat in places where deterrence is most fragile, such as the Suwałki corridor
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New Russia, old problems
How a reclaimed imperial term came to represent something far more than a mere territorial claim for Russian soldiers
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