Выход Старовойта
Диктатура пригласила политическую элиту к самоуничтожению

Вообще «борьба с коррупцией» на самом высоком уровне была не слишком активной, потому что в процессе борьбы неизбежно пришлось бы выходить на самих себя.
Старовойт обрубил цепочку, идущую от Смирнова к нему и выше, — вероятно, в направлении братьев Ротенбергов, его старых патронов и известных специалистов по освоению бюджетных средств на строительстве инфраструктуры, близких знакомых Путина.

‘Do you still need this war?’
A Russian teenager sentenced to six years for attempting to set fire to a military recruitment office speaks out in court

Summoning the leader
Why has the Kremlin decided to reinstate Putin’s annual live call-in event this year?

‘For the Putin regime, Muslims are now a very enticing prospect’
Social anthropologist and North Caucasus expert Denis Sokolov gives his analysis of last Sunday’s anti-Semitic riot in Dagestan

Never again… until now
The anti-Semitic riot in Dagestan has undermined the claims of religious harmony made by Russia’s religious leaders

Hallow gestures
Russian officials are attempting to supplant Halloween with a more Slavic but totally invented Pumpkin Feast

Unusual suspects
Migrants, soldiers, the LGBT community, and anyone critical of the war have all come under closer scrutiny by Russian prosecutors in the past year and a half

A losing battle worth the fight
Why Russian voters shouldn’t simply boycott next year’s sham presidential election

A woman who knew no fear
An anti-war activist in the city of Ivanovo, northeast of Moscow, dies in unexplained circumstances

‘My son couldn’t have lived differently’
A St. Petersburg region minor who suffers from an incurable disease is facing up to 15 years in jail for the attempted arson of a military recruitment office


