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Russia’s turn against attorneys
As the Russian legal system continues to lose its autonomy, lawyers themselves are increasingly facing prosecution for their work
‘Moscow has been seized by ghouls’
Writer Svetlana Satchkova’s first novel in English follows a Russian film director who stays out of politics — until it comes for her
Funny games
Russian preschoolers will soon be subjected to pro-war indoctrination before they can even read or write
‘Add a few tables and voila — it’s a restaurant’
How Russia’s Vologda region banned the sale of alcohol, but not its purchase and consumption
‘I could at least get out. They couldn't.’
How a Ukrainian woman found herself working in a Cambodian scam compound
‘We want to make the invisible visible’
A new initiative aims to challenge the dominance of Russian by supporting literature in the country’s numerous indigenous languages
‘Books are at the heart of everything’
Pioneer Summer sparked a wave of censorship in Russia. Now it’s part of a growing literary resistance.
Between Putin and the Pope
The head of Russia’s Catholics resigned for 'health reasons’. But sources say the real reason was his anti-war stance
‘What’s there to be afraid of at home? They don’t hit houses’
Novaya Gazeta Europe reports from Primorsk and Ust-Luga in the aftermath of drone attacks on Russia’s Baltic Sea ports
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14-year-old becomes youngest person on Russia’s ‘terrorists and extremists’ registry
Russian emigration assistance site reports spike in enquiries amid fears of new mobilisation
Russian film studios receive guidelines for portraying families according to ‘traditional values’
Finnish court halts deportation of two Russians who risk prosecution at home for assisting Ukrainians
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‘A chance to vote for peace, freedom, and a life without fear’
Russia’s Supreme Court barred the anti-war Yabloko party from upcoming parliamentary elections. Here’s how the hearing went.
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‘Stoking feelings of abandonment and helplessness’
Families of Russia’s missing soldiers built their own search network. The Kremlin accused them of working for Ukraine.
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