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Magazine: science

Science in isolation: some scientists emigrate from Russia, others ready for financial hardship. All fear the future

Irina Korneevskaya

05.08.2022

Magazine

Russian gays are murdered in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, just as in Chechnya

If you cannot believe in it, read these three stories

24.05.2023

Magazine

The most Slavic among the Slavs

Three decades ago, Russian soldiers invaded a newly independent state to “protect” the Russian-speaking population: it happened in Transnistria, a region of Moldova. With that war still fresh in many Transnistrians’ memories, they’re now grappling with the effects of the war raging in neighboring Ukraine

Olesia Ostapchuk

04.05.2023

Magazine

Mobilization in Russia: selling cows to buy military gear

A mobilized soldier ended up in prison for assaulting a superior; now he wants his family to get him to join the Wagner PMC so he could escape prison by fighting against Ukrainians.

Holod

24.04.2023

Magazine

“It is a counterfeit”, “It was a gift” and other excuses

Five examples of Russian officials trying to justify their luxurious possessions

Holod

03.04.2023

Magazine

My Life for the Party

Mary Reed, an American, arrived in the Soviet Union in 1927. In the land of her dreams, she found love but lost her freedom.

28.03.2023

Magazine

How Russia steals Ukrainian children and subjects them to “reeducation”

Main facts from the TV Rain report

Julia Selikhova

24.03.2023

Magazine

You’re turning your daughter into a Russia-hating monster

Arguments, denunciations and threats: how Russians argue over the war in group chats for neighbors and schoolkids’ parents.

Holod

22.03.2023

Magazine

Airborne Infection

Vladimir Solovyov is a man of many professions. He studied engineering and economics, taught physics at a high school, ran a variety of successful businesses, and hosted Russia’s most popular talk shows of the 2000s. Today he is the arch-warmonger of the Russian state media.

Olesia Ostapchuk

21.03.2023

Magazine

Russian women are flocking to Argentina to give birth. Here’s why

Stories of the Russian women who come to Argentina to give birth to “anchor babies”

Holod

14.03.2023

Magazine

I wanted to bleach myself: how Russian xenophobia feels in everyday life

Milana Nazir, 20, is an ethnic Uzbek. She has faced xenophobia during almost her entire life in Russia. This is her story.

Holod

10.03.2023

Magazine: pop scene

The end of the “post-Soviet” cultural space

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered the common cultural space which had its center in Moscow. Holod examines today’s pop music to figure out what Russian culture is turning into

Aleksandr Gorbachev

19.12.2022

Magazine: perversion of justice

Lessons Learned

On an island in the Pacific a schoolteacher would always help colleagues in need. When his native village was bombed out they reported him to the police for anti-war stance

Holod

19.08.2022

Magazine: our children

When Your Mom Is an Ogre

Russian children’s author Yulia Yakovleva talked to children in Russia for two months about their experiences of the war. Here is what she found

Yulia Yakovleva

12.08.2022

Magazine

Negotiator with the Taliban and prototype for one of Nicolas Cage’s characters

Viktor Bout, Russian citizen sentenced to prison in the U.S., who was exchanged for WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Holod

30.07.2022

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