Magazine: science Unstable Bonds Science in isolation: some scientists emigrate from Russia, others ready for financial hardship. All fear the future Irina Korneevskaia 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 Lena Lemyasova 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. Victoria Lee 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
