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 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: 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
Q&A: sociology “Victory is the Russian emotional drug” Researcher Elena Koneva on how sociology works in the face of war and censorship Holod 10.08.2022
Magazine: mariupol The Heart of the War Having spent two months beneath Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol under constant shelling and bombing, surviving civilians tell their stories Holod 29.07.2022
