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Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

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Shipyards of death: What Links Dmitry Medvedev, the Bloodiest Russian Organized Crime Group, and the Plunder of Germany's Largest Shipyard

Shipyards of death: What Links Dmitry Medvedev, the Bloodiest Russian Organized Crime Group, and the Plunder of Germany's Largest Shipyard

Anastasia Kirilenko

The secret life of insects: A GRU colonel loses a colony of rare ants after failing to protect Iran from missile strikes

The secret life of insects: A GRU colonel loses a colony of rare ants after failing to protect Iran from missile strikes

The virtual ruble: Why Russia’s digital currency experiment could strengthen the Kremlin’s authoritarian control

The virtual ruble: Why Russia’s digital currency experiment could strengthen the Kremlin’s authoritarian control

Ekaterina Mereminskaya

The price of a few cents: Women in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine are being jailed for tiny payments to Ukraine

The price of a few cents: Women in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine are being jailed for tiny payments to Ukraine

Declaration of digital independence: The EU is trying to protect itself from America’s monopoly on internet platforms

Declaration of digital independence: The EU is trying to protect itself from America’s monopoly on internet platforms

Andrey Smolyakov

"How much are drone coils these days?": The Insider and Nordsint go undercover to reveal how Chinese firms supply Russia’s defense industry

"How much are drone coils these days?": The Insider and Nordsint go undercover to reveal how Chinese firms supply Russia’s defense industry

The censorship shelf: Why some of Russia’s best films are being pulled from release without ever reaching audiences

The censorship shelf: Why some of Russia’s best films are being pulled from release without ever reaching audiences

Department of inefficiency: The legacy of Elon Musk’s DOGE threatens millions of lives worldwide

Department of inefficiency: The legacy of Elon Musk’s DOGE threatens millions of lives worldwide

Trump’s man in Havana? Cuba looks like Washington’s next regime change target

Trump’s man in Havana? Cuba looks like Washington’s next regime change target

Victor Márquez

“They destroyed all of Moscow’s competitive advantages”: Internet shutdowns are taking their toll on the Russian capital

“They destroyed all of Moscow’s competitive advantages”: Internet shutdowns are taking their toll on the Russian capital

Pulling the plug: America’s WHO departure is a death sentence for global health

Pulling the plug: America’s WHO departure is a death sentence for global health

Svetlana Bozrova

Betting on the Kurds: The U.S. is trying to use Kurdish forces in Iran against the ayatollahs

Betting on the Kurds: The U.S. is trying to use Kurdish forces in Iran against the ayatollahs

Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft

Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft

Nikolai Antoniadis

Roman Dobrokhotov

Fidelius Schmid

“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military service

“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military service

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Confuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines

Confuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines

Not what she said: Russian spokeswoman’s claim of EU “energy self-castration” turns out not to be accurate

Not what she said: Russian spokeswoman’s claim of EU “energy self-castration” turns out not to be accurate

International nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EU

International nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EU

Anton Shekhovtsov

Back in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in Syria

Back in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in Syria

The rich get richer: Global inequality and the rise of extreme wealth have hit record highs

The rich get richer: Global inequality and the rise of extreme wealth have hit record highs

Andrey Smolyakov

Oil for power: How Maduro’s cronies traded Venezuela’s natural resource wealth for Trump’s protection

Oil for power: How Maduro’s cronies traded Venezuela’s natural resource wealth for Trump’s protection

Victor Márquez

The Insider identifies 6,000 exporters trading with sanctioned Russian firms or defense industry suppliers, 4,000 of them based in China

The Insider identifies 6,000 exporters trading with sanctioned Russian firms or defense industry suppliers, 4,000 of them based in China

To Russia for the money: Austria’s Putin-friendly former foreign minister lives on million-ruble fees from propaganda channel RT

To Russia for the money: Austria’s Putin-friendly former foreign minister lives on million-ruble fees from propaganda channel RT

A phantom refinery: How Georgia helps Putin bypass oil sanctions

A phantom refinery: How Georgia helps Putin bypass oil sanctions

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governors

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governors

“In Russia, you will atone for your guilt before Putin”: Stories of three Russians deported from the United States

“In Russia, you will atone for your guilt before Putin”: Stories of three Russians deported from the United States

“Programs about Christ followed by beatings half to death”: Kherson’s ex-mayor Volodymyr Mykolaienko on his years in Russian captivity

Viktoriia Ponomareva

“Programs about Christ followed by beatings half to death”: Kherson’s ex-mayor Volodymyr Mykolaienko on his years in Russian captivity

“You must not show that you are afraid”: Tales of captivity in the Kremlin-controlled “People’s Republics”

Viktoriia Ponomareva

“You must not show that you are afraid”: Tales of captivity in the Kremlin-controlled “People’s Republics”

“They forced me to cook, clean, and fulfill their sexual whims”: Testimony of a Ukrainian woman enslaved by Russian soldiers

“They forced me to cook, clean, and fulfill their sexual whims”: Testimony of a Ukrainian woman enslaved by Russian soldiers

“This isn’t the Middle Ages, and we aren’t serfs”: Locals in Ukrainian-controlled parts of Donbas react to Putin’s territorial demands

“This isn’t the Middle Ages, and we aren’t serfs”: Locals in Ukrainian-controlled parts of Donbas react to Putin’s territorial demands

Tracked down, coerced, threatened: How Russia hunts down deserters and forces them back to the front lines in Ukraine

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Tracked down, coerced, threatened: How Russia hunts down deserters and forces them back to the front lines in Ukraine

“Thou shalt not idolize your motherland”: Russian Orthodox priests on the war in Ukraine and the degradation of their church

Valentina Matrenina

“Thou shalt not idolize your motherland”: Russian Orthodox priests on the war in Ukraine and the degradation of their church

The Kremlin’s missionary: A former aide shares the secrets of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary

Anastasia Mikhaylova

The Kremlin’s missionary: A former aide shares the secrets of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary

“Our people poisoned Navalny”: Former FSB officer on surveilling opposition figures and running black ops in Russia and Ukraine

Mikhail Kalinin

“Our people poisoned Navalny”: Former FSB officer on surveilling opposition figures and running black ops in Russia and Ukraine

“We tried to leave as few buildings intact as possible”: Russian-speaking IDF soldiers on their service in Gaza

Alexander Leonidovich

“We tried to leave as few buildings intact as possible”: Russian-speaking IDF soldiers on their service in Gaza

“Even if the war in Gaza ends, this hatred isn’t going anywhere”: Soviet-born émigré Jews speak out on the rise of antisemitism in the U.S.

Anna Rudnitskaya

“Even if the war in Gaza ends, this hatred isn’t going anywhere”: Soviet-born émigré Jews speak out on the rise of antisemitism in the U.S.

“Nobody wants to help the army anymore”: Confessions from Russian pro-war volunteers

Valentina Matrenina

“Nobody wants to help the army anymore”: Confessions from Russian pro-war volunteers

“If a colonel couldn’t do anything, what could I do?”: A Belarusian border guard’s confession

Mikhail Kalinin

“If a colonel couldn’t do anything, what could I do?”: A Belarusian border guard’s confession

Those who stayed: Stories of Ukrainians who refuse to leave their war-torn towns and villages

Those who stayed: Stories of Ukrainians who refuse to leave their war-torn towns and villages

“GRU officers do time for drugs, the police for protection rackets”: Inside Russia’s prison colony for crooked cops and spooks

“GRU officers do time for drugs, the police for protection rackets”: Inside Russia’s prison colony for crooked cops and spooks

“The president lives in his own reality”: Confessions of police officers and government officials in Russia’s borderlands

Anastasia Ulyanova

“The president lives in his own reality”: Confessions of police officers and government officials in Russia’s borderlands

“Everyone wants me to pick a fight with my cousin”: Nate Vance on war, family politics, and the fight for Ukraine

“Everyone wants me to pick a fight with my cousin”: Nate Vance on war, family politics, and the fight for Ukraine

“They tied me to a chair with duct tape and started torturing me with electricity”: Testimonies of Ukrainian women abducted by Russia

“They tied me to a chair with duct tape and started torturing me with electricity”: Testimonies of Ukrainian women abducted by Russia

“If we got captured, we’d probably be executed”: Confessions of three foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine

“If we got captured, we’d probably be executed”: Confessions of three foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine

“In emigration, the war was all we ever talked about. In Russia, it’s bad form.” The life of activists who returned to their home country

“In emigration, the war was all we ever talked about. In Russia, it’s bad form.” The life of activists who returned to their home country

“The officer made it clear we were being deported”: How Trump’s anti-immigration policies impacted Russian asylum seekers

“The officer made it clear we were being deported”: How Trump’s anti-immigration policies impacted Russian asylum seekers

“Even if you feel opposition inside, you have to demonstrate support”: Confessions of teachers in Belgorod schools

Anastasia Ulyanova

“Even if you feel opposition inside, you have to demonstrate support”: Confessions of teachers in Belgorod schools

“Photos of Putin and Kadyrov were in the dean’s office, like icons”: Russian students expelled for their anti-war views share their stories

Viktoriia Ponomareva

“Photos of Putin and Kadyrov were in the dean’s office, like icons”: Russian students expelled for their anti-war views share their stories

“We ditched our uniforms and hid in a swamp”: Chechen POWs from “Akhmat” share their accounts from Kursk

Mikhail Kalinin

“We ditched our uniforms and hid in a swamp”: Chechen POWs from “Akhmat” share their accounts from Kursk

“The only way to wash away the shame is with weapons”: Why Russian volunteers choose to fight for Ukraine

Vasily Krestyaninov

“The only way to wash away the shame is with weapons”: Why Russian volunteers choose to fight for Ukraine

“Their shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ drowned out our footsteps as we approached from the back”: Confessions of Ukrainian scouts

“Their shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ drowned out our footsteps as we approached from the back”: Confessions of Ukrainian scouts

“For 72 days I was electrocuted, beaten, not allowed to eat or sleep”: how Russian convicts are driven to “meat-grinder assaults”

Viktoriia Ponomareva

“For 72 days I was electrocuted, beaten, not allowed to eat or sleep”: how Russian convicts are driven to “meat-grinder assaults”

“They tied me to a tree and said: ‘We’re gonna put you down now.’ There were 30 bodies in a ditch nearby”: Confessions of a Russian deserter

“They tied me to a tree and said: ‘We’re gonna put you down now.’ There were 30 bodies in a ditch nearby”: Confessions of a Russian deserter

“Shreds of bodies hung from the branches”: Confessions of “meat grinder” assault veterans

Viktoriia Ponomareva

“Shreds of bodies hung from the branches”: Confessions of “meat grinder” assault veterans

“Dying isn’t as bad as being a Russian POW”: Freed Ukrainian soldiers speak out about their time in Russian captivity

Viktoriia Ponomareva

“Dying isn’t as bad as being a Russian POW”: Freed Ukrainian soldiers speak out about their time in Russian captivity

“We were handed envelopes with 'incentives' for delivering favorable results”: A Russian election official's confession

Nadezhda Kolobaeva

“We were handed envelopes with 'incentives' for delivering favorable results”: A Russian election official's confession

“It’s gut-wrenching to read accounts of torture and not be able to offer any comfort”: Confessions of Russian political prisoners’ wives

Ekaterina Pachikova

Nadezhda Kolobaeva

“It’s gut-wrenching to read accounts of torture and not be able to offer any comfort”: Confessions of Russian political prisoners’ wives

“I know that my hands are elbow-deep in blood”: Confessions of Russian deserters

“I know that my hands are elbow-deep in blood”: Confessions of Russian deserters

“Terrorists looked for children by following the sound of their screams”: How Russian-speaking families in Israel are surviving the war

“Terrorists looked for children by following the sound of their screams”: How Russian-speaking families in Israel are surviving the war

Under the watchful eye of “Nikolai Nikolaevich”: How the FSB's surveillance unit monitors journalists and foreigners

Under the watchful eye of “Nikolai Nikolaevich”: How the FSB's surveillance unit monitors journalists and foreigners

“Everyone tries to enlist God on their side”: Orthodox priests reflect on ROC split over war in Ukraine

“Everyone tries to enlist God on their side”: Orthodox priests reflect on ROC split over war in Ukraine

“The biggest cover-up of my adult life”: Inside the CIA’s attempt to make Havana Syndrome disappear

“The biggest cover-up of my adult life”: Inside the CIA’s attempt to make Havana Syndrome disappear

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

Marianna Belenkaya

“What bastard builds a school inside a military base?”: Residents of Iran’s Minab speak out about the school strike

“What bastard builds a school inside a military base?”: Residents of Iran’s Minab speak out about the school strike

The drinking buddy: Dmitry Medvedev’s “wallet” profits from Oreshnik missile production while making wine in Italy

The drinking buddy: Dmitry Medvedev’s “wallet” profits from Oreshnik missile production while making wine in Italy

Board of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflict

Board of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflict

Marianna Belenkaya

Stronger than bin Laden: Al-Qaeda is thriving on global chaos

Stronger than bin Laden: Al-Qaeda is thriving on global chaos

The shah’s gambit: The rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty

The shah’s gambit: The rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty

Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead

Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead

Theft, mistresses, and U.S. passports: The double lives of the Russian MPs building a “digital GULAG” while preaching “traditional values”

Theft, mistresses, and U.S. passports: The double lives of the Russian MPs building a “digital GULAG” while preaching “traditional values”

No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine

No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine

Veaceslav Epureanu

“The lights went out, the internet vanished, and the water was soon gone too”: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod are feeling the effects of war

“The lights went out, the internet vanished, and the water was soon gone too”: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod are feeling the effects of war

Anastasia Ulyanova

Record losses and minimal gains: Assessing the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine

Record losses and minimal gains: Assessing the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine

Veaceslav Epureanu

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