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“Fairly disciplined workers”: Russia’s prison service is replacing penal colonies with forced labor centers — and making money from it

“Fairly disciplined workers”: Russia’s prison service is replacing penal colonies with forced labor centers — and making money from it

Killer mosquitoes: As the climate changes, African diseases are spreading to Europe

Killer mosquitoes: As the climate changes, African diseases are spreading to Europe

Svetlana Bozrova

Food for naught: The effects of Russia's war have left its grain producers on the verge of bankruptcy

Food for naught: The effects of Russia's war have left its grain producers on the verge of bankruptcy

AI in an iron grip: How dictatorships use artificial intelligence to strengthen their rule

AI in an iron grip: How dictatorships use artificial intelligence to strengthen their rule

The weakened sex: Why testosterone levels are declining among men worldwide

The weakened sex: Why testosterone levels are declining among men worldwide

Kristina Kaspazova

“Putinist formalism has arrived”: Contemporary art in Russia is struggling to survive under state repression

“Putinist formalism has arrived”: Contemporary art in Russia is struggling to survive under state repression

Deadly heat: Why Europe was unprepared for extreme temperatures

Deadly heat: Why Europe was unprepared for extreme temperatures

No country for old metal heads: Russian police are breaking up concerts and arresting young and old alike

No country for old metal heads: Russian police are breaking up concerts and arresting young and old alike

Serfdom for migrants: Why Russia’s new migration policy is so ineffective

Serfdom for migrants: Why Russia’s new migration policy is so ineffective

Alexander Finiarel

Off-season: How the war has devastated tourism in Russia

Off-season: How the war has devastated tourism in Russia

Skip the exam and grab a rifle: Russia is making higher education less accessible

Skip the exam and grab a rifle: Russia is making higher education less accessible

Targeted therapies, vaccines, and artificial intelligence: AI has helped oncology achieve an unprecedented breakthrough

Targeted therapies, vaccines, and artificial intelligence: AI has helped oncology achieve an unprecedented breakthrough

Svetlana Bozrova

Cinema by permission: Kremlin censorship is killing Russia's film industry

Cinema by permission: Kremlin censorship is killing Russia's film industry

Andrey Melnikov

Released but not free: Administrative supervision functions as a second sentence for Russia’s former political prisoners

Released but not free: Administrative supervision functions as a second sentence for Russia’s former political prisoners

Gone viral: Why sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply in Europe

Gone viral: Why sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply in Europe

Kristina Kaspazova

Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

Escape from the “Digital GULAG”: Ordinary Russians are finding ways to bypass the Kremlin’s internet restrictions

Escape from the “Digital GULAG”: Ordinary Russians are finding ways to bypass the Kremlin’s internet restrictions

Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Moral migrants, bitter arrivals: Inside Russia's “values visa” trap

Moral migrants, bitter arrivals: Inside Russia's “values visa” trap

The home front: Opponents of domestic violence are facing increased pressure in wartime Russia

The home front: Opponents of domestic violence are facing increased pressure in wartime Russia

In Putin’s bad book: Censorship is reshaping Russia’s publishing industry

In Putin’s bad book: Censorship is reshaping Russia’s publishing industry

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

Svetlana Bozrova

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

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

“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

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

“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

Regulated into scarcity: Why EU pharma rules backfired and how to fix Europe’s drug drought

Regulated into scarcity: Why EU pharma rules backfired and how to fix Europe’s drug drought

Svetlana Bozrova

“We didn’t spill our blood to negotiate with them”: Iranian society in the aftermath of the protest shootings

“We didn’t spill our blood to negotiate with them”: Iranian society in the aftermath of the protest shootings

Alexander Leonidovich

“Stepping outside your apartment is a mortal risk”: Russian forces target civilians as the Kremlin’s “human safari” in Kherson continues

“Stepping outside your apartment is a mortal risk”: Russian forces target civilians as the Kremlin’s “human safari” in Kherson continues

Olympic calm: Russian athletes’ return to the international stage is producing remarkably little controversy

Olympic calm: Russian athletes’ return to the international stage is producing remarkably little controversy

Elizaveta Pyatnitskaya

Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

One flew back to the cuckoo’s nest: Forced institutionalization will not fix America’s homelessness and mental health crises

One flew back to the cuckoo’s nest: Forced institutionalization will not fix America’s homelessness and mental health crises

Heated bricks, shared generators, and candles: How Kyiv survives without power and heat

Heated bricks, shared generators, and candles: How Kyiv survives without power and heat

Viktoriia Ponomareva

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