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The Kremlin wants Azat Miftakhov and other political prisoners behind bars forever, says an exiled Russian journalist

By Yan Shenkman

/ 5 Sep 2023

There is some ambiguity around how, exactly, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed. But that is useful to Putin

By Jeremy Morris

/ 29 Aug 2023

Lessons about the war in Ukraine are now mandatory in Russian schools, but the message isn’t always getting through

By Vera Akhalaya

/ 25 Apr 2023

Activist, lawyer and Forbes 30 Under 30 star Anna Rivina reflects on women’s rights and her fight to get back home

By Lucy Martirosyan

/ 27 Feb 2023