Lada bought with casket money, homophobic picnic, and the other Pelevin
Horrible News with Kirill Martynov
Russian troops continue to fire at Ukrainian cities, while the Russian propaganda reports that a family of a soldier killed in Ukraine has bought a Lada with the money received from the government after his death. Russian Authorities fight against the LGBT movement and threaten to close down the Jewish agency for Israel, while Putin is busy solving Syria's problems. The European Union has introduced a new set of sanctions, and Ukraine and Russia have reached an agreement on grain export. Kirill Martynov, Novaya Gazeta. Europe's Editor-in-chief, comments on this week's Russian and world news. Subscribe to our channel and tell us in the comments: what horrified you this week?
Russia’s drone pipeline
How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet for use against Ukrainian civilians
Alone, together
While Volodymyr Zelensky appears upbeat about US security guarantees, Davos only demonstrated Trump’s unreliability
Neighbourhood watch
With NATO and the EU unsuited to meet Europe’s evolving security needs, it’s time to formalise the coalition of the willing
Going to cede
Restitution of lost territory can take decades and is only realistic in certain geopolitical circumstances
The race for the Arctic
Trump’s outlandish threats to seize Greenland risk ushering in a new world order based on spheres of domination
A grave miscalculation
Putin’s attempt to re-enact World War II in Ukraine has gone horribly wrong
A frozen war is not peace
Why a premature peace deal in Ukraine could just be kicking the can of Russian revanchism down the road
Just 10% from peace
Novaya Gazeta Europe’s Kyiv correspondent reflects on another year of war and muses on what 2026 may bring
The year that could be
Even without cause for optimism about the state of the world, we mustn’t allow hope to die
