Stories

Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedom

How Kremlin-backed super-app MAX is gradually being made obligatory in Russian schools

Washington’s new national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas

The killer of Novaya Gazeta’s Anastasia Baburova has been freed into a country that’s more aligned with her worldview than ever

One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes

No amount of external pressure can force peace on two parties with fundamentally incompatible objectives

How realistic are Putin’s threats to impose a naval blockade on Ukraine?

Described as torture by the UN, gay conversion therapy is nevertheless thriving in contemporary Russia

The Kremlin is taking aim at Russia’s sole remaining legal opposition movement

A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light

The US president is entrusting inexperienced loyalists with complex foreign policy issues, and it shows

How Belarusian political prisoners are being forced to support the Russian war effort in Ukraine

A new pro-Kremlin bloc is taking shape in the European Parliament

The widow of the first person to die at Chernobyl was killed by a Russian drone strike on her home earlier this month

A corruption scandal has left Zelensky vulnerable to US and Russian moves to impose an indefensible peace deal on Ukraine

Would the departure of RT’s longtime head sound the death knell for Russia’s notorious propaganda network?