Stories

Has Putin finally revealed his true self?

Novaya Gazeta Europe's editor-in-chief argues that votes can still be used to send a message to the Kremlin

Why is Russia bombing Ukrainian grain terminals?

Why the arrest of Igor Strelkov, Russian ‘patriotic’ blogger, failed to stir people to take to the streets

Konstantin Sonin explains why Prigozhin’s mutiny ended with a whimper — but could still lead to Putin going out with a bang

Putin was waging his criminal war with the hands of murderers, and now the Wagner Group turned against the Kremlin and the whole of Russia

The bill banning gender reassignment follows its own warped logic

Ukrainian air defence forces fend off all Russian attacks on Kyiv Day

Leonid Gozman explains why Putin fails at changing the past

Putin is introducing lifelong sentences for his enemies to convince himself that he will rule for eternity

For the first time since the start of the war, Russia has begun to openly nationalise Western companies — their owners will lose everything

Leonid Gozman on how a digital Gulag is par for the course for the Russian state

The Russian currency market is drying out over sanctions

Speaking freely in time of war: a year in Europe, 30 years in Russia

Why Russian authorities are seizing books and forbidding discussion of the past

Leonid Gozman on Putin’s path towards being a vassal of China