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Siren songs
A Moscow academic is facing four years in prison for making a playlist of Ukrainian music
Catch and release
Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedom
Academic rigour
How Kremlin-backed super-app MAX is gradually being made obligatory in Russian schools
Pounds of flesh
In a gross miscarriage of justice, eight innocent people have been given life sentences for the Crimean Bridge bombing
A voice from the kill zone
One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes
The Old Man and the Sea
How realistic are Putin’s threats to impose a naval blockade on Ukraine?
A cure for wellness
Described as torture by the UN, gay conversion therapy is nevertheless thriving in contemporary Russia
The last party
The Kremlin is taking aim at Russia’s sole remaining legal opposition movement
Influencer operation
A cohort of pro-Kremlin content creators is shamelessly portraying the Russian occupation of Mariupol in a positive light
