The deadliest terror attack in Russia in 20 years — in pictures
At least 133 people were killed at a concert hall near Moscow in the deadliest terror attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan siege. Just three days before the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed warnings issued by Western embassies that imminent terror attacks were being planned in Moscow as “blatant blackmail” and “attempts to destabilise Russian society”.
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
