Irina Garina

Irina Garina

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Siege mentality

Siege mentality

Stories from Mariupol three years into the Russian occupation

Irina GarinaJune 19, 2025

Sketches of life in a dying Russian village

Irina GarinaJanuary 10, 2025

Civil dissident

Tatyana Kotlyar’s tireless efforts to help the marginalised in Russian society have made her a target for the authorities

Irina GarinaJanuary 7, 2025

A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison

Irina GarinaOctober 26, 2024

‘I didn’t do anything wrong, mum’

A schoolboy who wrote an anti-Putin leaflet has become Russia’s youngest political prisoner

Irina GarinaJuly 3, 2024

Road to exile

How a young Navalny supporter who opposed Putin’s rule managed to flee Russia

Irina GarinaJune 28, 2024

Bearing witness

Anna Politkovskaya Award winner Lucy Kassa on the horrors of the war in Tigray and its legacy of injustice

Irina GarinaApril 6, 2024

Changing of the guard

What's the story behind the force known as Putin’s private army, where unquestioning loyalty is valued above all else?

Irina GarinaSeptember 1, 2023

Russian Horror Story

Burnings of schoolgirls and rapings of cats — Russia is experiencing a surge in violence. Is it the new norm or is it just media hype?

Irina GarinaJuly 28, 2023

What Igor Strelkov’s arrest means for Russia’s ‘patriots’ faction

The man behind the downing of the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 has been charged with ‘extremism’ in Russia for criticising Putin

Irina GarinaJuly 24, 2023

Trollsbane

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s ‘troll factory’ is no more. We spoke to former employees of Prigozhin’s media empire about what they used to do for a living

Irina GarinaJuly 6, 2023