A recent retirement home abuse scandal has laid bare the crisis in Russia’s eldercare sector

One of Russia’s oldest human rights advocates faces trial in the Far East for a private conversation about political change

One Yakut anti-war punk musician’s long journey to freedom in Berlin

An accidental activist has won popular acclaim for her response to the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region

Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov describes his ordeal in prison and the run up to last week’s prisoner swap

Is the child-free movement really a threat to Russia’s demographics?

Russian queer activists look back at 20 years of attempting to successfully hold a Pride parade

Why has Russia’s highly influential demobilisation movement fractured?

How the roll out of online voting will hand Vladimir Putin his fifth presidential term

The number of soldiers deserting from the Russian army has increased tenfold in the past year. Novaya Europe tells the stories of those who fled to survive

What was behind the extraordinary show of public defiance in Bashkortostan this week?

What worried Russians most in 2023?

How mobilisation has created a major headache for the Kremlin ahead of next year’s elections

While the Kremlin still doesn’t have full control of the four Ukrainian regions it claims to have absorbed, it has made the anniversary of their 'return' to Russia a new holiday