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Splendid isolation?
Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad is preparing itself for any eventuality, even a possible EU blockade
Natalia Glukhova
NewsWar in Ukraine
Zelensky reportedly ready to halt energy strikes in return for extended Starlink access
Tom Masters
NewsWar in Ukraine
Reuters probe finds order blocking Ukrainian access to vital Starlink network came from White House
Tom Masters
NewsWar in Ukraine
Ryazan oil refinery on fire as Ukraine restarts strikes on Russian energy facilities
Tom Masters
StoriesPolitics
Axis of diesel
Who stands to benefit from Trump’s cosy new oil deal with Putin?
Denis Morokhin
StoriesBook Excerpt
‘She tried to normalise death’
An excerpt from the memoir of Anna Politkovskaya’s daughter, published in English for the first time
Vera Politkovskaya
StoriesSociety
‘On the side of the victims’
Chechen human rights defender Zainap Gashaeva remembers her late friend Anna Politkovskaya and the war they fought against
Yekaterina Glikman
PodcastsWar in Ukraine
Where do Russia’s deserters go?
Introducing Refused, a new English-language podcast about the people who refuse to fight in Russia’s war
Novaya Gazeta Europe
StoriesSociety
‘We just need to tough it out’
These Russians planned to emigrate. Here’s why they never did.
Viktoria Litvin
StoriesInternational Politics
Lukewarm alliance
On the battlefields in Ukraine and in the waters off Japan, a diplomatically isolated Moscow grows increasingly dependent on Beijing
Colin Hood
NewsWar in Ukraine
Russian man declared ‘unfit for service’ reportedly forced to sign army contract
Novaya Gazeta Europe
NewsSociety
Former fighter with Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine detained on suspicion of killing two Moscow women
Novaya Gazeta Europe
InterviewsPolitics
Is modern Russia fascist?
Historian and political theorist Roger Griffin on the Putin regime, the hallmarks of fascism and the perils of dwelling on ‘taxonomy’
Vlad Dokshin
Milana Ochirova
Stories2026 Elections
‘The ritual is complete’
Russia’s first wartime parliamentary elections are over. What did they reveal? And what comes next?
Natalia Glukhova
StoriesWar in Ukraine
‘He said they forced him into it’
After Maria’s son attempted suicide at a conscript training centre, she was promised he wouldn’t be sent to war. Then he was pressured into a contract.
Veter Project
StoriesPolitics
‘A kind of schizophrenia’
How Russia’s parties have been campaigning for this weekend’s elections when all the real issues are off-limits
Virika Demina
StoriesWar in Ukraine
Putin endorsed a plan to let Russians deemed ‘unfit for service’ join anti-drone units. What could go wrong?
Natalia Glukhova
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NewsWar in Ukraine
Seven US senators make bipartisan call for Trump to abandon diesel deal with Russia
Novaya Gazeta Europe
DataSociety
Interactive map: Attacks on Russian territory, updated in real time
As Ukraine fights back, the war has spread to at least 60 Russian regions
Alesya SokolovaKsenia Storozheva
StoriesPolitics
Axis of diesel
Who stands to benefit from Trump’s cosy new oil deal with Putin?
Denis Morokhin