Squeezing the elites
Under the guise of ‘anti-corruption’, the Kremlin is using a new wave of property seizures to bring officials to heel
Will it be different this time?
Inna Bondarenko watches as a new Russian opposition party is born in exile
Honoured guest, unwanted visitor
How Elon Musk’s father charmed the Kremlin and outraged Russian farmers
Russian lawmakers advance bill to punish citizens abroad for acting ‘against Russia’s interests’
‘There’s simply no other way’
A 29-year-old is the new face of Russia’s grassroots opposition. Here's how he plans to fight authoritarianism from the inside
‘Who gave you my number?’
A missing woman from Chechnya may have been the victim of an ‘honour killing’. Her father told Novaya Europe that she ‘left the country’
‘Her only job is to carry out orders’
Russia is getting a new human rights commissioner. Her appointment is the last nail in the coffin of the office's independence
‘Why do you always have to save someone?’
Over a year after the Kerch Strait oil spill, volunteers are fighting to keep cleaning Russia’s Black Sea coast — despite increasing obstacles from the government
Manufacturing contempt
How the four layers of Russia’s propaganda machine have responded to the war in Iran