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‘Boris Godunov’ has become a focal point for diverse interpretations of power, particularly in light of the war in Ukraine

A podcast on survival and non-violent resistance

‘Boris Godunov’ has become a focal point for diverse interpretations of power, particularly in light of the war in Ukraine

‘Boris Godunov’ has become a focal point for diverse interpretations of power, particularly in light of the war in Ukraine

Shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the émigré Russian journalist Andrei Soldatov, who was fiercely opposed to the Kremlin’s actions, found himself in tears at an...

To understand the darkness capturing Russia, we journey through a landscape of small towns, re-wilding fields and dilapidated churches

The Pushkin House Book Prize is awarded annually for a nonfiction book that encourages "public understanding and intelligent debate about Russia." Political scientist Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, chair of…

Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national park Rescuers in Norway have resumed the search for an award-winning environmental journalist who has gone missing in bad weather during a solo hike in the remote Folgefonna national park, home to one of the country’s biggest glaciers. Alec Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight from Bergen. Continue reading...

Derk Sauer, who died in Amsterdam on Thursday at the age of 72, was a figure of rare consequence in the history of post-Soviet journalism. A former reporter and editor in the Netherlands, he departed…

Thursday 24.7, start 18:45, free entry Please join us for a reading and Q&A of  Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire with author Howard Amos in conversation with New Yorker corres...

Hello and welcome to the first edition of our new English-language newsletter—your essential guide to Russian politics and economics.

Several countries froze Russian assets after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but legal and economic hurdles make it hard to confiscate these funds to support Kyiv. In this Q&A, Crisis Group explai...

Lana Estemirova promised to tell story of her mother, a renowned human rights activist. This month it is published

The Pushkin House Book Prize is awarded annually for a nonfiction book that encourages "public understanding and intelligent debate about Russia." Political scientist Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, chair of…

Podcast | Repressive laws and a wartime crackdown have made Russia’s LGBTQ+ community more invisible than ever.

Alexander Gronsky is an award-winning photographer who, despite the political repressions and society’s increasing militarization, continues to live and work in Russia. He has two roles in Meduza’s…

In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north.

Talk: Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire. Howard Amos in Conversation with Tom Parfitt

Podcast | Russia Underground takes you on a journey to meet the Russians who continue to battle for free speech, artistic freedoms and basic human rights despite Putin’s brutal wartime crackdown.