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Beaten, Caged, Shot: Inside Russia’s Frontline Torture Machine
Putin’s brutality against Ukraine is rivaled only by his army’s treatment of Russian soldiers, who face a choice between death on the battlefield and torture by their own side.
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Putin’s brutality against Ukraine is rivaled only by his army’s treatment of Russian soldiers, who face a choice between death on the battlefield and torture by their own side.
⚠️ Warning: graphic content 👇
youtu.be/Wg7xNpX5yzk?...
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Beaten, Caged, Shot: Inside Russia’s Frontline Torture Machine
Putin’s brutality against Ukraine is rivaled only by his army’s treatment of Russian soldiers, who face a choice between death on the battlefield and torture by their own side.
⚠️ Warning: graphic content 👇
youtu.be/Wg7xNpX5yzk?...
Putin’s brutality against Ukraine is rivaled only by his army’s treatment of Russian soldiers, who face a choice between death on the battlefield and torture by their own side.
⚠️ Warning: graphic content 👇
youtu.be/Wg7xNpX5yzk?...
“We were ordered to escort migrants straight to the EU fence.”
Belarusian border guards detail how Lukashenko turned migration into a weapon with Moscow’s backing.
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Belarusian border guards detail how Lukashenko turned migration into a weapon with Moscow’s backing.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“We were ordered to escort migrants straight to the EU fence.”
Belarusian border guards detail how Lukashenko turned migration into a weapon with Moscow’s backing.
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Belarusian border guards detail how Lukashenko turned migration into a weapon with Moscow’s backing.
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At least 21 killed in Russian strike on the village of Yarova, Donetsk Region
Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on the village of Yarova. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, locals were receiving pensions at the time of the attack.
Video: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel
Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on the village of Yarova. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, locals were receiving pensions at the time of the attack.
Video: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel
September 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
At least 21 killed in Russian strike on the village of Yarova, Donetsk Region
Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on the village of Yarova. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, locals were receiving pensions at the time of the attack.
Video: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel
Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on the village of Yarova. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, locals were receiving pensions at the time of the attack.
Video: Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel
Russia lists Alexei Navalny’s Patriot as “extremist material”
According to the ministry’s website, the book was banned in June 2025 by a ruling of the Leningrad Regional Court.
Alexei Navalny’s posthumous autobiography was named Book of the Year at the 35th British Book Awards in May 2025.
According to the ministry’s website, the book was banned in June 2025 by a ruling of the Leningrad Regional Court.
Alexei Navalny’s posthumous autobiography was named Book of the Year at the 35th British Book Awards in May 2025.
July 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Russia lists Alexei Navalny’s Patriot as “extremist material”
According to the ministry’s website, the book was banned in June 2025 by a ruling of the Leningrad Regional Court.
Alexei Navalny’s posthumous autobiography was named Book of the Year at the 35th British Book Awards in May 2025.
According to the ministry’s website, the book was banned in June 2025 by a ruling of the Leningrad Regional Court.
Alexei Navalny’s posthumous autobiography was named Book of the Year at the 35th British Book Awards in May 2025.
‼️Russia is recruiting schoolchildren to make drones used against Ukrainian civilians under the guise of "education."
📽 Our investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHB... 👈
📽 Our investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHB... 👈
July 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
‼️Russia is recruiting schoolchildren to make drones used against Ukrainian civilians under the guise of "education."
📽 Our investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHB... 👈
📽 Our investigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHB... 👈
Sumy is a Ukrainian city located just 30 kilometers from the Russian border, home to 256,000 people before the full-scale war began.
What does it look like today? See for yourself in The Insider's photo report on Instagram.
Photos: Daria Nilova / The Insider
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What does it look like today? See for yourself in The Insider's photo report on Instagram.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sumy is a Ukrainian city located just 30 kilometers from the Russian border, home to 256,000 people before the full-scale war began.
What does it look like today? See for yourself in The Insider's photo report on Instagram.
Photos: Daria Nilova / The Insider
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What does it look like today? See for yourself in The Insider's photo report on Instagram.
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Alexei Navalny would have turned 49 today. A memorial service in memory of the murdered politician was held at his grave in Moscow.
In attendance were Navalny’s mother Lyudmila, the mother of his wife Yulia Navalnaya, and the parents of opposition politician Ilya Yashin.
In attendance were Navalny’s mother Lyudmila, the mother of his wife Yulia Navalnaya, and the parents of opposition politician Ilya Yashin.
June 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Alexei Navalny would have turned 49 today. A memorial service in memory of the murdered politician was held at his grave in Moscow.
In attendance were Navalny’s mother Lyudmila, the mother of his wife Yulia Navalnaya, and the parents of opposition politician Ilya Yashin.
In attendance were Navalny’s mother Lyudmila, the mother of his wife Yulia Navalnaya, and the parents of opposition politician Ilya Yashin.
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“I walked through the field of corpses, all Russian soldiers.”
Russia lists tens of thousands of its own servicemen as missing in action in Ukraine — many are alive in captivity, others left to rot.
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Russia lists tens of thousands of its own servicemen as missing in action in Ukraine — many are alive in captivity, others left to rot.
This Insider's film tells their story.
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April 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“I walked through the field of corpses, all Russian soldiers.”
Russia lists tens of thousands of its own servicemen as missing in action in Ukraine — many are alive in captivity, others left to rot.
This Insider's film tells their story.
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Russia lists tens of thousands of its own servicemen as missing in action in Ukraine — many are alive in captivity, others left to rot.
This Insider's film tells their story.
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Vladimir Putin recently joked about how people in Russia can be thrown behind bars merely for their words.
This is a rare case of Putin — widely known for peddling disinformation — telling the truth. By August 2024, Russian courts had received over 10,000 cases related to anti-war statements.
This is a rare case of Putin — widely known for peddling disinformation — telling the truth. By August 2024, Russian courts had received over 10,000 cases related to anti-war statements.
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Vladimir Putin recently joked about how people in Russia can be thrown behind bars merely for their words.
This is a rare case of Putin — widely known for peddling disinformation — telling the truth. By August 2024, Russian courts had received over 10,000 cases related to anti-war statements.
This is a rare case of Putin — widely known for peddling disinformation — telling the truth. By August 2024, Russian courts had received over 10,000 cases related to anti-war statements.
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March 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Feb. 16 marked the one-year anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death.
Hundreds lined up — risking reprisals — to pay respects to the murdered politician and lay flowers at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Sources: @sotavision.bsky.social, AFP.
Hundreds lined up — risking reprisals — to pay respects to the murdered politician and lay flowers at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Sources: @sotavision.bsky.social, AFP.
February 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Feb. 16 marked the one-year anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death.
Hundreds lined up — risking reprisals — to pay respects to the murdered politician and lay flowers at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Sources: @sotavision.bsky.social, AFP.
Hundreds lined up — risking reprisals — to pay respects to the murdered politician and lay flowers at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Sources: @sotavision.bsky.social, AFP.
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❗ Last night, a Russian attack drone hit the shelter covering the destroyed 4th reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, causing "significant" damage.
IAEA officials confirmed the explosion occurred near the New Safe Confinement at around 1:50 a.m.
Video: Volodymyr Zelensky
IAEA officials confirmed the explosion occurred near the New Safe Confinement at around 1:50 a.m.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
❗ Last night, a Russian attack drone hit the shelter covering the destroyed 4th reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, causing "significant" damage.
IAEA officials confirmed the explosion occurred near the New Safe Confinement at around 1:50 a.m.
Video: Volodymyr Zelensky
IAEA officials confirmed the explosion occurred near the New Safe Confinement at around 1:50 a.m.
Video: Volodymyr Zelensky
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