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Dec 24, 2024Dec 24, 2024

“The unwilling were tasered or had their papers signed for them”: Russia’s fall conscription drive reaches new levels of brutality

Russia’s fall military draft is drawing to a close. The nearer the end, the harsher the methods employed…

Society

Dec 20, 2024Dec 20, 2024

“No water, no gas in the house, humanitarian aid consists solely of canned food.” The growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Global events have shifted public attention away from Israel’s ongoing military operation in Gaza, and media coverage of…

Alex Johnson

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Dec 14, 2024Dec 14, 2024

The ribbon of merit. How Ukrainian partisans fight the enemy in Russian-occupied territories

On Nov. 26, the Ukrainian guerrilla movement Atesh sabotaged a rail track in a Russian-occupied area just north…

Alex Johnson

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Dec 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024

“So far, nothing bad has happened”: Syria’s Kurdish and Armenian populations express their fears about the anti-Assad rebels’ rise to power

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has been greeted in different ways — with jubilant celebration…

Alex Johnson

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Nov 29, 2024Nov 29, 2024

“Not being able to perform in Russia is a tragedy”: Rock musician Boris Grebenshchikov on life after 2022

This past September, Russian rock musician and Soviet underground icon Boris Grebenshchikov survived a heart attack that saw…

Alex Johnson

Society

Nov 26, 2024Nov 26, 2024

“United in hatred of Khamenei”: Lessons learned from half a century of Iranian opposition in exile

Repression, societal regression, and war have forced millions of educated, affluent, and socially active people to leave Iran.…

Alex Johnson

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Nov 23, 2024Nov 23, 2024

De-FIDE-zation: Russian influence in chess faces challenges beyond sanctions

The World Chess Championship kicked off on November 20, marking a pivotal moment for the International Chess Federation…

Alex Johnson

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Nov 21, 2024Nov 21, 2024

A fractured rainbow: How the Middle East war split the global LGBTQ community

In late October, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA) suspended the membership of the…

Alex Johnson

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Nov 17, 2024Nov 17, 2024

Multiplication by zero: Russia’s promised childbirth support turns into reproductive pressure

In September, a large number of Moscow women were invited to take a free Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) test,…

Alex Johnson

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Oct 23, 2024Nov 11, 2024

“A cheerful guy, honor student, it beats me how he became a terrorist”: Why Dagestan failed to prevent a bloody Islamist attack

Earlier this month, authorities in Dagestan arrested the wife of former Sergokala district head Magomed Omarov, whose sons…

Alex Johnson