Society Oct 09, 2024Nov 11, 2024 The Kremlin Arena: Russian oligarchs locked in struggle over Finland’s largest stadium Finland has seen yet another failed attempt to sell the country’s largest hockey arena — an asset connected… Alex Johnson
Society Oct 03, 2024Nov 11, 2024 “They painted us all as traitors”: Environmental protests in Bashkortostan morph into Russia’s largest political trial A Russian court in Bashkortostan continues to extend the period of detention for participants in the mass protests this past… Alex Johnson
Society Oct 02, 2024Nov 11, 2024 The Last of Us: How the Karaites, Crimea’s smallest indigenous people, survive under occupation In annexed Simferopol, a recently restored Karaite kenesa — originally built in 1896 — has started to deteriorate… Alex Johnson
Society Sep 25, 2024Nov 11, 2024 “How do they make us sign contracts? They stick needles under our fingernails”: Wounded Russian soldiers forced back into the fight Plagued by a shortage of personnel due to heavy losses and desertion, the Russian Armed Forces spare no… Alex Johnson
Society Sep 23, 2024Nov 11, 2024 Durov’s anatomical theater: How the Telegram trial is reshaping relations between governments and tech giants After the arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s administrators began providing French authorities with data that helped identify suspects… Alex Johnson
Society Sep 20, 2024Nov 11, 2024 Machine guns over Patriots, covered Russian monuments, and the switch to Ukrainian language: Daily life in frontline Kharkiv Russia attacked Kharkiv in the first days of the full-scale invasion and even managed to occupy large parts… Alex Johnson
Society Sep 18, 2024Nov 11, 2024 “Those who abandoned us won’t come to the rescue”: Kursk residents go to the polls amid Ukraine’s ongoing offensive Russia’s loss of control over some border areas in the Kursk Region did not prevent the authorities from holding… Alex Johnson
Society Sep 10, 2024Nov 11, 2024 Beyond XY: the history of transgender athletes is more complicated than Vladimir Putin thinks The debate over sex and gender in sports has intensified. Vladimir Putin weighed in on the Paris Olympics,… Alex Johnson
Society Sep 04, 2024Nov 11, 2024 Theater of Anti-War: How Russia failed to conquer the stage for pro-war propaganda As the new theatrical season approaches, the director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg has been replaced… Alex Johnson
Society Sep 02, 2024Nov 11, 2024 War games: Russia’s push to militarize youth through summer camps This summer saw a surge in Russia of children’s “military-patriotic camps.” At these camps, children hear speeches from… Alex Johnson