“We should be heard” – Mironov family denounce Italian court’s disregard for testimony of Russian activist in Markiv case
The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case over the deaths of the two reporters. At that time…
“I didn’t reach the war but ended up in prison instead,” Oleg Sentsov’s interview with Novaya Gazeta
[editorial]Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov is the most famous Ukrainian political prisoner released a recent prisoner swap between Ukraine and…
Inside the booming smuggling business in the Donbas
The key players in the Donbas’ booming smuggling business are politicians, oligarchs, and the criminal underworld. Coal, gold,…
Who are the French MPs that are visiting Crimea
Who came and for what reason? The trip of the French Parliament members was organized by the Franco-Russian…
Why Putin replaced his Donbas negotiator
The Kremlin finally became convinced that Poroshenko will not make the concessions it wants, so it changed its…
The story of a Russian soldier’s war in Ukraine: “We all knew what we had to do and what could happen”
The following article is an unabridged translation of a wounded Russian tanksman’s account of his fighting in Ukraine (graphic…
Atrocities that never were – Donbas rumor mill at work
November 6, 2014 Snizhne, the Donbas – a crowd of elderly women and mothers with children form a…
If Russia isn’t the West, then what is she? Full text of article accused of extremism and censored in Russia
Bad news for Russian officials, TV preachers, and fascist ideologists: Russian culture became great when Russia became Europe.…
He was no volunteer, tells wife of Russian officer killed in Donbas
Background On August the editor’s office of a Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta got an e-mail telling of a…
The Cold War “Russian Bear” image is back
The question “How should we perceive and treat Putin’s Russia?” is becoming ever sharper in the West –…
Refugees return from Russia to their abandoned homes in Ukraine
Nikita Girin, Novaya Gazeta. 9/12/2014 Top picture: Tamara and Lida on a train. The regional authorities bought their tickets…