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‘The war marks our writing, but it does not define it’: Interview with Ukrainian poet Iryna Shuvalova

Written by Filip Noubel

2 days ago

In Russia, dozens of volunteers are working to save bat populations

Written by Daria Dergacheva

2 days ago

Documentary about first Soviet sexologist Igor Kon receives a festival prize

Written by Daria Dergacheva

2 weeks ago

How anti-war Russians end up in US immigration prisons

Written by Baikal People Journal

2 weeks ago

Stories about Russia

How the NKVD fabricating a case almost caused one of Russia’s indigenous people to disappear

They executed dozens of people, only to admit years later that it was a fabrication

Written by Holod Media

3 weeks ago

‘One crap-news per week’: How Kremlin propaganda works on VKontakte social media platforms

How government-managed public social media accounts in Russia were turned into a propaganda machine

Written by Daria Dergacheva

3 weeks ago

‘Putin personally allowed me to hunt them’: How fraudsters use repression against LGBTQ+ people in Russia

LGBTQ+ individuals find it harder to ask for help, making them easy targets for criminals

Written by Baikal People Journal

24 March 2025

Phantom people: How the Tver Karelians live in Russia

The population of Tver Karelians has decreased 50 times in the last 100 years

Written by Daria Dergacheva

22 March 2025

Chipmaker giant TSMC’s USD 100 billion investment in the US unnerves many Taiwanese

Many Taiwanese are worried that Donald Trump would eventually betray Taiwan

Written by Oiwan Lam

14 March 2025

‘Our mission is to smother negativity with positivity!’: Why Russians enjoy traveling to North Korea

All tour programs are approved at the North Korean government level

Written by Baikal People Journal

13 March 2025

How to save the Caspian Sea from turning into an environmental disaster

It could lose one third of its area by the end of the century

Written by Nurbek Bekmurzaev

3 March 2025

How Uzbekistan's Shamshad Abdullayev became one of the most important contemporary Russian-language poets

“I think the most important thing that Abdullayev showed was the experience of freedom”

Written by Ramil Niyazov-Adyljan

26 February 2025

What is driving the intensifying anti-migration campaign in Russia?

Migrants are commonly accused of “disrespecting” the culture and norms of Russian society

Written by Russia Post

9 February 2025

‘Foreign metal objects’ led to the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight, preliminary report shows

Azerbaijan is reportedly in possession of a fragment of a Pantsir-S missile extracted from the crashed plane

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

6 February 2025

Russian authorities are cracking down on gay clubs

After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian police have raided 59 events as part of their attack against the so-called “LGBTQ+ movement.”

Written by Russia Post

6 February 2025

Belarussian leader Lukashenka reduced his total votes in the ‘elections’ to not surpass the ‘big brother’

According to the exit poll, he had 87.6 percent, and according to the Central Election Commission, 86.8 percent of the vote.

Written by Daria Dergacheva

29 January 2025

Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship

By the end of 2023, over 92 percent of Russian population used the internet. The government has other plans for them now.

Written by Daria Dergacheva

22 January 2025

Meet the Korean artists of Kazakhstan

They have contributed to the local art scene in many ways

Written by Ramil Niyazov-Adyljan

19 January 2025

From Russia to the EU: The high stakes of Meta’s content moderation shift

The solution is to support legacy media rooted in fact-checking

Written by Daria Dergacheva

16 January 2025

2025: The year we decide the internet's future

Can the multi-stakeholder model, which has safeguarded an open, inclusive internet, survive?

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

8 January 2025

What Russian soldiers wrote to their loved ones before their death

This post, published on Global Voices on December 31, 2024, has been withdrawn by our partner Holod.

Written by Holod Media

31 December 2024

How the UN Cybercrime Convention 2023 can pose a threat to human rights defenders and exiled journalists

Without adequate safeguards, the treaty could legitimize and facilitate the persecution of human rights defenders and journalists beyond national borders

Written by Guest Contributor

30 December 2024

The complex nature of Turkey's relations with Syria

With Assad's fall on December 8, Ankara has emerged as a winner and key negotiator between Western stakeholders and the new government in Syria

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

24 December 2024

There is an undergound market for surrogacy eggs from Russian women in China

In the summer of 2024, Russian social media was flooded with advertisements promoting egg donation in China.

Written by Baikal People Journal

23 December 2024

How artists in exile are becoming a focal point for the Russian diaspora abroad

New social circles often form around artists in exile, offering emigrants a chance to connect with like-minded people and escape loneliness, anxiety and fear

Written by Russia Post

5 December 2024

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