October 20, 2022 Time for A Talk? Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claims that Russia remains "open for talks" with Ukraine and other interested nations. Government Int'l Relations Moscow War
October 19, 2022 Flight Risk A plane was turned around when it was discovered that the co-pilot had been drafted. Military Travel War
October 19, 2022 Completed in Full "We hope and pray that you return alive and healthy [and] that you return victorious, having defended the security and independence of our country." – Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, announcing the end to mobilization in the capital. Cities & Towns Government Military Moscow War
October 17, 2022 Genocide Preventing Genocide Russia filed an official objection against Ukraine's case that Russia committed genocide during its invasion of its neighbor. Government Int'l Relations Law War
October 16, 2022 Brussels Sprouts and Nuclear Strikes Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev dismissed EU Representative Josep Borrell's fear of nuclear war as "paranoid." Government Int'l Relations War
October 15, 2022 We'll Swim After Victory Our correspondent was offered a business trip to Odesa, Ukraine. He took it and brought this back. Regions Travel Urban Life War
October 15, 2022 Notes at the Front Conviction of a journalist, regional dissent, and voices raised against the war. Dissent Journalism Media News War Women
October 15, 2022 Never Abandon Your Own When circumstances force you to leave the country, what do you do with your beloved pets? Animals Culture Travel War
October 15, 2022 A Knight Brave and Bold A mother in a remote village grapples with past, present, and future losses to war. Culture History War
October 15, 2022 Russian and Me A translator with Russian roots ruminates on her past, and what it means to be a Russophile today. Family History Language War
October 15, 2022 Poems in a Piggy Bank War births poetry. We share five recently created and translated anti-war poems. Dissent Literature War
October 15, 2022 Everything is Connected We are all daily shaken and unsettled by the fire hose of bad news from Russia and Ukraine, and we all would love “something good, loving, and light from Russia to counterbalance the darkness, the senseless brutality, and the horrors perpetrated by Russian hands in Ukraine.” Journalism Politics Social Issues War