March 16, 2025 Fleeting Freedom A Ural journalist was released from jail, only to be re-arrested. Dissent Journalism Law News Political Prisoners Russia File
February 23, 2025 Three Years, 95,000 Dead Three years after the start of Russia's War on Ukraine, more than 95,000 Russian troops have died. Journalism Statistics War Russia File
February 09, 2025 Russia Comes for Norwegians The independent Norwegian news site The Barents Observer has been declared "undesirable" by the Russian government. Dissent Int'l Relations Journalism Russia File
January 27, 2025 Making a List The Ministry of Internal Affairs may be creating a database of LGBT persons to make future prosecutions easier. Dissent Government Journalism Law Men Women Russia File
October 28, 2024 BRICS Leaders Assemble in Kazan The annual BRICS summit is on in Kazan. Government Int'l Relations Journalism Russia File
October 10, 2024 Member of State Media Poses as BBC Journalist A journalist for a pro-Kremlin news site attempted to pose as a BBC journalist in Germany. Emigrés Espionage Journalism Russia File
July 22, 2024 U.S. Journalist Sentenced American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony. Espionage Int'l Relations Journalism War Russia File
July 14, 2024 Out of Time(s)? The Moscow Times has been declared an "undesirable" organization, throttling its distribution in Russia. Government Journalism News Russia File
July 02, 2024 Small-Town Russia and the War Sociologists spent a month living in small-town Russia to understand how Russians feel about the war in Ukraine. Journalism Rural Life War Russia File
June 16, 2024 Ten Years of Russian Crimea Russian state media outlet Izvestia is celebrating ten years since the Crimean annexation with a special feature that's pure propaganda. Int'l Relations Internet Journalism Russia File
February 13, 2024 Congress of "Foreign Agents" Held in Berlin Journalists and activists labeled "foreign agents" by the Kremlin gathered in Berlin. Dissent Journalism Russians Abroad Russia File
February 10, 2024 Everyone Understands What's Going On Speaking Russian in this time of war is as much about the words you cannot say as those you can. Journalism Language War