Novaya Gazeta

The regime is strict but covid is cruel

What is happening in the prison colonies near Murmansk.
July 29, 2021

A pit and a yacht

Life is stagnation in Kovdor, a city that belongs to the oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, who also owns the most capacious yacht in the world
July 13, 2021

The whip defies the baton

Yuri Chaika offered to take the Cossacks to serve in the Russian National Guard. In Murmansk, they are already receiving rations.
July 05, 2021

"We are on our own and Russia is on its own"

There is not a single small airport left in the Arkhangelsk Region. This is a report from the Pomorie where the sky has been taken away from the people who live here.
June 21, 2021

Bewilderment on the shores of great Pechora

Instead of cleaning the shores of the Pechora, oil workers are laundering their reputations
June 09, 2021

Between life and oil

Vagit Alekperov's oil has been flowing along the rivers for three weeks. The following report is from the Komi Republic.
June 02, 2021

"He screamed in pain for three days and then he died"

A prison hospital patient talks about how they suffer and die within its walls.
May 07, 2021

At the feeding trough in a uniform

Disassembling a new class system: Almost every government department has its own uniform and shoulder straps - symbols of an era of omnipotence for Russian officials.
May 05, 2021

Drops of blood on gray crystal

In a Russian Klondike, a platinum deposit is being prepared for development without asking permission from the indigenous people
November 18, 2020

A Sámi activist complains to Russia's Supreme Court about being forced to prove his nationality

November 16, 2020

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