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LONG READ: Inside a war crime - the medics, mums and babies who survived the Mariupol hospital attack
In March 2022 the world was shocked by photos of pregnant women staggering through the wreckage of a bombed out maternity hospital. BBC Russian hears…
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“I am Kazakh”: How one Central Asian nation’s new generation is turning away from Russia
Since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, there is growing talk of "decolonisation" in Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest country. But what does it…
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Do the new appointments at Russia’s two largest state museums reveal the increasingly politicised face of Russian culture?
As the war in Ukraine continues, the BBC has been finding out how some sudden changes in the top management of Russia’s two highest profile museums…
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LONG READ - Prison, war and revenge killing: the inside story of the Wagner ‘sledgehammer murder’ case
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The shocking scale of theft in the Russian army
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Lost battalions: calculating Russia's casualties in six months of war in Ukraine
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Elite specialists: Russia’s costly losses in Ukraine
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LONG READ: Russia’s ‘last hope’ – the violent criminals turned Wagner mercenaries fighting on the frontline in Ukraine
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“Like dancing on a minefield”: Belarus civil society destroyed by the authorities
In Belarus, the authorities, cracking down on dissent, have swept away virtually the entire independent NGO sector.
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Ukraine war: What do we know about Gazprom’s private army
The Wagner group is not the only private military company fighting in Ukraine. Tensions are rising with rival mercenary groups apparently linked to…
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'Chinese whispers'. How the FSB hunts 'spies' in Russia's Far East
Since the start of 2023, the FSB has detained at least six people in Russia’s Far East on suspicion of treason. BBC Russian details the case of two…
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My son the hostage: Dissident families targeted in Belarus
The sons of two anti-government figures in Belarus are in jail because of their fathers' actions, the BBC hears.
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Counting the dead: confirmed Russian losses in Ukraine now exceed 20,000
BBC Russian's tally of Russia's war dead reaches a grim new milestone of more than 20,000 confirmed names, with record numbers of deaths among prisoners…
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Can air forces play a bigger role and turn the tide in the war in Ukraine?
Ukraine had been pushing for modern fighter jets which it considers a main element for a successful counteroffensive against Russian forces. But what…
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Ukraine war: Russian parliament approves online call-up
The move, described by critics as further manifestation of the Russian authorities constructing an “electronic Gulag”, is thought to be aimed at…
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The Best of BBC News Russian - in English
The Best of BBC News Russian - in English
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