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'Their flags are getting on our nerves.' Have Poles fallen out of love with Ukrainians?
Three years on from the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees in Poland say they no longer feel so welcome. BBC Russian asks Poles…
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No connection... how Russians survived the May holidays with no mobile internet
Heightened wartime security measures mean Russian businesses and the general public are having to learn to live with unreliable electronic…
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May 2025

‘Return or destroy’: British and US bestsellers hit by purge in Russian bookshops
A Russian distributor has ordered booksellers to pull works by authors such as Jeffery Eugenides and Slavoj Žižek, in the latest case of censorship to…
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5,000 officers dead: what we know about Russian losses in Ukraine by mid-May
More than 5,000 Russian officers have been confirmed dead since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Of these, around one in 10 was a senior officer with…
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‘Migrants are the easiest target’. Russia’s latest crackdown on foreign labour
This year, Russia created a centralised database to track and restrict the rights of migrants who have supposedly broken the law. There are already…
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‘Not treason but a fight against evil.’ How one Russian couple helped the Ukrainian war effort
Sergei and Tatyana Voronkov decided to leave Russia in 2014 after growing disillusioned with the country. But when Russia came to the southeastern…
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How Russia took record losses in Ukraine in 2024
Last year was the deadliest for Russian forces since the start of the full-scale war with at least 45,287 killed.
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From golf partner to Russia envoy. Why Donald Trump chose Steve Witkoff to reset relations with Vladimir Putin
The billionaire real estate developer's rapid promotion over more experienced colleagues has sparked concern in Washington and Kyiv.
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April 2025

Russia’s payments to young mothers fuel birth rate row
Critics say the schemes risk encouraging teenage pregnancies as part of attempts to slow falling population numbers.
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BBC research proves Russia’s confirmed military dead in Ukraine exceeds 100,000
For all the talks about peace, the Russian casualty rate appears to be accelerating.
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"If you don't admit what you've done, your child is going to an orphanage"
To break her will, a Russian political activist is deprived of her disabled son.
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What's stopping Armenia and Azerbaijan signing historic peace deal over Karabakh?
Hopes of a breakthrough to end decades of conflict remain in the balance.
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