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'Deprived of their most basic rights' - the reality of being trans in Russia
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia has become an increasingly hostile place for the LGBT community, and for transgender people in particular.
Jul 24
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Killed for telling the truth. Remembering Natalia Estemirova
15 years ago Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova was kidnapped and killed in Chechnya. In a deeply personal piece, her daughter Lana…
Jul 15
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June 2024
Wagner’s Inheritance. What has happened to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s assets?
A year after the failed mercenary uprising, a BBC investigation leads from Syria through Africa to the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Jun 28
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Everyone’s at the front line. Penal colonies in Russia are closing down: there’s nobody left to ‘do the time’
The war in Ukraine has seen tens of thousands of Russian prisoners recruited to the battlefields.
Jun 21
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‘Immoral but effective.’ How the ‘Wagner’ private military company lost 17,000 prisoners in the assault on Bakhmut
BBC Russian continues its investigation into the Kremlin’s war dead in Ukraine.
Jun 10
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‘Immoral but effective.’ How the ‘Wagner’ private military company lost 17,000 prisoners in the assault on Bakhmut
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LONG READ: Tajikistan's terrorism problem
Why have so many Tаjiks been involved in terror attacks this year? The BBC meets the families of the men accused of the Moscow concert hall atrocity and…
Jun 7
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Counting Russia's lost troops in Ukraine: stories of desperate families
BBC Russian's Olga Ivshina talks to BBC World Service radio about her ongoing project to count how many Russian soldiers are dying in Ukraine, and what…
Jun 3
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May 2024
Surviving Storm V – the brutal reality of life on the frontline as a Russian convict fighter
A disturbing firsthand account of how a convicted drug dealer from Moscow went from prisoner to frontline soldier and now asylum seeker in France.
May 24
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“Don’t cry, we’re sending you back to Russia:” The precarious life of Russian political exiles and deserters in neighbouring states
BBC has been speaking to Russians who've fled the country and to activists from the underground network of NGOs set up to help them escape and start a…
May 8
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"To flatter Putin's ego”: Why Russia’s top physicists are being jailed
A series of arrests coincides with Vladimir Putin’s boasting about the country’s new hypersonic weapons.
May 3
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"To flatter Putin's ego”: Why Russia’s top physicists are being jailed
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April 2024
Armenians fear new war with Azerbaijan despite talk of peace
Ethnic Armenians who lost their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh worry Azerbaijan plans another war.
Apr 24
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How long can a Russian prisoner survive at the frontline in Ukraine? A BBC investigation
BBC Russian's analysis suggests those recruited to defence ministry units are dying increasingly quickly.
Apr 18
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