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A crackdown before the storm. Vladimir Milov explains why fake votes cannot hide the weakening of power

Beware what you wish for. Moscow's joy over US withdrawal from Afghanistan may be premature

Anna Borshchevskaya

“The US was pushing a new Marshall Plan. But Afghanistan is not Germany». Arkady Dubnov on why the Taliban won without a fight

The “Manchurian President”. How Russia became a raw-materials appendage of Beijing

The Minsk “zugzwang”. How both Russia and the West grew weary of Lukashenko at the same time

Vladislav Inozemtsev

«Sputnik» and white lies. Why does a working vaccine have a bad reputation?

The final push towards Russia’s embrace. How tougher sanctions against Belarus could lead to its disappearance as an independent state

Yaroslav Romanchuk

Have the Palestinians been written off, or did Israel leave Hamas with no option?

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The Party's gold. How United Russia misappropriates Russian Railways’ money under the guise of «donations»

«Nobel Prize of Discord»: How Muratov's award was received in Russia

Numerous deaths and 1 mln Russians at risk — result of EpiVac vaccine promoted by Putin

«I had every right to leave Russian territory»: The Insider's Chief Editor Roman Dobrokhotov comments on the criminal case against him

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30 сентября 2021

Bellingcat, The Insider and CNN investigation of Navalny's poisoners wins Emmy award

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29 сентября 2021

Another mysterious woman in Putin's surrounding gets apartment from Russian state via a dodgy scheme

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28 сентября 2021

«He practiced shooting with Putin at a shooting range»: Berlin Bicycle Assassin's relative reveals his biography

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24 августа 2021

«A peasant farmer», «henchmen» and «our younger brothers». How Kremlin propaganda presents the situation in Belarus

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10 августа 2021

“I hope they will exchange me for pilot Yaroshenko and make a film about me”. An interview with arrested “American spy” Paul Whelan

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20 июля 2021

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