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To stop the Ukrainian offensive on Svatove, the Russian command threw thousands of untrained mobilized people to the front line. Their relatives are telling what happened to them

18 January

Irina Dolinina, Rina Nikolaeva

Svatove Slaughter: What Was It Like

How the kidnapping, torture and terror is organized in the center of Ukrainian guerrilla resistance — Russian-occupied Melitopol

3 October

Polina Uzhvak, Rina Nikolaeva

“You Will Die and No One Will Know”

A disabled Ukrainian man was nearly tortured to death in occupied Melitopol. Now he’s back in Russian captivity

14 August

Polina Uzhvak, Rina Nikolaeva

“Mom, I Went to Hell”

Where does the Federal State Statistics Service of Russia hide military casualties and how official data differ from reality? Data investigation by IStories

6 July

Rina Nikolaeva, Alesya Marokhovskaya

At Least 18,000 Russians Died in War in 2022

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The Case of Russian Censorship

IStories found out who and why works for Russia’s main censor

2 March

Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Rina Nikolaeva, Alisa Kuznetsova

Faces of Censorship

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The Case of Russian Censorship

Who found themselves in Roskomnadzor, the main Russian censor’s, sights, and why: potential “foreign agents”, opinion leaders, the media, tech giants, messaging apps and those close to powerful people. Enemies are blocked, while loyalists are saved from unflattering publications

8 February

Alesya Marokhovskaya, Polina Uzhvak, Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Irina Dolinina, Sonya Savina, Rina Nikolaeva

The All-Seeing State Eye

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The Case of Russian Censorship

Russia’s main censor — Roskomnadzor — secretly monitors publications critical of Russian authorities on the internet. They generate reports that they then send to the security forces. What does it mean for Russian citizens?

8 February

Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Irina Dolinina, Polina Uzhvak, Alesya Marokhovskaya, Sonya Savina, Anastasia Korotkova, Rina Nikolaeva

How Roskomnadzor Protects Putin's Power

IStories spoke with relatives of three dead, recently mobilized soldiers. They discussed why their loved ones decided “not to run” and go to war — and whether they consider this choice to have been the right one

28 December

Polina Uzhvak, Rina Nikolaeva

Until Death Convinces Us

After entering Kyiv, Russian soldiers detained locals, and held them prisoner for days, while violently beating and torturing them using hammers, axes and gunstocks

3 October

Irina Dolinina, Rina Nikolaeva, Editors

Harrowing Accounts of Ukrainians Who Were Detained, Questioned and Tortured by Russian Troops near Kyiv

Can sanctions stop the war and change the political regime in Russia? Maxim Mironov, Professor of Finance at IE Business School, explains

18 July

“Half of the Money the EU Sends, Putin Spends on the War”

What pushes the Russians to make up for shortages in the army's equipment at their own expense, and does their help make any difference?

4 July

Sonya Savina, Rina Nikolaeva

How “Moms” but Not the Ministry of Defense Provide for the Russian Army

Is it true that Russia threatens the whole world with famine?

25 May

The First Grain War