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Son of CIA Deputy Director Joined Russian Army and Was Killed in the War in Ukraine
11:07 - 25 April
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IStories Identified the Names of 51 Soldiers From China Who Passed Through the Russian Armed Forces Selection Point Over the Course of a Year
Most went to sign a contract immediately after arriving in Russia. Ukrainian authorities believe there are many more
11:00 - 11 April
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The Court Sentenced in Absentia the Publisher of IStories Roman Anin and Journalist Ekaterina Fomina to 8.5 Years in Prison in the Case of Military “Fakes”
The criminal case was based on three IStories videos: two news reviews by Anin and Fomina’s investigation into the killing of civilians in Bucha
13:14 - 31 March
Updated a month ago
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Ramzan Kadyrov Has Come Into Conflict with the Kremlin, IStories Sources Say
Moscow is displeased with the Chechen leader’s negotiations with Middle Eastern monarchies regarding his family’s safety
11:52 - 27 March
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Three Quarters of Russian Military Injuries in Positional Warfare Are From UAVs
18:45 - 25 March
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The AFU Lost Positions in Kursk Oblast Due to a Lack of Intelligence Data From the U.S.
Without it, Ukrainian forces are unable to identify and attack Russian troops
14:51 - 10 March
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The Charon Project. IStories Has Launched a Database of Deceased and Missing Russian Soldiers Based on Neural Networks
The database includes a search for individuals, casualty estimates by region, age, places of death and disappearance, and much more information
14:14 - 24 February
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Finland Suspects a Ship From the Russian Shadow Fleet of a New Cable Damage in the Baltic Sea. IStories Found Its Captain
The tanker was near the Estlink 2 power cable when it failed
17:02 - 26 December
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Volgoneft Tankers Were Banned From Entering the Kerch Strait in December
One of them sailed for two weeks without valid documents. The vessels violated almost all of the operating restrictions
17:40 - 18 December
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Defense Minister Andrei Belousov Said That in 2024, More Than 427 Thousand People Were Recruited for a Contract. Is This True?
IStories explain why this number may be overstated
18:11 - 16 December
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Law Enforcement Conducted a Search and Seizure at the Home of IStories Editor-in-Chief’s Parents
A criminal case was opened against Alesya Marokhovskaya under the “foreign agency” article
12:33 - 5 December
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A Drone Struck the Barracks of Ramzan Kadyrov’s Regiment Overnight
It is the same location where 13 Chechens were executed extrajudicially in 2017. The building sustained severe damage
14:45 - 4 December
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The USA Ready to Train and Arm New AFU Soldiers If Ukraine Changes Conscription Policy — US Department of State
Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has no plans to reduce mobilization age
14:15 - 4 December
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NATO Secretary General Estimates the Number of Russian Armed Forces Casualties in Ukraine at 700,000 People
According to a senior alliance official, the average daily Russian casualties have peaked at about 1,500 people
19:43 - 3 December
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A European Partner of Putin’s Friend
How Czech businessman Jan Merka is associated to Russian businessman Gennady Petrov
22:33 - 14 November
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Conscripts in Moscow Were Notified They Are Banned From Leaving the Country
They are threatened with criminal liability for failure to report to the military enlistment office
19:45 - 12 November
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Judges Versus Migrants
In the first half of 2024, Russian courts fined migrants a record amount and ordered 86,000 foreigners to be expelled from Russia
09:40 - 21 October
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The Traitors, The Spies, The Terrorists
Russian courts break the record for state treason convictions, and the number of convicted military personnel continues to rise: the IStories data team research on the convictions in Russia for the first half of 2024
07:00 - 18 October
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Russian Soldiers Have Become More Likely to Receive Real Sentences as Punishment
Almost half of the convicted servicemen were sentenced to real imprisonment, whereas earlier their share did not exceed one third. The damage caused by military crimes has increased more than 30 times
17:36 - 15 October
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Russia Plans to Recruit at Least 225,000 People on Contract with the Defense Ministry in the Next Three Years
This follows from the draft expenditure budget for 2025–2027
13:51 - 4 October
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Russian Authorities Plans to Send 40% of Accused Persons to War
About 20 thousand people may go to the war front from pre-trial detention centers
05:07 - 1 October
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Who Runs One of the Most Popular Pro-War Telegram Channels
IStories reveal how an Airborne Forces officer, the son of a former deputy minister and possibly a General Staff officer make money from exclusive snuff videos from the war in Ukraine
11:00 - 24 September
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Shooting at the Largest Russian Online Retailer’s Main Office Near the Kremlin. What Happened?
Two people killed, several injured
17:12 - 18 September
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Announcing a New Editor-In-Chief at IStories
Alesya Marokhovskaya will replace Roman Anin, who will continue as the publisher
19:30 - 13 September
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Foreign Prisoners in Russia Are Massively Offered to Sign a Consent to Be Handed over to Their Home Countries’ Authorities
In this way, the Federal Penitentiary Service is probably trying to prevent new cases of hostage-taking in penitentiary institutions
10:19 - 10 September
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The Pace of Contract Soldier Recruitment in 2024 Has Accelerated by at Least 6 Times Compared to Last Year
This follows from data on federal budget expenditures for one-time payments for the contract signing
16:56 - 9 September
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The Russian Prosecutor’s Office Will Revoke the Rehabilitation of Some Victims of Soviet Political Repression
Renewed repression will affect those considered “traitors to the Motherland” in the USSR
15:36 - 9 September
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In All Gubernatorial “Elections” Incumbent Regional Heads Were Re-Elected, in All Parliamentary “Elections” United Russia Won
Preliminary results of the United Voting Day in Russia
12:51 - 9 September
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Telegram’s Muddy Money
IStories found out that among the investors in Pavel Durov’s cryptocurrency were companies involved in schemes to export coal and metals from the occupied territories of Ukraine. They purchased resources taken from Donbas from Victor Yanukovych’s “purse” linked to Putin’s administration
11:59 - 6 September
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Russian Army Deserter Detained in Kazakhstan Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
He may have been smuggled out of the country
17:38 - 4 September
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