Reports

Analytics

Investigations

OIL

88.1

USD

78.32

EUR

89.55

We depend on contributions from readers like youSign up for regular contributions.

SOCIETY

Skip the exam and grab a rifle: Russia is making higher education less accessible

Skip the exam and grab a rifle: Russia is making higher education less accessible

Targeted therapies, vaccines, and artificial intelligence: AI has helped oncology achieve an unprecedented breakthrough

Targeted therapies, vaccines, and artificial intelligence: AI has helped oncology achieve an unprecedented breakthrough

Svetlana Bozrova

Cinema by permission: Kremlin censorship is killing Russia's film industry

Cinema by permission: Kremlin censorship is killing Russia's film industry

Andrey Melnikov

Released but not free: Administrative supervision functions as a second sentence for Russia’s former political prisoners

Released but not free: Administrative supervision functions as a second sentence for Russia’s former political prisoners

Gone viral: Why sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply in Europe

Gone viral: Why sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply in Europe

Kristina Kaspazova

Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

Escape from the “Digital GULAG”: Ordinary Russians are finding ways to bypass the Kremlin’s internet restrictions

Escape from the “Digital GULAG”: Ordinary Russians are finding ways to bypass the Kremlin’s internet restrictions

Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Moral migrants, bitter arrivals: Inside Russia's “values visa” trap

Moral migrants, bitter arrivals: Inside Russia's “values visa” trap

The home front: Opponents of domestic violence are facing increased pressure in wartime Russia

The home front: Opponents of domestic violence are facing increased pressure in wartime Russia

In Putin’s bad book: Censorship is reshaping Russia’s publishing industry

In Putin’s bad book: Censorship is reshaping Russia’s publishing industry

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

Svetlana Bozrova

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

The censorship shelf: Why some of Russia’s best films are being pulled from release without ever reaching audiences

The censorship shelf: Why some of Russia’s best films are being pulled from release without ever reaching audiences

“They destroyed all of Moscow’s competitive advantages”: Internet shutdowns are taking their toll on the Russian capital

“They destroyed all of Moscow’s competitive advantages”: Internet shutdowns are taking their toll on the Russian capital

Pulling the plug: America’s WHO departure is a death sentence for global health

Pulling the plug: America’s WHO departure is a death sentence for global health

Svetlana Bozrova

Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead

Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead

“The lights went out, the internet vanished, and the water was soon gone too”: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod are feeling the effects of war

“The lights went out, the internet vanished, and the water was soon gone too”: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod are feeling the effects of war

Anastasia Ulyanova

Regulated into scarcity: Why EU pharma rules backfired and how to fix Europe’s drug drought

Regulated into scarcity: Why EU pharma rules backfired and how to fix Europe’s drug drought

Svetlana Bozrova

“We didn’t spill our blood to negotiate with them”: Iranian society in the aftermath of the protest shootings

“We didn’t spill our blood to negotiate with them”: Iranian society in the aftermath of the protest shootings

Alexander Leonidovich

“Stepping outside your apartment is a mortal risk”: Russian forces target civilians as the Kremlin’s “human safari” in Kherson continues

“Stepping outside your apartment is a mortal risk”: Russian forces target civilians as the Kremlin’s “human safari” in Kherson continues

Olympic calm: Russian athletes’ return to the international stage is producing remarkably little controversy

Olympic calm: Russian athletes’ return to the international stage is producing remarkably little controversy

Elizaveta Pyatnitskaya

Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

One flew back to the cuckoo’s nest: Forced institutionalization will not fix America’s homelessness and mental health crises

One flew back to the cuckoo’s nest: Forced institutionalization will not fix America’s homelessness and mental health crises

Heated bricks, shared generators, and candles: How Kyiv survives without power and heat

Heated bricks, shared generators, and candles: How Kyiv survives without power and heat

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Global exodus: How climate change is forcing hundreds of millions of people to relocate

Global exodus: How climate change is forcing hundreds of millions of people to relocate

Dissidents by chance: The Kremlin has turned to labeling random people in Russia as traitors and terrorists

Dissidents by chance: The Kremlin has turned to labeling random people in Russia as traitors and terrorists

To the MAX: Authoritarian states are developing messaging apps in an effort to control their populations

To the MAX: Authoritarian states are developing messaging apps in an effort to control their populations

“It’s best to avoid traveling by train”: Women in Russia’s Belgorod Region face violence from soldiers

“It’s best to avoid traveling by train”: Women in Russia’s Belgorod Region face violence from soldiers

Anastasia Ulyanova

Synthetic sweethearts: AI is rewriting the reality of intimacy and desire

Synthetic sweethearts: AI is rewriting the reality of intimacy and desire

Anti-life: How U.S. abortion bans actually affect mothers and babies

Anti-life: How U.S. abortion bans actually affect mothers and babies

Svetlana Bozrova

“You walk in and see living skeletons”: Humiliation and abuse in Russian psychiatric care homes

“You walk in and see living skeletons”: Humiliation and abuse in Russian psychiatric care homes

Punishment instead of treatment: Why Trump’s repressive policies only worsen America’s homeless problem

Punishment instead of treatment: Why Trump’s repressive policies only worsen America’s homeless problem

Valery Nikolaev

This land is my land: The clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers look set to continue

This land is my land: The clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers look set to continue

Marianna Belenkaya

Make childbirth great again: China’s demographic crater forces U-turn from limits to pleas — but nobody’s listening

Make childbirth great again: China’s demographic crater forces U-turn from limits to pleas — but nobody’s listening

Kristina Kaspazova

Subscribe to our Sunday Digest

By subscribing, you agree to The Insider's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, as well as Google's reCAPTCHA terms (Privacy Policy, Terms of Service).

Opinions

Follow Us

Popular

Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families

1

Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft

2

The Czech illegals: Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe

3

A most wanted man: Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek exposed as decade-long GRU spy

4

The Lab: How FSB chemical weapons experts tried to poison Alexei Navalny

5

Investigation Topics

Subscribe to our Sunday Digest

Subscribe to RSS Feed

About the project