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February 18, 2024
Exclusive: Inmates Repeatedly Denied Medical Care At Navalny Prison, Documents Reveal

Court documents examined by RFE/RL reveal that medical care was repeatedly denied to inmates at the prison where Aleksei Navalny was held. In one case, this resulted in the death of an inmate. The revelation comes amid questions over how Navalny died.

February 05, 2024
Storm Gladiator: How Russia Uses Recruited Convicts To Fight In 'Fierce' Assault Units In Ukraine

Systema, RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, has uncovered details of the Russian military’s use of recruited convicts as assault troops in the invasion of Ukraine. The Defense Ministry continues to recruit prisoners to fight in some of the most brutal engagements on the front lines.
January 24, 2024
How A Russian Fighter-Jet Manufacturer Continued To Import Western Aviation Parts Despite Sanctions

Though not a huge amount, the value of aviation parts imported to Russia after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine highlights just how hard it has been for Western governments to police sanctions restrictions on Moscow -- and how spotty some Western companies have been in adhering to the restrictions.
January 12, 2024
First It Was Eggs. Now Exploding Hot-Water Pipes. The Domestic Headaches Overshadowing Putin's Reelection Messaging

Exploding pipes left hundreds of thousands of Russians freezing and angry. It’s an unwelcome headache for the reelection campaign of President Vladimir Putin, who is less worried about winning than he is about getting a credible mandate from an electorate already anxious about the Ukraine invasion.
December 29, 2023
That Time Putin Visited A St. Petersburg Strip Club As Russia Waged War In Chechnya

Russian celebrities are scrambling to apologize for attending an “Almost Naked” party as the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine grinds on. A quarter-century ago, Vladimir Putin visited a St. Petersburg strip club as Russian forces fought a bloody campaign in Chechnya.
December 21, 2023
How The Korean Rumored Ex-Fiancé Of Putin's Daughter Landed A Career At Gazprombank

A South Korean man who was rumored in the past to have been engaged to one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters has had a long career at Gazprombank, a large state-linked lender where two of Putin’s sons-in-law have also worked, a new RFE/RL investigation has found.
November 30, 2023
Inside Russia’s Fake Private Mercenary Company Fighting In Ukraine

A new interactive investigation by RFE/RL reveals the inner workings of a secretive scheme by Russian military intelligence to recruit fighters for the Kremlin's war on Ukraine under the guise of a fictitious private military company.
November 08, 2023
Russia Violates Promises Of Pay, Pardons For Contract Soldiers

Russia maintains manpower and avoids a politically risky call-up by offering contract soldiers what the Kremlin calls “very, very attractive” terms for signing up to fight in Ukraine. But RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, found numerous cases in which the promised benefits never came.
October 10, 2023
How Russia's GRU Set Up A Fake Private Military Company For Its War In Ukraine

After the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a purportedly private military group called Redut has widely been tipped as Wagner’s potential successor as Russia’s key mercenary force. A new RFE/RL investigation reveals that Redut is, in reality, a secretive network operated by Russian military intelligence.
June 24, 2023
How Konstantin Malofeyev, Russia's 'Orthodox Oligarch,' Finances His Support Of Moscow's War In Ukraine

Konstantin Malofeyev, a monarchist Russian billionaire who has spent millions supporting Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, has been under sanctions since 2014. Did a windfall deal one week before the February 2022 invasion give his efforts a shot in the arm?
June 01, 2023
Unlawful Transfer: Inside The Russian System To Take Ukraine's Children

Moscow is making it easier to send children taken from Ukraine to orphanages and families in Russia -- and harder for their real families to bring them home. An RFE/RL investigation reveals details about the process that has earned President Vladimir Putin an arrest warrant for war crimes.
April 05, 2023
Leaked Files Show China And Russia Sharing Tactics On Internet Control, Censorship

A window into the level of cooperation between China and Russia in censoring their respective Internets and monitoring dissent was unveiled in files from closed-door meetings in 2017 and 2019 between officials from the Cyberspace Administration of China and Roskomnadzor that were obtained by RFE/RL.

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