Four years into #Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, independent outlet Mediazona have confirmed at least 200,000 Russian soldiers killed, with losses spread across 27,000 towns + villages reveals how the Kremlin relies on the poorest regions to feed its war machine zona.media/article/2026...

2018 besökte jag Moskvas enda kadettskola för kvinnor. Med fotograf Evgeny Feldman.

Must-read from Shaun. The piece ends on a stark lesson for future crises: don’t rule out scenarios just because they feel implausible, since that bias can blind even experienced services to what the evidence actually supports: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Here's the original report for all you Russian-speakers: youtu.be/3_LvSeMupHo?...

Must-see!

Har precis gjort en intervju med två modiga ryssar från Sankt Petersburg om ofriheten som unga ryssar lever i, läs mer i DN snart!

Medverkar i sverige live, svt, vid 17.38 idag för att prata om rekryteringen av ryska soldater till fronten. De som är beredda att strida för pengar har till stor del redan rekryterats, medan resten väger de ekonomiska erbjudandena mot risken att aldrig återvända.

From courtrooms in Moscow to the streets filled with protesters, my reporting has highlighted how Russia’s security services and judiciary move in lockstep to neutralize opposition, portraying Alexey Navalny not just as a dissident, but as the central target of a system built to silence him.

📰 Discover our full investigation in our website: forbiddenstories.org/propaganda-m...

➡️ From the Sahel to Latin America, a pattern emerges, revealing a structured long-term strategy. Our latest investigation uncovers how a discreet organization, now under the supervision of the SVR and previously tied to Yevgeny Prigozhin, extends Russia’s reach far beyond its borders.

#UK, #Sweden, #France, #Germany and the Netherlands say they are “confident” Alexei Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a lethal toxin found in South American poison dart frogs, not naturally present in #Russia www.gov.uk/government/n...

The triple murder at the “Petrohan” hut in #Bulgaria remains a mystery: three men shot in the head, a burned-down hut, a wanted suspect (Ivaylo Kalushev), and swirling theories about a cult, a pedophile ring, and paramilitary structures, but none conclusively proven so far.

Krum Zarkov, 43, just moved from the role of legal expert and former justice minister to leader of the Bulgarian socialist party — a rare case of a jurist with Sorbonne background taking over BSP’s top job. (BG/EN): www.bta.bg/en/news/bulg...

I have received many questions on Kadyrov, including his health ofc. until I can contribute to that reporting again, follow @istories.bsky.social 's coverage istories.media/stories/2026...

Currently listening to: www.bbc.com/audio/brand/...

Flera tongivande röster – jag har intervjuat flera av dem – skrev under denna text i går, som också publicerades i Le Monde och The Moscow Times: www.expressen.se/kultur/han-a... Länkar nedan till mina reportage från Karelen. Om Memorials arbete med att bevara minnet av historien.

Det här är verkligen hedrande! Tack, Publicistklubben och Hiertanämnden! www.publicistklubben.se/nyheter/publ... Jobbade på annan ort igår och blev så HÄR GLAD 🥹🥹🥹

Stort grattis @mariageorgieva.bsky.social! Så välförtjänt: www.publicistklubben.se/nyheter/publ...

5 years ago yesterday, Alexei Navalny landed in Moscow after months recovering in Germany from a Novichok poisoning. Thousands braved subzero cold to greet him despite heavy police presence. His flight was diverted to Sheremetyevo Airport, a move to avoid media coverage. Pic Evgeny Feldman, Kirov.

Olof Kleberg har jag haft kontakt sedan 2013 med anledning av ett seminarium som OSSE arrangerade på Sthlm Internet Forum. Han följde min karriär i Ryssland & Ukraina med stort intresse, och vi hade flera intressanta diskussioner om journalistik och utrikespolitik under åren. Vila i frid, Olof.

mitt undersökande år, 2025, präglades av denna granskning, både vad gäller rapportering, hur man får de man granskar att prata och sen hur man tänker kring säkerhet, hur man stöttar kollegor och följer upp spår. må 2026 bli ett år då man får mer av allt det goda www.journalisten.se/nyheter/repo...

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the attack had triggered a loss of heating for half of Kyiv’s 12,000 residential apartment buildings. He called on those residents affected to leave the city if they had “alternative sources of power and heating”. www.ft.com/content/9deb...

the return of inner warmth 🩵

hör om bulgariens eurointräde i studio ett: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/bulg...

highlights from bulgarian television. on investigative journalism between Stockholm, Sofia and Moscow:

”The fight for these children, for their safe return, for the punishment of their abusers, is something bigger than me” Ukrainian lawyer Kateryna Rashevska is still pushing for the return of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by #Russia: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

And also, the political firestorm that engulfed #Bulgaria has a clear focus: Delyan Peevski. Who is he and why does it matter? mariageorgieva.substack.com/p/beyond-res...

hör veckans reportage från #Bulgarien www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/prot...

Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights activist and founder of the Viasna Human Rights Centre, has reportedly been released from prison in #Belarus. He shared the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize with the Center for Civil Liberties + Memorial for their efforts in promoting civil society.

Maria Kalesnikava, Belarusian political activist and professional flutist known for her prominent role in the 2020 protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, has been released. Confirmed by her sister, whom she spoke to on the phone. zerkalo-access.space/news/economi...

in conversation with fellow journalist Maria Cheresheva about investigating #Russia, and on how long we have been reporting on the protests in #Bulgaria. Shadow fleet, Russian spies and more. In Bulgarian, rare opportunity, buy 1 get 1 free 4-ever. homecoming be like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oXd...

The latest from us and our Ukrainian partners Slidstvo.Info. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

"Vi låter dem inte ljuga för oss", parollen ikväll i flera bulgariska städer. Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv. Människor har samlats för att visa sitt missnöje med den nuvarande regeringens budget för 2026. Protesterna organiseras av antikorruptionspartiet Vi fortsätter förändringen (PP). #Bulgarien

Stoptime’s members were kept in jail on back-to-back charges — a law enforcement tactic known in Russia as “carousel arrests.” Read Meduza’s explainer on how this repressive practice works. meduza.io/en/cards/it-...

looking forward to the #Rorypeckawards this week!

first-ever claim against a country for wartime emissions www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

intervjuar en högaktuell artist som de ryska myndigheterna följer noggrant, även i exilen. I DN. nu på söndag 16 november kommer popfenomenet Monetochka till Slaktkyrkan i Sthlm.

Elena Kostyuchenko, a prominent exiled Russian journalist, has today been vocal about the severe visa restrictions recently imposed on Russians by the European Union, particularly the ban on multiple-entry Schengen visas for Russian citizens residing in Russia starting November 2025.

Read our full report here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...

Actually no surprises here: Gunvor group drops bid to buy #Lukoil assets after US calls it 'Kremlin's puppet' www.bbc.com/russian/arti...

an excerpt from Andrei’s book. “RUSSIAN CYBERPUNK” zona.media/article/2025...

interviewing through zoom is not my favorite thing to do. five years ago during Covid this is how I first met Kirill Serebrennikov for the first time. this time, there is war and other limits but I’m still interviewing interesting people.

Över en natt har en ny staty av den ryske tsaren Ivan den förskräcklige invigts i ryska staden Vologda. Invigningen sammanfaller med Rysslands nationella enhetsdag 4 november, en helgdag som firar expulsionen av polska styrkor från Moskva under den så kallade ”Tiden av oro” på 1600-talet,

och norska kontakter debatterar Dmitrij Muratov www.journalisten.no/urimelig-ang...

talked investigative journalism with students from the American university in Bulgaria. So much fun, got great questions

#Bulgaria faces challenges regarding #Lukoil after the new US sanctions imposed on major Russian oil companies, including Lukoil. The sanctions block financial transactions via SWIFT, which complicates payments given Lukoil's majority ownership of the Burgas refinery, Bulgaria's only oil refinery.

Awful news. Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin, Ukrainian journalists working for TV channel Freedom, were killed in a Russian Lancet drone attack in Kramatorsk, according to the city’s mayor and local media reports. This makes three deaths of journalists in eastern Ukraine just this month.