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‘He said they forced him into it’
After Maria’s son attempted suicide at a conscript training centre, she was promised he wouldn’t be sent to war. Then he was pressured into a contract.
Putin endorsed a plan to let Russians deemed ‘unfit for service’ join anti-drone units. What could go wrong?
How Russia tries to recruit women into war by promising to write off their debt
‘Who will save my daughter?’
A Russian woman and a Ukrainian soldier fell in love. Now she’s in prison for treason, and he’s campaigning for her release.
Paying off the court
At least 8,000 Russian criminal defendants have donated to the army to get their sentences reduced. How did funding the war become a legal strategy?
‘Stoking feelings of abandonment and helplessness’
Families of Russia’s missing soldiers built their own search network. The Kremlin accused them of working for Ukraine.
A bomb at a banquet
What we know so far about the Moscow restaurant explosion that killed five
Invisible veterans
At least 400,000 Russian soldiers have come home from the front. Their exact number — and how well they’re reintegrating — remains a mystery.
‘Please send adult diapers’
In Russian-occupied territories, ailing Ukrainian pensioners are imprisoned for ‘treason’ and ‘espionage’. Here are their stories.
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Russia arrests Estonian man visiting wife whose EU asylum claim was denied
Kazakhstan court rejects asylum appeal of former Navalny volunteer, clearing way for extradition to Russia
CIA warned Italy, Spain and France of possible Russian drone attacks, Spanish media reports
Czech Republic expels Russian propagandists who came to film ‘documentary series’ on Europe
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