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Anastasia Mikhaylova

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Investigations

Unwilling “terrorists”: The Insider speaks with the men the Kremlin accuses of bombing the Kerch Strait Bridge

POLITICS

"We tricked Putin": Jailed Khabarovsk governor Sergei Furgal's ex-aide on mafia infighting, an FSB partnership, and the Kremlin’s revenge

Investigations

Talking points from Moscow: How RT and the GRU set the agenda on German-language Telegram

Investigations

The mob’s humanitarian backdoor: Ramzan Kadyrov’s mafia connections reach deep into German critical infrastructure

Confession

The Kremlin’s missionary: A former aide shares the secrets of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary

SOCIETY

“We were flying with paper maps”: The state of Russia’s civil aviation under sanctions

Investigations

A luxury retreat for Putin's banker: Inside the private estate of VTB president Andrey Kostin and his propagandist mistress

SOCIETY

“When it’s -20°C outside, you have to work for food”: Russian workhouses enslave the needy while owners make millions

SOCIETY

Virgins, pimps and penile implants: Yevgeny Prigozhin kept a paid-for harem of barely legal women in a hotel in St. Petersburg

POLITICS

Through prisons to the stars. How Russians flee to the United States through Mexico

CORRUPTION

A diplomat with money. Sergey Lavrov owns elite real estate worth over 600 million rubles

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