A red brick building on the Rotterdam harbor bank. A guard is smiling behind the glass of the checkpoint. A modest plaque nearby, saying “Prosecutor’s Office”. We meet Fred Westerbeke, Chief ...

Here is an incredible letter: a plea for an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and in the Gaza Strip, signed by 51 Nobel laureates. They demand that politicians and the military stop the ...

In June the world will turn its eyes toward Russia for the Football World Cup. It will be a long awaited and joyous event. For most Russians it will also be an occasion of deep national pride. Some of ...

Here what’s in store for you this week: This week we bring you a rare dispatch from inside one of Russian mental institutions, where we find the patients abandoned, drugged and sterilised; We explore ...

We separate the real numbers from the fraud in Russia’s recent constitutional referendum; we look into the killing of 23-year-old Madina Umaeva that shook the country and what does it say about the ...

Covid-19 has turned QR codes from something we scan in a grocery store to a major point of political contention — and Russia is on the frontlines of the controversy. This week, our correspondent Irina ...

Kremlin’s COVID-austerity pushes the first Russian region into bankruptcy as experts warn that many more are to follow; why the leader of a tiny Russian region has the power and resources to bully and ...

Moscow emerges as one of the largest COVID-19 epicenters in the world, our investigation looks into how exactly the Russian capital made the country’s outbreak worse; regular Russians won’t be getting ...

ON THE “WOLVES CREED” TELEGRAM CHANNEL. Kadyrov’s hatred of the Yangulbayev family stemmed from the participation of the judge’s son — Ibragim — in the “Wolves Creed” Telegram channel which shed light ...

Moscow deploys more digital tools to discourage folks from breaking mass at home self-isolation, while Putin rolls out lackluster benefits for the country’s rising number of unemployed; Russia’s most ...

Authorities in Russia jailed journalists and beat protesters in the lead up to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s sham trial; we look at how many billions of dollars Russia spent on foreign excursions ...

We look at how the arrest of our journalist Ilya Azar has backfired on Russian law enforcement authorities and provoked even more protests; Trump suggesting bleach injections is more Russian than you ...