Dmytro Yagunov: “A Quarrel of Slavs among Themselves” as Doctrine, or How the West Is Waking Up from Pushkin
I recently came across a link to a text to which I wish to draw the attention of everyone who works on Russia, war and culture. It is a substantial…
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Empty Colonies, Full Cemeteries: Prisons, War, and Russia’s Demography
Three statistical series – the population of the Russian Federation, the number of prisoners, and the losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine – are usually analysed separately;…
Dmytro Yagunov: The Cyclical Nature of Failure: Periodization of Penitentiary Reforms in Ukraine (1991–2026) as a Case of Institutional Drift
Since 1991, the Ukrainian penitentiary system has undergone many reforms – too many for such a period of time. It is entirely natural for a new team of leaders and…
A Powder Keg Beneath the Seats of the Political Elites: What 25,000 Declared Guns Really Mean
A few days ago, Vinnytsia hosted a meeting of the working group on harmonising the draft laws on civilian firearms with EU law. The discussion concerned the draft law “On…
Who Launches the Kalibrs and Shahed? A Reply to Vladimir Kara-Murza
The well-known Russian politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, who presents himself as a member of the Russian opposition, has just published a Facebook post linking to his opinion piece in The Washington…
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Not Isolated Incidents but a System: The UN Report on Sexual Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty under the Control of the Russian Federation
On 18 September 2026, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a thematic report prepared on the basis of the work of the United…
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Empty Bunks, New Prisons: Why Does Russia Need Seven Super-Prisons If Its Prison Population Has Fallen Fourfold?
The Russian authorities have officially announced plans to build an entire complex of new prisons. By 2035, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation intends to create seven “innovative…
Russian Terror in Numbers: What the Mass Graves of Kharkiv Oblast Reveal Four Years On
Four years after the Kharkiv counteroffensive: Ukrainian Ombudsman releases consolidated data on mass graves and victims of the Russian occupation At an event marking the fourth anniversary of the Kharkiv…
Gyunduz Mamedov: Change the System, Not Just the Name: The Task for the Next Prosecutor General
Following a high-profile scandal, the prosecution service has once again found itself at the centre of public attention. The system is facing a crisis of trust, accompanied by a crisis…
The Torture Quasi-Compromise During Mobilisation: From “Busification” to Systemic Violations of Article 3 ECHR
The absolute prohibition of torture is an unconditional and immeasurably important idea of modern constitutionalism and international human rights law. It is not merely a norm enshrined in Article 3…