Information War An unseen interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza: 'Putin’s propaganda has taught us not to trust a lot of things' Following Alexei Navalny's death, Vladimir Kara-Murza is now the highest profile political prisoner in Russia. In this previously unseen interview from 2019, he talks about being poisoned, what keeps him awake at night and why people in the West shouldn't take their freedom for granted newsletter Natalia Antelava
Traditional Values In Russia, the anti-LGBTQ campaign marches on In a vaguely worded ruling, Russia’s Supreme Court has declared the “international LGBT movement” extremist. The decision has been a long time coming. roundup Katia Patin
Traditional Values How the global anti-LGBTQ movement found a home in Turkey An international anti-LGBTQ movement is making headway in Turkey, where the government is presenting homosexuality and transgenderism as an imposition of Western imperialism feature Frankie Vetch
Information War Why the Czech government can’t beat back online disinformation Attempts to stop homegrown false narratives from proliferating online have largely failed feature Amanda Coakley
Information War While Greece burned, politicians blamed migrants Conspiracy theorists say migrants are setting the worst wildfires in European history. Their narrative is spreading fast on social media feature Shola Lawal
Information War In India, academic freedom is at stake in a row over research The BJP and its supporters respond with fury to an unpublished paper alleging electoral manipulation feature Alishan Jafri
Soft Power As Zimbabwe elections near, China is the dragon in the room How Zimbabweans vote on August 23 could have a critical impact on the race to control the global supply of rare metals feature Ranga Mberi
Information War How the Kremlin plans to prop up Putin After surviving a surreal coup attempt, Putin tells an even more surreal fable of a nation that stood strong behind its president explainer Tamara Evdokimova
Information War Hate speech sparks fears of violence against Yazidis in Iraq An absence of accountability for a past genocide and a power vacuum have left the Yazidi vulnerable to renewed rounds of violence feature Frankie Vetch
Information War Amid chaos, Pakistan shut down the internet to little effect Disrupting internet services did not stop protests in Pakistan but hurt ordinary people and an economy in crisis, say experts q&a Javeria Khalid
Information War In Turkey, anger at Syrians reaches boiling point as elections loom Following the earthquakes in February, resentment of Syrian refugees in Turkey has grown and become a hot button election topic feature Frankie Vetch
Information War Documenting the women warriors of Ukraine Ukrainian filmmakers are helping to tell Ukraine’s side of the story to countries that have not condemned Russia’s invasion q&a Tusha Mittal
Traditional Values Italy’s pro-choice gynecologists reel from post-Roe shockwaves In Italy, where 7 in 10 gynecologists refuse to perform abortions, pro-choice doctors fear for the future of abortion rights feature Isobel Cockerell
Armed Conflict The LGBTQ rights debate is testing Ukraine's commitment to Europe The visibility of LGBTQ soldiers may herald a turning point in the fight for equal rights dispatch Amanda Coakley
Information War The Ukrainian journalists on the front lines of Russian propaganda As Russia pumps disinformation into the occupied territories of Ukraine, journalists from News of Donbas are working to cut through the falsehoods feature Amanda Coakley
