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Russia began recruiting the unemployed to send to war
They are offered a salary of RUB 300,000 per month
12.07.2022
Russia began recruiting the unemployed to send to war
How "moms" but not the Ministry of Defense provide for the Russian army
What pushes the Russians to make up for shortages in the army's equipment at their own expense, and does their help make any difference?
04.07.2022
How "moms" but not the Ministry of Defense provide for the Russian army
Refugees 2022. A documentary film by Important stories
How they lose, escape, and help during the war
27.05.2022
Refugees 2022. A documentary film by Important stories
Not just Bucha. Here's what happened outside Chernihiv
The Russian military achieved notoriety for murders and rapes in Bucha, Kyiv region. But they behaved no better near Chernihiv.
30.04.2022
Not just Bucha. Here's what happened outside Chernihiv
Nikolay, a Man of God
A brief story of the life and death of Ukrainian Nikolay Moroz, who went missing during the occupation of the Kyiv region.
25.04.2022
Nikolay, a Man of God
“They just came, killed a bunch of people, destroyed the city and left”
What Russian troops did in Bucha and other cities near Kyiv. Testimonies from local residents who survived the "special operation"
06.04.2022
“They just came, killed a bunch of people, destroyed the city and left”
The voices of the war in Ukraine
The month of Putin's war in Ukraine is being told by the voices of people on both front lines in the film of Important Stories
29.03.2022
The voices of the war in Ukraine
"My whole head is full of the fact that I am not needed"
A third of older people in Russia live in a state of chronic loneliness. We tell you who and how is trying to fight this problem — and how it can be prevented for new generations
17.12.2021
"My whole head is full of the fact that I am not needed"
They slowly deteriorate until they start falling on people's heads
Russian cities are losing their historical image: across the country, architectural monuments are being demolished for the sake of apartment block-buildings
29.11.2021
They slowly deteriorate until they start falling on people's heads
How propagandists incite hatred towards migrants, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs accuses “foreign agents” of doing so
Important Stories and Novaya Gazeta analyzed crime statistics, and also studied with the help of neural networks what pro-state media and media, recognized as foreign agents, write about migrants in order to debunk popular myths about non-residents
23.11.2021
How propagandists incite hatred towards migrants, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs accuses “foreign agents” of doing so
"I sit and pray to God to get there alive"
Most of the public transport in Russia is worn out and accidents are becoming more frequent. The situation is the worst in Astrakhan
15.11.2021
"I sit and pray to God to get there alive"
Warm Arctic, hot Siberia
We explain on simple charts how the Russian climate is drastically changing and what this can mean to us in the future
19.10.2021
Warm Arctic, hot Siberia
Electronic ballots of Pamfilova sharpened "Churov's saw"
On the charts and laws of mathematics we explain why the results of the Duma elections could have been falsified
21.09.2021
Electronic ballots of Pamfilova sharpened "Churov's saw"
"The tragic disparity between what people have and what they consider normal"
Why do many Russians limit themselves in food, clothing and medication despite an officially low level of poverty? An explainer by IStories
09.09.2021
"The tragic disparity between what people have and what they consider normal"
"They have been re-optimized to the point that soon no one will be able to get sick at all"
20 million Russians may not be able to wait for an ambulance to arrive when their lives are at stake. Research and Reporting "Important Stories"
26.07.2021
"They have been re-optimized to the point that soon no one will be able to get sick at all"
‘I’m never going back to that hell—I don’t want to give birth in this country anymore’
In Russia, one baby dies during labour or pregnancy every minute. An Important Stories investigation.
01.06.2021
‘I’m never going back to that hell—I don’t want to give birth in this country anymore’
“If none of the adults trampled, kids go to school through snowdrifts”
Why a hundred thousand Russian schoolchildren, who are due to a bus, reach school through mud and off-road. The research of “Important Stories”
14.05.2021
“If none of the adults trampled, kids go to school through snowdrifts”
Suppression of Russian Media
On this World Press Freedom Day, we call on the Russian government to uphold its responsibility to protect and defend freedom of the press. In 1998, the Russian Federation signed the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to freedom of expression for all citizens and the right “to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.”
03.05.2021
Suppression of Russian Media
What we know about the criminal case that has led to Roman Anin being questioned
On the evening of April 9, FSB agents carried out a search at the home of Roman Anin, IStories editor-in-chief. The raid took place as part of a criminal case that was opened under article 137, section 2 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation: Invasion of personal privacy committed by a person through their official position. Roman has been summoned for questioning twice already. Right now, he is being treated as a witness. We have decided to collate the answers to our readers’ and colleagues’ most frequently asked questions.
15.04.2021
What we know about the criminal case that has led to Roman Anin being questioned
“The roof kept leaking, the mold kept spreading and the kids kept freezing”
Why thousands of russian schools in the 21st century have modern computers — but no central heating or functioning toilets
15.03.2021
“The roof kept leaking, the mold kept spreading and the kids kept freezing”
Houses wintered with snow
Why millions of Russian people wait for resettlement from deteriorated houses for decades, and how lives a town where every third lives in a barrack
01.03.2021
Houses wintered with snow
“I am just nowhere to go”. Why hundreds of Russian orphans who are entitled for housing by law cannot obtain it for years
Annually only 15 % of orphans who have a legislated right to obtain housing receive it. The rest of them line for years or litigate with the state. Important Stories explore why two thousand people remain homeless while the authorities easily find money for other projects.
11.02.2021
“I am just nowhere to go”. Why hundreds of Russian orphans who are entitled for housing by law cannot obtain it for years
"To stand in a queue for thirty years – we will stay alive in despite"
"Children of the GULAG" are still trying to return home from exile, but the state, which took away their parents, childhood and shelter, makes them wait for the promised housing for decades.
19.01.2021
"To stand in a queue for thirty years – we will stay alive in despite"
18 ‘Direct Lines’ with Vladimir Putin. The promises he broke and the successes he exaggerated
On December 17, president Vladimir Putin held his annual ‘Direct Line’, a live press conference, where the public can submit questions directly to the president. In 2020, it was held remotely over video, and questions could be asked not only by journalists, but also by interested members of the general public. The format of this ‘Direct Line’ to Putin has existed since 2001, during which time he, in the position of both president and prime minister, answered questions from concerned citizens, 18 times.
18.12.2020
18 ‘Direct Lines’ with Vladimir Putin. The promises he broke and the successes he exaggerated
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