Stories — February 2023

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Stories — February 2023

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The Case of Russian Censorship

Russia’s main censor — Roskomnadzor — secretly monitors publications critical of Russian authorities on the internet. They generate reports that they then send to the security forces. What does it mean for Russian citizens?

8 February

Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Irina Dolinina, Polina Uzhvak, Alesya Marokhovskaya, Sonya Savina, Anastasia Korotkova, Rina Nikolaeva

How Roskomnadzor Protects Putin's Power

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The Case of Russian Censorship

Who found themselves in Roskomnadzor, the main Russian censor’s, sights, and why: potential “foreign agents”, opinion leaders, the media, tech giants, messaging apps and those close to powerful people. Enemies are blocked, while loyalists are saved from unflattering publications

8 February

Alesya Marokhovskaya, Polina Uzhvak, Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Irina Dolinina, Sonya Savina, Rina Nikolaeva

The All-Seeing State Eye

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The Case of Russian Censorship

Roskomnadzor plans to arrange total surveillance of the entire Russian-speaking internet using artificial intelligence. Is it possible?

8 February

Alesya Marokhovskaya, Irina Dolinina, Sonya Savina, Editors, Polina Uzhvak, Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Inside the Censorship Machine

Stories of children from Mariupol “saved” by the Russian army. Two of them lost their mother during the war

24 February

Ekaterina Fomina, Editors

Ukrainian Children Were Brought on the Stage during the Pro-war Concert in Moscow. IStories Found Who They Are

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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery

How does Russia keep producing advanced weapons in the face of sanctions? An export control expert from the USA explains

14 February

Maria Zholobova

“It’s Not Hard to Evade Sanctions”

IStories has made a list of the top 10 participants of Crimea’s privatization: Yuri Kovalchuk, Arkady Rotenberg and Konstantin Malofeev are among them

1 February

Roman Romanovskiy

How Putin’s Friends “Bought Out” Occupied Crimea