Stories — March 2026

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Stories — March 2026

What we know about the student recruitment campaign and how to avoid it

3 March

Polina Uzhvak, Lena Lemyasova

Students Recruited to War in Universities and Colleges All Over Russia

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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery

Russia has received more than 8 million artillery rounds from the DPRK. An investigation by IStories and the Open Source Centre

16 March

Egor Feoktistov

Inside the Pipeline: How North Korea Armed Russia

Who makes money off videos of brutal war executions published on Telegram channels

17 March

Irina Dolinina, Aleksandr Atasuntsev

The Russian War Snuff Videos Industry: “Welcome to the Real Murders Channel”

IStories tells the story of Lana Pozhidaeva — an MGIMO graduate, model, and daughter of career intelligence officers — who for many years was involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s network and recruited women for him from the former Soviet Union

21 March

Nikita Kondratyev, Egor Feoktistov

How the Daughter of a Russian Intelligence Officer Became a Recruiter for Epstein’s Trafficking Network

Leaked transaction data reveals how a major refinery in Ireland owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska feeds into the aluminum supply chain of Russia’s weapons manufacturers. An investigation by IStories, OCCRP, The Irish Times, and partners

24 March

Maria Savitskaya, Eli Moskowitz, Misha Gagarin, Ingrid Gercama, Conor Gallagher

From Irish Alumina to Russian Rockets