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Russian authorities say banning childfreeness will help boost birth rates. Looking into whether this is true

24 September

A Holy War for the So-Called Traditional Values: Why Russia Is Fighting Against Childfree People

Since the beginning of the war with Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has been threatening the West with nuclear weapons and trying to make it part of the conflict. Nuclear policy experts explain to what extent he succeeds in that

20 September

“Nuclear Escalation Is a Two-Sided Game. It Is Not Being Played with Russia”

It appears, that Ukrainian forces are preparing to hold onto recently captured territories. Military experts explain what their chances are

20 August

Ukraine Has Been on the Offensive in the Kursk Region for Two Weeks Now. What Has It Achieved and What Will Happen Next?

With the federal contribution included, it has reached 1 million rubles (about $10,970)

20 August

Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov

Average Regional Payment for Russian Ministry of Defense Contracts Quadruples Since Start of Year

Explanations by political scientist, Z-propaganda researcher and military expert

16 August

Why Pro-Russian War Supporters Call It a “Deal”

There are Russian military personnel in Ukrainian captivity who are considered dead in their homeland. Their relatives have even managed to bury “remains” in closed coffins. The Russian Defense Ministry did not provide the DNA testing results to the relatives

6 August

Dead Russians Revived

The Russian army could recruit one and a half times fewer new contract soldiers than the Defense Ministry claims. Are Russians willingly going to war? A research by IStories and CIT

1 August

Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Sonya Savina

More Soldiers at All Costs

How a “marathons of desire” participant and a Ukrainian physicist from a European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) project assemble drones for the Russian army

17 July

Egor Feoktistov

“Ideologically Powered to Fight for Russia”

The story of one of the most closed officials in Russia — the chief personnel officer of the Russian regime

9 July

Maria Zholobova, Roman Anin

Dmitry Mironov, A Putin’s “Sonny”

An investigation into how presidential administration employee, Sergey Novikov, became the chief censor of Russian culture

8 July

Svetlana Reiter, Maria Zholobova, Kristina Safonova, Andrey Pertsev

From Passion to Persecution: How the Kremlin Chief Censor’s Cultural Dream Became a Russian Nightmare

Dmitry Savelyev, one of Russia’s wealthiest senators, received millions of dollars from a company implicated in a scheme to embezzle money from the Russian budget. This scheme was previously uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky

27 June

The Shady Scheme of Russian Senator

Details of Russian investigation claims against Roman Anin and Ekaterina Fomina

17 June

Editors

Criminal Proceedings Initiated Against the IStories’ Editor-In-Chief and a Former Journalist of the Outlet

17 June

The Russian Interior Ministry Has Put the Editor-In-Chief of IStories Roman Anin and the Journalist Ekaterina Fomina on a Wanted List

How adoptees and their siblings live separated in Russia and abroad

15 June

“Detective Found My Family”

Russian weapons are being manufactured on foreign machinery — but why are they still running? An investigation by IStories

13 June

Anastasia Korotkova

“We Can Still Contact Technical Support in the West”

IStories has uncovered which Russian officials, deputies, state company chiefs and criminals have acquired real estate in Dubai. Presenting Dubai Unlocked, a six-month international investigation involving more than 70 media outlets from around the globe.

14 May

Editors, Dmitry Velikovsky, Misha Gagarin, Ekaterina Selivanova, Irina Dolinina, Alesya Marokhovskaya, Sonya Savina, Maria Zholobova, Anastasia Korotkova, Lizaveta Tsybulina

Dubai Unlocked: Secrets and Lies in the UAE

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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia

Russia’s Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova and her sister are deporting disabled Ukrainians from occupied territories against their will — an act which may constitute a war crime.

26 April

Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Viktoriia Novikova

“Now You Will See How Interesting It is in Russia”

The bribe is only the public part of the accusation

24 April

Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Timur Ivanov Is Suspected of State Treason, According to IStories’ Sources

IStories revealed imports worth over 6 billion rubles in 2023

17 April

Anastasia Korotkova

How Russia Imports Machinery for Arms Production and Can It Be Stopped

Terrorists shot people in Moscow with the newest Russian Army assault rifles. How it became possible and what happens to the black market of firearms during the war in Ukraine

16 April

Nikita Kondratev

“The Soldier Is Dead, and No One Will Miss His Rifle”

How Russian billionaires manage their biographies on Wikipedia since the start of the war by deleting information about their citizenship, property, sanctions, and ties to the Kremlin. An investigation by IStories and Wikiganda

15 April

Yulia Starostina

The Great Wikipedia Edit War

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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia

Hundreds of children who were taken from Donbas to Russia are stuck in the Russian orphan system. An investigation by IStories and Verstka

3 April

Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Anna Ryzhkova

“I Want to Go Home”

$2525 was withdrawn from the wallet immediately after the attack, IStories uncovered. According to the detainees, they managed to receive payment of the same amount onto a card.

28 March

Alisa Kuznetsova, Nikita Kondratev, Egor Feoktistov

Telegram Groups Hold the Secrets of ISIS-K’s Cryptocurrency Wallet

Daria Popova is a model and the co-owner of a company linked to Putin’s close associates. And her husband is the head of Gazprombank, Andrey Akimov

12 March

Editors, Dmitry Velikovsky

IStories Have Identified the New Wife of Vladimir Putin’s “Secret Banker”

Russian defense manufacturing plants benefit from British measuring equipment and software systems

7 March

Anastasia Korotkova

Bypassing Sanctions: How British Company Renishaw Assists the Russian Army

IStories uncovers Soyuz sponsors — from Sberbank to Rosatom

20 February

Roman Romanovskiy

Sergei Kirienko and Yuri Trutnev Formed Soyuz Combat Unit with Martial Artists for War

He became ill after a walk in a corrective colony, the causes of death are being established, the local Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service said

16 February

Russian Politician Alexei Navalny Reported Dead

The head of Gazprombank, Andrey Akimov, and his inner circle own an overseas property portfolio spanning from Ibiza to the Caribbean

9 February

Editors

The Life of a State Banker: Only the Best for the Wives and Kids

Stories of those missing in action and survivors’ accounts

18 January

Irina Dolinina, Rina Nikolaeva

Hell for the Mobilized Near Svatove

To stop the Ukrainian offensive on Svatove, the Russian command threw thousands of untrained mobilized people to the front line. Their relatives are telling what happened to them

18 January

Irina Dolinina, Rina Nikolaeva

Svatove Slaughter: What Was It Like