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A film about the dirtiest operations of the KGB and its successors
After the collapse of the USSR, the archives of the security services were never opened. Society never learned the names of the KGB’s secret informants, whose numbers likely reached into the hundreds of thousands. Some of these agents continued to assist the security services, now under a new guise. Proekt investigates the grim legacy of the Leningrad KGB’s informant network-a story that began in close proximity to Russia’s current ruler, Vladimir Putin, and continues to this day. In this account, politics, intelligence agencies, sex, violence, and death intersect.
How and for What Russians Are Judged in 2024
The Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has published new data on the number and composition of convicted individuals. The IStories data team explains what has become known from this data
“Anything but fair”. Four Russian journalists jailed for 5.5 years over alleged ties to Navalny’s banned Anti‑Corruption Foundation
Antonina Favorskaya, Sergey Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, and Artyom Krieger were accused of producing media content for ACF, but exact actions remain undisclosed
A Moscow court has sentenced four journalists to five and a half years in prison each for allegedly participating in the activities of Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF, ФБК in Russian), which the Kremlin has outlawed as an “extremist” organisation. The verdict was handed down after all hearings were held behind closed doors, with press and public barred from attending.