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Decolonizing Russia — what it means and why it matters

Decolonizing Russia — what it means and why it matters

by Kate Tsurkan

Speaking to France's National Assembly on April 11, Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza did not petition Europe for the Kremlin's total military defeat. Yet, while answering one of the many questions posed to him, he talked about how a colleague supposedly learned that ethnic Russians find it "psychologically difficult" to

Garry Kasparov on modern Russian empire

Garry Kasparov on modern Russian empire

by Kate Tsurkan, Nick Allard

The Kyiv Independent’s Kate Tsurkan discusses with Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and political activist based in the U.S., the current state of Russia, its continued pursuit of empire and the failures of the Russian opposition to create meaningful change.

The Insider: Obtained documents drawn following Navalny's death omit acute stomach pain, hint at possible poisoning

The Insider: Obtained documents drawn following Navalny's death omit acute stomach pain, hint at possible poisoning

by The Kyiv Independent news desk

According to The Insider, the Russian independent investigative outlet received access to "hundreds" of official documents that were drawn following the death of Alexei Navalny in a penal colony in Russia's Arctic. The discrepancy between internal documents and the ones made public by the state suggests that officials have lied

Opinion: A sober look at the successors of the Russian 'Empire'

Opinion: A sober look at the successors of the Russian 'Empire'

by Adam Sybera

Russian opposition leaders often present themselves as champions of freedom and democracy, and are often embraced as such by well-meaning but sometimes naive Western donors. However, a closer examination reveals that their advocacy largely revolves around maintaining Russia as a unified and powerful state. Far from being proponents of liberal

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Chornobyl isn’t safe anymore... again.

Chornobyl disaster occurred in the early hours of April 26, 1986, in Soviet Ukraine. Nearly 39 years after the worst nuclear disaster in history, Russia’s brazen attack on the $2 billion New Safe Confinement (the sarcophagus enclosing the destroyed reactor) in February 2025 poses a new potential radioactive danger as engineers race to repair the damage. The Kyiv Independent’s Kollen Post dives into why the restoration is not as simple as it may seem.
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