Rally of Russians in Prague. Photo: courtesy of Alisa Zakhtarenko In Prague, a rally of Russians took place against the law, which would prohibit the majority of Russian citizens from receiving a Czech passport. The organizer of the action, Alisa Zakhtarenko, told Novaya Gazeta Europe about this. Alisa Zakhtarenko. Photo: courtesy of Alisa Zakhtarenko The action began at 19:00 local time (21:00 Moscow time) on Old Town Square in the city center and lasted more than two hours.

EPA-EFE/EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA / POOL Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE/EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA / POOL Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a broad cooperation pact in Moscow on Friday that deepens their ties across multiple spheres, including defence, the Kremlin has announced .

Mothers and wives of the mobilized are united, based not on political views, but on the common experience of losing control over life. Highlights from PS Lab research Mobilized people say goodbye to relatives at a recruiting station in Moscow, October 6, 2022. Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA The public sociology laboratory PS Lab conducted an in-depth study of how women fight for loved ones - mobilized, contract soldiers and conscripts who ended up in the Russian army.

Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

A teacher's monologue about living on a meager salary, avoiding "Talking About Important Things" and working during the war How do war and repression change Russian society? Novaya Gazeta Europe continues a series of conversations with Russians of various professions. Elizaveta (name changed at the request of the heroine) teaches Russian language and literature.

Photo: EPA-EFE/ALEXANDER KAZAKOV / KREMLIN / POOL The renowned investigative reporter Christo Grozev, the head of investigations at Russian independent media outlet The Insider, claimed in an interview on Friday that a Russian spy cell operating out of the UK had planned to kidnap and murder him on the direct orders of Vladimir Putin.

Film critics and fans of David Lynch talk about his significance and their favorite works of the director David Lynch. Photo: Sebastien Nogier/EPA On January 16, at the age of 79, director and screenwriter David Lynch died. In 2024, he was diagnosed with emphysema, after which he almost completely stopped appearing in public. Lynch left a huge mark on the history of world cinema.

The Ministry of Justice included the human rights project “Walk through the Forest” in the register of “foreign agents.” This is reported on the department's website. According to the Ministry of Justice, the authors of the project disseminated false information about the decisions and policies of the Russian authorities, and also opposed the war in Ukraine.

Volunteers work to clean up oil on a beach in Anapa in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region, 21 December 2024. Photo: Sergey Pivovarov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Last month’s Black Sea oil spill is “21st century Russia’s most serious environmental disaster”, the scientific director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Water Problems Institute told Russian business daily Kommersant on Friday.

What heroes does SVO portray RT in its documentaries? The first part of the research by Konstantin Pakhalyuk Illustration: “New newspaper Europe” No war can do without the image of front-line heroes, especially when militarism becomes one of the foundations of the state.

What does the imprisonment of Navalny’s lawyers mean for Russia’s criminal justice system? Former Navalny lawyers Igor Sergunin (L), Alexey Liptser (C) and Vadim Kobzev (R) await sentencing in a court in the city of Petushki in Russia's Vladimir region, 17 January 2025.

Ilya Yashin (C) with his parents. Photo: Yashin’s Telegram channel The parents of exiled Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin had their home searched by police on Thursday, Yashin wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday.

The media published a list of 33 Israelis who will be released in the first stage of the deal Photo: Abir Sultan / EPA-EFE The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israeli and Hamas negotiating teams signed an agreement in Doha on a ceasefire and the release of hostages. Today, January 17, the agreement must be approved by the military committee. The start of its meeting was scheduled for 10:15 local time (11:15 Moscow time).

Joe Biden is leaving the US presidency with negative ratings. How will Americans remember him? Photo: Stefani Reynolds/EPA US President Joe Biden is preparing to leave office - Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20. According to the AP-NORC poll, Americans have a generally negative view of Biden—even more distrustful than they were of Trump at the end of his first term and than of Barack Obama when he left the White House.

Igor Sergunin, Alexey Liptser and Vadim Kobzev (L-R) in court, 12 September 2024. Photo: Mediazona Three lawyers who represented the late opposition politician Alexey Navalny have been sentenced to between 3.5 and 5.5 years in prison for participating in an “extremist organisation”, Russian independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Friday.