We talk about Putin’s faith in victory and the real situation at the front with political scientist Ruslan Aisin and military expert David Gendelman.

In the final episode of the project “For Our Freedom,” employees of the Russian service of Radio Liberty talk about the future of the Russian Federation, about Russian state propaganda, which is becoming increasingly difficult to fight, and about what “Freedom” means to them

Why Putin praises Nabiullina

What to do when oil is not in price

How did the autumn session of the State Duma end?

Mikhail Mishustin The Russian government created a budget forecast until 2042, and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved it. Everyone (except Vladimir Putin) drew attention to the fact that the budget will remain in deficit for 17 years, and the public debt will grow from the current 38.5 trillion rubles to 238.5 trillion. However, something else is striking in the forecast.

In an interview with Present Time TV channel journalist Alexander Pachkov, Defense One editor Patrick Tucker talks about how drones have changed our ideas about war, is there a way out of the positional deadlock, and why drones prevent defeat but do not guarantee victory?

Daria Egereva (fourth from left) at the November conference of the UN Climate Conference COP26 On December 18, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow took into custody Tomsk resident Daria Egereva. She , a Selkup woman and defender of the rights of indigenous peoples , is accused of being a member of a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code), the editors of Sibir.Realii reported in the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia.

Directors Sergei Erzhenkov and Igor Sadreev talk about their new films

Baymak, January 17, 2024 The Industrial District Court of Izhevsk today sentenced five defendants in the “Baymak case” to terms of up to four and a half years in prison in a general regime colony. All the defendants, who were charged with participating in mass riots and using violence against security forces, pleaded guilty. This trial was the last of the ordinary defendants in the “Baymak case” (the “organizers,” according to investigators, continue to be tried in Orenburg).

Anna Zueva The Second Eastern District Military Court sentenced journalist Anna Zueva in absentia to six years in a general regime colony. She was charged with “justifying terrorism” (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and evading the duties of a “foreign agent” (Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Memorial publishes an advent calendar of good news. Every day from December 1 to December 24, one good news of the year related to human rights appears on the project’s social networks. How the advent calendar appeared and what human rights activists are waiting for when they open each new virtual window