Interviews

Late at night on September 4, 2021, the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers burst into the Akhtem family’s apartment. It was not even midnight, and Akhtem and his wife had just gone to bed. The silence was shattered by screams and footsteps as armed men in balaclavas entered the room—more than ten of them

She was kidnapped at a bus stop in Koktebel and sentenced to almost seven years in prison. This is the story of a citizen journalist whose case contains zero details about explosive devices allegedly found in her eyeglass case—and a whole volume of references to her interviews in the media

During the first year after Mustafayev’s arrest, his sons played a game of “house search.” They built a prison out of colorful building blocks and “freed” their father

Amet’s case is unique, though. During the trial, the Russian court issued the first-ever ruling on house arrest in a Hizb ut-Tahrir case. However, in 2023, a rigged trial resulted in a final verdict, sentencing Amet to twelve years of imprisonment, including three and a half years in a high-security prison

The occupation of Crimea unfolded before Yesypenko’s eyes. He filmed extensively on his phone: blocked Ukrainian military bases in Crimea, strikes, land grabs by the Russian army, and polling stations during the ‘referendum’

Why we should sometimes give monuments time before deciding what to do with them.

Russians not only physically destroyed Crimean Tatars but also erased any mention of this indigenous people of Crimea. They continued what had started during the time of the Russian Empire

How animation helps children and adults cope with wartime stress