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German prosecutors said they are investigating the attempted murder of Berlin-based Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko after she was one of three Russian exile journalists who experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning. Kostyuchenko, a foreign correspondent who exposed alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, last October experienced extreme disorientation, abdominal pain and swollen extremities on a train journey from Munich to Berlin. "We can confirm that an investigation into the ...

Two weeks ago, investigative portal The Insider reported that doctors they had consulted had said Elena Kostyuchenko's symptoms were consistent with poisoning.

Russian forces have downed 73 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours after a night of mass attacks centred on Crimea, according to the country’s defence ministry.

Two weeks ago, investigative portal The Insider reported that doctors they had consulted had said Elena Kostyuchenko’s symptoms were consistent with poisoning.

Two other journalists in Prague and Tblisi may form trio of suspected poisonings in European capitals, report claims

In a statement for peace, two award-winning photographers, the Russian Dmitry Vyshemirsky and the Ukrainian Yuriy Kosin, get together to exhibit their images documenting Ukraine in the past decades.

While the cool contemporary art crowd strolled among the exhibits, Ukraine was being pummeled by missiles, and there was hardly a Russian in sight.

Russia has blacklisted three German non-governmental organizations. The move is a major setback for the bilateral Petersburg Dialogue forum in its 20th year.

Young Russophonia: New Literature in Russian Young, formally inventive, and digital by nature—these are only some of the characteristics of Russophone literature today. Here, we present Russophone writers born in 1985 or later who work in shorter genres, from minimalistic flash fiction and protest poetry to visual performance. This issue is not a collection of “Russian literature” because many of its contributors are not ethnically Russian, and many are not Russian nationals. What they ha...