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Aug 7, 2024 | 
themoscowtimes.com | Dan Storyev
The recent news that the Kremlin could establish a database of Russians who have left the country suggests Moscow is strengthening the infrastructure for its repressive network beyond the country's borders. The proposed database would include all Russians who left the country to “participate in extremist organizations” and study аbroad “unfriendly states” as a part of Russia’s new anti-extremism strategy.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
themoscowtimes.com | Dan Storyev
The news of the largest prisoner exchange between the West and Russia since the Cold War brings hope. But we must keep in mind that the people freed are only a tiny fraction of the hundreds of political prisoners held in Russia. Furthermore, the deal might serve to embolden the Kremlin, which now knows it can easily take hostages to trade for captured spies and killers. I am a journalist who has focused on Russia throughout my life.
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May 14, 2024 | 
unherd.com | Dan Storyev
EuropeNGOsRussiaUkraineVolodymyr ZelenskyyWar Ukrainian villages hold a special place in the region’s collective imagination. Nikolai Gogol, one of Russian Empire’s foundational authors, established them as a favourite place of demons, witches and the undead. Today, they remain a haven for magical realism and folkloric rites, echoing throughout contemporary Ukrainian literature and war propaganda alike.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Dan Storyev
Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Dan Storyev Russia’s opposition must now play the long game Linkedin Messenger Email On Sunday, the final day of voting in Russia’s presidential election, Russians came out in an unorthodox protest against the Kremlin. At midday, they showed up at polling stations within the country and at embassies across the globe to take part in the ‘Noon Against Putin’ movement. The strategy, assembled piece by piece by the motley Russian opposition, was simple....
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Dan Storyev
On Sunday, the final day of voting in Russia’s presidential election, Russians came out in an unorthodox protest against the Kremlin. At midday, they showed up at polling stations within the country and at embassies across the globe to take part in the ‘Noon Against Putin’ movement. The strategy, assembled piece by piece by the motley Russian opposition, was simple.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
themoscowtimes.com | Dan Storyev
The first emotion I felt when I found out that Navalny was killed was fear. That fear was also palpable among many activists I know, causing people to break down in tears — a literal chilling effect that reached all the way from the icy Kharp into the warm cafes of Tbilisi. But fear doesn’t have to be paralyzing. Instead, it should push all of us into action. Viktor Pelevin once wrote that every Russian man is subconsciously preparing for life in prison. This is especially true for Russian activists.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Dan Storyev
In the wake of the news that Alexei Navalny died in the darkness and bitter cold of Russia’s remote Polar Wolf prison, a chill of despair has become palpable among some thinkers and activists. Some have even gone as far as to claim that any hope for a better Russia died with the opposition leader.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Dan Storyev
Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Dan Storyev Navalny gave Russians hope – they must hold on to it Linkedin Messenger Email In the wake of the news that Alexei Navalny died in the darkness and bitter cold of Russia’s remote Polar Wolf prison, a chill of despair has become palpable amongst many thinkers and activists. Some have even gone as far as to claim that any hope for a better Russia died with the opposition leader. But this is wrong: the dream of Navalny’s ‘beautiful Russia of...
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
themoscowtimes.com | Dan Storyev
It has been a year since I started working at OVD-Info, one of Russia’s leading independent human rights watchdogs. As the situation in Russia grows more depressing every day, my friends and relatives often ask why I still do it. While I enjoy writing, it is fundamentally unpleasant to spend every day documenting torture, death, and lives spent behind bars. I have worked as a freelance crisis correspondent for a while, so am used to writing about suffering and sacrifice.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
themoscowtimes.com | Dan Storyev
The European Union parliament adopted a resolution last week that, among other things, states that highlighted how members of Russian civil society and opposition groups living in exile in Europe struggle to live under the bloc’s sanction policy. Instead of helping bring an end to the war, this state of affairs could “instead harm the credibility of the EU.” This is an accurate assessment of the situation. The Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine sparked various forms of protest across Russia.
