Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine mirrors the two bloody wars for independence in Chechnya. But those speaking out publicly against Ramzan Kadyrov’s pro-Putin policies are being harshly silenced
The powerful work tells the stories of indigenous Tatar dissidents and their families on the Russian-occupied peninsula
A major new global ranking index tracking the state of free expression is published today
Pushkin House invites you to a joint celebration of Zinovy Zinik’s collection of short stories No Cause for Alarm (2022) and the winter issue of the...
Happy New Year! I think we can all agree, regardless of where we live, that 2022 was a tumultuous year. There was seemingly a new crisis every...
The dissident fought hard for free expression and paid dearly. Here we shed more light on his amazing life
There are those within the Index family, including some of our founders, who consider free speech to be an absolute right, says Ruth Anderson
Choose from our shortlist of 12 despots and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
Vladmir Vladimirovich Putin is the tyrant’s tyrant in more ways than one. Over the two decades he has dominated Russian politics as president and...
Since the end of February, author Yulia Yakovleva has interviewed children aged five to seventeen. Their testimonies are invaluable