Luke Johnson

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It’s why he was imprisoned the moment he returned to Russia in 2021. And it’s why he’s dead today.

The right-populist Law and Justice Party’s pursuit of illiberal democracy could be cemented if it wins an unprecedented third term.

LGBTQ people have few rights in Ukraine. But fighting one of the world’s most extreme homophobes may be changing things.

Daniil Orain’s person-on-the-street interviews give Russians a rare opportunity to say what they think. Some even do so.

Stanislav Aseyev was abducted by Russian security forces in 2017. The next nearly three years were literally torture. But since February, he’s seen even worse.

Some are desperate to return to their homeland. Others want to live in a “normal, civilized” country. What they have in common: pain.

We’ve heard a lot about the 1.3 million fleeing Ukraine. But more than 66,000 men who were abroad when the invasion started have gone back.

The scene in a small Polish border town is harrowing, as thousands of Ukrainians flee in one of the fastest human migrations in decades.