SOCIETYA narcology cartel: How Russia’s former chief addiction psychiatrist built a profitable business from repressive drug policies4 August 2025Dada Lyndell Maria AlexeevaYevgeniya Plotnikova
POLITICSSix months without Assad: Old wounds in Syria stall national reconciliation11 July 2025Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“For the first time in years, I feel hopeful”: Reporting from Lebanon, a nation with a new president and without Hezbollah10 February 2025Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“We celebrated like we were at a wedding!”: Syria’s first month under new leadership — A report by The Insider22 January 2025Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“The jihadists are trying to show how progressive they are. But we don’t believe them!”: Syria’s minorities fear the anti-Assad rebels’ rise12 December 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETYMultiplication by zero: Russia’s promised childbirth support turns into reproductive pressure17 November 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“They painted us all as traitors”: Environmental protests in Bashkortostan morph into Russia's largest political trial3 October 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY “Those who abandoned us won’t come to the rescue”: Kursk residents go to the polls amid Ukraine’s ongoing offensive18 September 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“I wish everyone in the Kremlin would drop dead”: Testimonies from war-torn Kursk Oblast, where locals have been left to their own devices23 August 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“Even rainbow-colored children’s toys are an offense!”: How Russian regions battle “gay propaganda” — and all bright things, just in case17 July 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“Get out of the country? But this is my country!”: Russia’s native ethnic minorities facing xenophobia after March terrorist attack19 April 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETYThe silence of the pups: Russian regions move to exterminate stray dogs en masse2 April 2024Maria Alexeeva
POLITICS“The way to the booth is an obstacle course”: Russia’s Belgorod Region goes to the polls amid war. A report by The Insider18 March 2024Maria Alexeeva
SOCIETY“All is quiet, but it's not a good time to visit”: How anti-Semitic protests changed the lives of Dagestani Jews17 November 2023Maria Alexeeva