Russia-North Korea Football Match Was a Pariah State Derby Like No Other By Maurício Alencar

KN. They may not have the prestige of the Euros or World Cup, but exhibition matches like these can never be seen in isolation from global conflicts and diplomatic tensions.…

The Anti-War Russian Teenagers Facing Long Prison Sentences

KN. At the age of 16, Yegor Balazeikin, a high-school student from St. Petersburg, threw Molotov cocktails at two military conscription centers — an anti-war protest that had become widespread…

Ukrainian Soldiers Are Galvanized by Thwarted Russian Offensive, Western Arms

KN. In a forest in the Kharkiv region, Commander Vyacheslav walks briskly, his eyes fixed on the sky. The radio on his shoulder crackles: “The sky is clear, no more…

A Russian Region Plans to Pay Female Students to Give Birth

KN. Female students in Russia’s republic of Karelia will be paid 100,000 rubles ($1,100) in exchange for giving birth to a healthy baby, according to a new decision by regional…

Russia’s last major independent pollster, explains how respondents can support peace talks and the war itself at the same time.

KN. Over two years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the share of Russians who favor peace talks to end the war has reached an all-time high of 58%. This is…