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Frontline Journalism: in Conversation with Luke Harding

We were delighted to host Luke Harding — award-winning British journalist, author, and senior foreign correspondent at The Guardian. He has reported from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Russia and beyond, and written bestsellers including Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New…

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Ekaterina Schulmann: How to Study a Closing Country

On 21 June 2025, ONRS had the honour of hosting Ekaterina Schulmann for a lecture titled “How to Study a Closing Country: Expertise in Times of Official Secrecy, Data Distortion, and Propaganda.”

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Meduza’s Mirror: Galina Timchenko on Independent Media in Exile

On 15 May 2025 we hosted Galina Timchenko, who is the co-founder, CEO, and publisher of Meduza — the largest remaining independent Russian news outlet published in both Russian and English. Meduza reached millions of people inside Russia despite the project's newsroom having to operate from…

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Reporting from a Lost Country: Interview with Elena Kostyuchenko

We were honoured to host Elena Kostyuchenko, a renowned Russian journalist and gay rights activist currently in exile, for a public interview. As an investigative reporter for Novaya Gazeta, Elena has long been a courageous voice in exposing corruption, human rights abuses, and the realities of…

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ROARing Times: Linor Goralik on War Poetry and her Novel “Bobo”

On 17 May, ONRS hosted an interview with Linor Goralik, one of the most influential voices in contemporary Russian-language literature. The conversation delved into the intersections of art, politics, and personal expression in times of intense sociopolitical turmoil.

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Andrei Zorin: Poetry and Power in the Post-Stalin Era

On January 23, 2024, we hosted an interview with Andrei Zorin, Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford, renowned for his expertise in Russian literature and cultural history of the 18th-19th centuries. In addition to sharing his research, Prof Zorin reflected on his personal experiences…

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