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IStories and La Encerrona podcast retrace the route used to send people from Peru to fight in the war against Ukraine

28 October

Egor Feoktistov, Elya Novopashennaya

Lima – Donbas Express. How Russia Recruits Peru Nationals to Go to War

Country’s “sovereign internet” proved vulnerable by Ukrainian attacks

12 October

Egor Feoktistov

“Russia Has Backed Itself into a Corner”

How does the internal digital system used in Russian elections operate? The vulnerabilities, the issues and the creation process of the new GAS Vybory 2.0 system have been disclosed due to a successful hacker attack on the system’s developer

17 September

Egor Feoktistov, Sonya Savina

Russia’s Digital Elections System Creation and Vulnerabilities Disclosed

In August 2024, two and a half years after the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine had begun, the Armed Forces of Ukraine started their incursion operation in Russian Kursk Oblast. Among those guarding the Russian border, most were young conscripts of varying levels of training. IStories and Verstka researched how the conscripts had been drawn into hostilities and how the war affected the survivors

27 August

Egor Feoktistov, Ekaterina Krasotkina

What Happened to Russian Conscripts in Kursk in 2024 — and Afterwards

The Russian state security service — FSB — has been trying to implement AI in its anti-opposition operations for at least two years. IStories investigated how the development of the Pauk (“Spider”) system went — and why it was stopped (at least for now)

15 July

Egor Feoktistov

AI at the (Federal Security) Service

Mathew Dubron wrote a book on the two opposing sides volunteers’ perspectives on war and told IStories about what he saw in both countries

6 April

Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov

US Citizen Went to Army Recruitment Offices in Both Moscow and Kyiv

IStories tells the story of Lana Pozhidaeva — an MGIMO graduate, model, and daughter of career intelligence officers — who for many years was involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s network and recruited women for him from the former Soviet Union

21 March

Nikita Kondratyev, Egor Feoktistov

How the Daughter of a Russian Intelligence Officer Became a Recruiter for Epstein’s Trafficking Network

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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery

Russia has received more than 8 million artillery rounds from the DPRK. An investigation by IStories and the Open Source Centre

16 March

Egor Feoktistov

Inside the Pipeline: How North Korea Armed Russia

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Russia Aims to Recruit 80,000 Contract Soldiers for Unmanned Systems Forces by Year’s End

The campaign includes recruiting students and conscripts

Russia Aims to Recruit 80,000 Contract Soldiers for Unmanned Systems Forces by Year’s End

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Russia Restricts “Friendly” Countries Mercenary Recruitment

About 40 countries could have been stoplisted to recruit from

Russia Restricts “Friendly” Countries Mercenary Recruitment

Over the past three years, Russia has almost completed the development of a digital registry that can be used for a new and more effective war mobilization campaign, storing data on 25 million citizens who can potentially be drafted. IStories examined the data shared by the hackers who attacked the registry key developer

22 December

Polina Uzhvak, Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov, Rina Nikolaeva

What We Learned from a Hacker Attack on the Russian Military Registry Developer

One in four was killed, went missing, or was wounded. IStories analyzed the full list of those mobilized from Tomsk Oblast and reports on what three years of mobilization have looked like through the lens of a single Russian region

19 September

Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov, Polina Uzhvak

Three Years of Mobilization: What One Region — and the Whole Russia — Has Endured

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“A Hero Without Limits”

IStories has found dozens of job postings for people with HIV and hepatitis, offering them official contracts with the Ministry of Defense

“A Hero Without Limits”

How many people have deserted the Russian army during the war — an investigation by IStories

20 May

Egor Feoktistov

Under the Weight of Cargo 500

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Son of CIA Deputy Director Joined Russian Army and Was Killed in the War in Ukraine

Son of CIA Deputy Director Joined Russian Army and Was Killed in the War in Ukraine

How the son of a CIA deputy director set out to backpack around the world and to save the planet — but ended up in the Russian army and died in the war in Ukraine

25 April

Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov

“He Was Forging His Own Hero’s Journey When He Was Tragically Killed in Eastern Europe”

IStories identified 1,500 of them and found out how the recruitment of foreigners works in Moscow

23 April

Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov

Mercenaries From at Least 48 Countries Are Participating in the War on Russia’s Side

The Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has published new data on the number and composition of convicted individuals. The IStories data team explains what has become known from this data

18 April

Sonya Savina, Polina Uzhvak, Rina Nikolaeva, Egor Feoktistov

How and for What Russians Are Judged in 2024

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IStories Identified the Names of 51 Soldiers From China Who Passed Through the Russian Armed Forces Selection Point Over the Course of a Year

Most went to sign a contract immediately after arriving in Russia. Ukrainian authorities believe there are many more

IStories Identified the Names of 51 Soldiers From China Who Passed Through the Russian Armed Forces Selection Point Over the Course of a Year

They offloaded hundreds of thousands of tons of petroleum products onto vessels involved in exporting from Russia in circumvention of sanctions

28 January

At Least 11 Volgoneft Type Tankers Went to Sea With the Same Violations as Those That Sank in December

IStories gained access to port data for Russian shadow fleet vessels that have fallen under sanctions

22 January

Egor Feoktistov

New U.S. Sanctions Affected Vessels That Transported a Fifth of Russia’s Oil Exports in 2024

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Finland Suspects a Ship From the Russian Shadow Fleet of a New Cable Damage in the Baltic Sea. IStories Found Its Captain

The tanker was near the Estlink 2 power cable when it failed

Finland Suspects a Ship From the Russian Shadow Fleet of a New Cable Damage in the Baltic Sea. IStories Found Its Captain

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Volgoneft Tankers Were Banned From Entering the Kerch Strait in December

One of them sailed for two weeks without valid documents. The vessels violated almost all of the operating restrictions

Volgoneft Tankers Were Banned From Entering the Kerch Strait in December

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Who Runs One of the Most Popular Pro-War Telegram Channels

IStories reveal how an Airborne Forces officer, the son of a former deputy minister and possibly a General Staff officer make money from exclusive snuff videos from the war in Ukraine

Who Runs One of the Most Popular Pro-War Telegram Channels

With the federal contribution included, it has reached 1 million rubles (about $10,970)

20 August

Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov

Average Regional Payment for Russian Ministry of Defense Contracts Quadruples Since Start of Year

How a “marathons of desire” participant and a Ukrainian physicist from a European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) project assemble drones for the Russian army

17 July

Egor Feoktistov

“Ideologically Powered to Fight for Russia”

$2525 was withdrawn from the wallet immediately after the attack, IStories uncovered. According to the detainees, they managed to receive payment of the same amount onto a card.

28 March

Alisa Kuznetsova, Nikita Kondratyev, Egor Feoktistov

Telegram Groups Hold the Secrets of ISIS-K’s Cryptocurrency Wallet