Stories — August 2023

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Stories — August 2023

Oleg Deripaska, Leonid Mikhelson, Gennady Timchenko, and other businessmen recruit volunteers for the war on salaries. In the meantime, their businesses, which is involved in this — Rusal, Novatek, PIK, Mospromstroy — successfully avoid sanctions

1 August

Maria Zholobova, Anastasia Korotkova

How the Russian Billionaires Provide Mercenaries to the Russian Army

Her name is Fatima Khazuyeva, first reported by journalists in 2021

4 August

Maria Zholobova

Ramzan Kadyrov Published a Family Photo with His Secret Wife

IStories found military officers who fled Russia — they told us about the war crimes they have witnessed and why it is almost impossible to leave the Russian army

15 August

Ekaterina Fomina

How the Russian Servicemen Are Deserting and Escaping Russia so as Not to Kill in the War

A disabled Ukrainian man was nearly tortured to death in occupied Melitopol. Now he’s back in Russian captivity

14 August

Polina Uzhvak, Rina Nikolaeva

“Mom, I Went to Hell”

IStories talked to the Wagner mercenaries

24 August

Maria Zholobova, Anastasia Korotkova, Polina Uzhvak, Elizaveta Dobrovinskaya, Alisa Kuznetsova

What Is the Future of Wagner Group after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Death

IStories and Conflict Intelligence Team analyzed the electoral lists of DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya Oblasts and found Kremlin-linked officials, a mobilized soldier, and people involved in war and corruption crimes

28 August

Sonya Savina, Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Who Is Russia Pushing on Ukraine’s Annexed Territories’ Sham Elections?