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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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