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Pussy Riot are making protest music for the end times

As Nadya Tolokonnikova shares Pussy Riot’s first full-length album, CYKA, she talks about losing hope, staging an anti-Russian protest at the Venice Biennale, and conspiracy theories that the group is a CIA psy-op

Jun 11, 2026

Thom Waite

Art & Photography

Kristina Rozhkova’s uncanny portraits of fantasy and dislocation

In her latest project, Unbewitched, the photographer ‘conjures fairytale realities’ to help cope with political instability and life in exile

May 19, 2026

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This iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianism

The first chapter of Julia Loktev’s documentary, My Undesirable Friends, follows a group of young, female journalists committed to telling the truth about Putin’s Russia – and risking their lives in the process

Apr 14, 2026

Nick Chen

Music

SAMRATTAMA is making indie music for an independent Kazakhstan

Kostanay-born and Almaty-based singer-poet SAMRATTAMA tells Dazed how indie music helped him reconnect with his Kazakh heritage

Oct 28, 2025

Manon Madec

Music

An interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silence

As the hardcore ‘audiovisual terrorist’ duo continue their world tour, IC3PEAK’s Anastasia Kreslina and Nikolay Kostylev unpack the bittersweet sentiments behind their latest album, COMING HOME

Oct 13, 2025

Oscar Adame Galeano

Life & Culture

Inside ∄, the Kyiv club where raving meets resistance

As war rages on in Ukraine, one underground club in the country’s capital has become a powerful hub of activism

Aug 15, 2025

Agatha Scaggiante

Life & Culture

What does Trump’s re-election mean for the rest of the world?

Foreign policy experts explain how Trump’s second presidency might shape events in Palestine, Ukraine, Latin America, Taiwan and the UK

Nov 06, 2024

James Greig

Life & Culture

Hvaldimir the ‘Russian spy whale’ turns up dead in suspicious circumstances

He lived, he laughed, he enjoyed having his blowhole scratched – but he got caught up in a tale of international espionage

Sep 04, 2024

Thom Waite

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Street Style: For Tbilisi’s youth, fashion is a form of protest

Between protesting against a controversial ‘Russian Law’, the rising Georgian generation was out in force at Tbilisi Culture Week proving clothing can still be political

May 20, 2024

Emma Elizabeth Davidson

Music

Chechnya is banning techno

In a new law aimed at clamping down the ‘polluting’ influence of Western culture, the Chechnyan government is banning music that’s too fast – or too slow

Apr 08, 2024

James Greig

Life & Culture

Russia and China want to put a nuclear power plant on the moon

The Space Race 2.0 just went nuclear

Mar 06, 2024

Thom Waite

Film & TV

A new TV series will tell the story of Pussy Riot’s rise to infamy

Based on the memoir of Nadya Tolokonnikova, the show is set dramatise the protest group’s origins and groundbreaking political actions

Dec 06, 2023

Thom Waite

Film & TV

Queendom: an inspiring new doc about a fearless trans artist from Russia

Powerful but at times harrowing, Queendom tells the inspirational story of Russian performance artist Gena Marvin, who discusses her experiences here with Jake Hall

Nov 24, 2023

Jake Hall

Music

Kedr Livansky is the celestial pop star creating her own reality

Fresh off the release of her new EP K-Notes, the singer and producer talks teenage goth eras, Argentinian telenovelas, and why she never left her punk past behind

Jun 23, 2023

Elliot Hoste

Art & Photography

Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova joins Russia’s most wanted list

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant in the wake of the artist’s provocative performance piece, Putin’s Ashes

Mar 30, 2023

Thom Waite

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Pussy Riot are making protest music for the end times

Kristina Rozhkova’s uncanny portraits of fantasy and dislocation

This iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianism

SAMRATTAMA is making indie music for an independent Kazakhstan

An interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silence

Inside ∄, the Kyiv club where raving meets resistance

What does Trump’s re-election mean for the rest of the world?

Hvaldimir the ‘Russian spy whale’ turns up dead in suspicious circumstances

Street Style: For Tbilisi’s youth, fashion is a form of protest

Chechnya is banning techno

Russia and China want to put a nuclear power plant on the moon

A new TV series will tell the story of Pussy Riot’s rise to infamy

Queendom: an inspiring new doc about a fearless trans artist from Russia

Kedr Livansky is the celestial pop star creating her own reality

Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova joins Russia’s most wanted list

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Pussy Riot are making protest music for the end times

Kristina Rozhkova’s uncanny portraits of fantasy and dislocation

This iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianism

SAMRATTAMA is making indie music for an independent Kazakhstan

An interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silence

Inside ∄, the Kyiv club where raving meets resistance

What does Trump’s re-election mean for the rest of the world?

Hvaldimir the ‘Russian spy whale’ turns up dead in suspicious circumstances

Street Style: For Tbilisi’s youth, fashion is a form of protest

Chechnya is banning techno

Russia and China want to put a nuclear power plant on the moon

A new TV series will tell the story of Pussy Riot’s rise to infamy

Queendom: an inspiring new doc about a fearless trans artist from Russia

Kedr Livansky is the celestial pop star creating her own reality

Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova joins Russia’s most wanted list

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