December 23, 2025 Notes at the Front Items of note, including a Last Word by a teacher who was in the wrong place at the wrong time; reversing the course of a river; book sales; statistics; and more. Dissent Environment Regions War
March 01, 2025 Notes At The Front Domestic tourism, how people are feeling, and, of course, a Last Word. Dissent Economy Family War
August 12, 2024 440 Years Ago in Russia EXCERPT: The Fall of the House of Rurik: Russia’s “Time of Troubles,” 1584-1613
May 10, 2024 Notes at the Front A journalist is convicted for telling the truth, and emigrés offer some poignant vignettes. Dissent Economy Law Political Prisoners War
May 10, 2024 EmigrĂ© Diaries We inaugurate a series in which we ask those who fled Russia in the wake of Russia’s War on Ukraine to offer telling short stories or vignettes about their new life abroad. Children Dissent Russians Abroad War Women
February 10, 2024 Notes at the Front A poetic last word, a med student with guts, and a Trinity that wants for a home. Dissent Education Religion War
November 01, 2023 Notes from the Front Navalny's last word, history's continued revision, and a foreign correspondent's perspective Dissent Education History Political Prisoners Politics Statistics
August 15, 2023 Notes at the Front More poignant and brave “last words” of dissenters, and a look at one popular place (again) of exile. Dissent Politics Russians Abroad War
April 28, 2023 Last Words Some poignant and brave “last words” of dissenters, and some notes about the resurgence of denunciations. Dissent Espionage Internet Politics War
October 15, 2022 Notes at the Front Conviction of a journalist, regional dissent, and voices raised against the war. Dissent Journalism Media News War Women
July 15, 2022 Injustice The outcomes of political trials in Russia are mostly preordained, but activists have learned to use them as a way to speak out. Dissent Law War
