My Recent Publications
The NYT front page with our investigation into how Russian civilians are experiencing Ukraine’s incursion int the Kursk region
for WELT AM SONNTAG
for WELT AM SONNTAG
The NYT front page with our story “Family Values or Fighting Valor? Russia Grapples With Women’s Wartime Role”
The NYT front page with our investigation “A Prison at War”
for Welt am Sonntag
The NYT front page with our story “Once Convicts, They’re Fodder in Putin’s war”
The NYT front page with our story about Russian convict fighters coming home
The NYT front page with our story about how Ukrainian convicts were kidnapped to Russia and returned home
The first chapter of an investigation into the exploitation of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: The story of 20-year-old Anastasia and her illegal employment in Esslingen am Neckar
for Business Insider
"Until I was seven years old, I was a free person" – Nafiseh, an Iranian woman, on her life and upbringing in Tehran
for SZ Jetzt
"I'm not ready to be beaten and tortured" – Why Russians don't protest against the war in Ukraine?
for SZ Jetzt
How Russians try to avoid military mobilization: "I'll cut off my index finger – then I won't be able to pull the trigger"
for Business Insider
"While I was in labor, I heard constant explosions" – Four Ukrainian women on how they fled and gave birth during the war
for SZ Jetzt
"It will take decades to restore the relationship between the two people" – The story of a Russian-Ukrainian couple who fled from Kyiv to Berlin
for Tagesspiegel
"Katya, they are bombing my house": A self-portrait by a Russian immigrant during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
for Watson
"Katya, they are bombing my house": A self-portrait by a Russian immigrant during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
for El HuffPost
Ukraine Invaded Russia. Here’s What It Was Like for Civilians.
for WELT AM SONNTAG
for WELT AM SONNTAG
for Welt am Sonntag
“We are not human to them”: Life for convicts in Russian army
A Russian soldier describes his commandors casual disregard for the lives of inmates like him
“Learn from Pain”: Why Germany protects Soviet war Memorials
for The New York Times
for SZ Jetzt
The second chapter of an investigation into the exploitation of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: A network of labor traffickers capitalizing on the vulnerability of Ukrainian refugees
for Business Insider
"We women are considered second-class citizens – half as valuable as men" – Bita, an Iranian woman, on her life and upbringing in Tehran
for SZ Jetzt
Military mobilization in Russia – How Putin is sending Russians to fight in Ukraine
for Insider
Military mobilization in Russia – How Putin is sending Russians to fight in Ukraine
for Business Insider
"Studying became my hope for the future" – Three Ukrainian students talk about life during the war
for SZ Jetzt
"Katya, they are bombing my house": A self-portrait by a Russian immigrant during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
for Axelle Magazine
"My Country, the Aggressor"
The project features the stories of four Russians who fled their homeland
for Watson
Putin's War: The President's Attack on the Free World
for Handelsblatt
Russian prisons riot as inmates pledge allegiance to Islamic State
for WELT AM SONNTAG
for WELT AM SONNTAG
for WELT AM SONNTAG
The NYT front page with our story about Aleksei Navalny's prison
for Welt am Sonntag
Nord Stream Puzzle: Our investigation into who might have blown up the pipelines
for Welt am Sonntag
First evidence of a Kremlin amnesty campaign to lure prisoners to fight in Ukraine
Interview with an art historian Verena Straub about the role of memes in the Russian war in Ukraine
for SZ Jetzt
Reactions of German politicians to the investigation into the exploitation of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: "It's shameful that Labor Minister hides behind Zoll"
for Business Insider
"I was nine when my parents made me wear the hijab for the first time" – Zahra, an Iranian woman, on her life and upbringing in Tehran
for SZ Jetzt
How a transgender woman and a gay man tried to avoid military mobilization in Russia
for SZ Jetzt
"Bucha will soon be here, in Russia, when Russian soldiers return home from Ukraine" – How Russians react to the Bucha massacre
for Business Insider
"I don't feel comfortable in Russia, Ukraine is being bombed, and I have no other home" – Ukrainians under 35 living in Russia on how the war has changed their lives.
for SZ Jetzt
Allegation of "massive misuse of Western aid" in Ukraine is misleading
for Correctiv
Ukrainian psychologists on their work with survivors of wartime sexualized violence
for Watson
What Russians think about a possible war in Ukraine: "Disappointment will be huge if there is no war"
for Tagesspiegel