My Recent Publications

The NYT front page with our investigation “A Prison at War”

for The New York Times

for Welt am Sonntag

The NYT front page with our story “Once Convicts, They’re Fodder in Putin’s war”

for The New York Times

The NYT front page with our story about Russian convict fighters coming home

for The New York Times

The NYT front page with our story about how Ukrainian convicts were kidnapped to Russia and returned home

for The New York Times

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

"I'm not ready to be beaten and tortured" – Why Russians don't protest against the war in Ukraine?

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

"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

"Katya, they are bombing my house": A self-portrait by a Russian immigrant during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

for El HuffPost

for The New York Times

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

for The New York Times

“Learn from Pain”: Why Germany protects Soviet war Memorials

for The New York Times

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

Military mobilization in Russia – How Putin is sending Russians to fight in Ukraine

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

"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

Putin's War: The President's Attack on the Free World

for Handelsblatt

for The New York Times

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

for The New York Times

Interview with an art historian Verena Straub about the role of memes in the Russian war in Ukraine

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

How a transgender woman and a gay man tried to avoid military mobilization in Russia

"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.

Allegation of "massive misuse of Western aid" in Ukraine is misleading

Ukrainian psychologists on their work with survivors of wartime sexualized violence

What Russians think about a possible war in Ukraine: "Disappointment will be huge if there is no war"

for Tagesspiegel