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Anton Bayev

Anton Bayev is a reporter for Systema, RFE/RL's Russian Investigative Unit. He specializes in reporting on Russia’s military, corruption, anti-government protests, and the use of surveillance technologies by Russian intelligence agencies.

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February 18, 2025
Russia's War On Ukraine Fuels Kyrgyz Passport Boom

A burgeoning market for Kyrgyz passports has sprouted in Russia, offering greater travel and other freedoms amid international sanctions and domestic repressions since President Vladimir Putin launched all-out war on Ukraine. Not everyone in the Central Asian nation is happy about it.
November 08, 2023
Russia Violates Promises Of Pay, Pardons For Contract Soldiers

Russia maintains manpower and avoids a politically risky call-up by offering contract soldiers what the Kremlin calls “very, very attractive” terms for signing up to fight in Ukraine. But RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, found numerous cases in which the promised benefits never came.
February 08, 2023
Inside The Obscure Russian Agency That Censors The Internet: An RFE/RL Investigation

A massive leak of internal correspondence and documents shows how a little-known Russian government agency keeps a watchful eye on the Internet -- for opposition protests, for investigations on official corruption, for discussion of the Ukraine war -- and how it works to censor it for Russians.

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