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Svetlana Osipova

Svetlana Osipova is an investigative journalist for RFE/RL's Russian Investigative Unit, also known as Systema. She focuses on such topics as human rights violations, Russia's penitentiary system and courts, and corruption. Previously she worked as an investigator at Proekt.media.

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March 12, 2024
What Happens In LGBT 'Conversion Therapy' In Russia

Russians who underwent LGBT conversion therapy in Russia have told RFE/RL about brutal treatment they experienced, amid an ongoing crackdown on sexual minorities in the country. The interviews were recorded before the Russian authorities designated RFE/RL an "undesirable organization."
January 24, 2024
How A Russian Fighter-Jet Manufacturer Continued To Import Western Aviation Parts Despite Sanctions

Though not a huge amount, the value of aviation parts imported to Russia after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine highlights just how hard it has been for Western governments to police sanctions restrictions on Moscow -- and how spotty some Western companies have been in adhering to the restrictions.
December 21, 2023
How The Korean Rumored Ex-Fiancé Of Putin's Daughter Landed A Career At Gazprombank

A South Korean man who was rumored in the past to have been engaged to one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters has had a long career at Gazprombank, a large state-linked lender where two of Putin’s sons-in-law have also worked, a new RFE/RL investigation has found.
June 01, 2023
Unlawful Transfer: Inside The Russian System To Take Ukraine's Children

Moscow is making it easier to send children taken from Ukraine to orphanages and families in Russia -- and harder for their real families to bring them home. An RFE/RL investigation reveals details about the process that has earned President Vladimir Putin an arrest warrant for war crimes.
April 17, 2020
Locked Up During Lockdown: Russia's Prison Inmates Anxious As Coronavirus Crisis Unfolds

With about 875,000 people confined in Russia's prisons and pretrial-detention facilities, activists and inmates are worried that conditions there are ideal for a major outbreak of COVID-19. Little has been done so far, prisoners relatives say, to head off a disastrous outcome.

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