“Tell me, has security increased? With Ukrainian drones now attacking warehouses of [Russia's largest online retailer] Wildberries; with the petrol crisis, the disruption to mobile internet, the political prisoners? Has security increased, or not?

“the woman was acting on orders from Ukraine's intelligence services

“Investigators have established that she acted on the orders of Ukrainian special services and shows no remorse for her actions

“six of [Novaya Gazeta's] journalists have been killed, including Anna Politkovskaya who wrote revealing articles on the war in Chechnya

“Sorry, I don't believe all this talk about a split among members of the elite, about secret conspiracies. The country is run by Vladimir Putin. They're frightened of him. And this fear is reinforced in every way by his main support base: the Federal Security Service (FSB).

“nearly 500 people were reported missing, though civilian-run databases put that number at more than 4,100

“All those political experts who say 'Putin thinks this' or 'Putin is scared of that'…they're all charlatans. It's in the same league with astrology. Nobody knows what's going on in Vladimir Putin's head. And I don't know. I see things only as a journalist. I study big data. And since the beginning of the year the need to use nuclear weapons has been mentioned more than 500 times. When wackos say this, I pay no attention. But I've heard it discussed on state TV. And at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, a state-run event, one of the speakers talked up the use of nuclear weapons as something favourable, something good.

“Most opinion leaders have been declared 'foreign agents', 'extremists' or 'terrorists'. Several hundred