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The State as a Private Bank Account

When politics and big business come together: The example of Andrej Babiš shows how a head of government can use political power and state subsidies to benefit his own businesses. Five warning signs show how kleptocracy develops—and why this is not just a problem in the Czech Republic.

Hybrid Warfare

Hack Exposes Inner Workings of Russian Influence Operation „Storm-1516“

John Mark Dougan, a U.S. citizen, is considered the architect of „Storm-1516“, one of Russia’s most effective disinformation campaigns. A hack of his systems that CORRECTIV and The Insider examined contains evidence of his activities and funding by a Russian think tank with ties to the government.

Crisis Preparedness

Disaster Preparedness in Germany: In an Emergency, Where You Live Matters

Europe

Disaster Strikes – Then What? Gaps in Local Crisis Preparedness

How well people are protected during a crisis depends heavily on where in Germany they live. This is according to the results of a questionnaire prepared by CORRECTIV and distributed among all 401 counties and independent cities in Germany.

International

The Tradwife: The Kitchen Is the Front Line

In authoritarian regimes, the “tradwife” trend is more than just a social media aesthetic: Behind the idyllic family scenes and dough-kneading lies a low-cost propaganda strategy that portrays submission as a free choice.

International

Terrorizing the Indigenous: Russian Repression Against Its Own Nations

Russia’s Indigenous communities live on territories rich in oil, gas, and other natural resources, but their legal power to protect those lands has steadily disappeared. Those who resist industrial expansion and defend Indigenous rights are increasingly treated as threats to state security.

International

What we miss when we say “the Kurds”

Kurdish identity is often treated as one thing. In reality, like many other national and ethnic identities, it is shaped by borders, languages, religions, regions, parties, memories and competing political dreams.

International

The Ideal Woman: How autocrats built the archetype.

Women in autocracies often seem like the regime’s showcase figures. Whether it is patriotic breast implants or pastel dresses as a sign of evangelical modesty, their appearance conveys political messages that can hardly be stated openly. A text about female power in the service of unfreedom.

International

Nowhere to Exist: Queer and Trans Afghans on The Move

An Escape is meant to bring people from danger to safety. For queer and trans Afghans, however, it does not. Instead, it leads them from Taliban rule to familial control, to regional deportation regimes, to bureaucratic indifference—a chain without any moment of arrival.

Europe

Discover How Drought is Affecting your Region

An analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe reveals for the first time how widespread drought has become across Europe. Two-thirds of all regions have recorded severe drought years since 2012.

International

Made in Moscow: The Foreign Agent Law as a Blueprint for Autocrats

It is not a secret weapon or a military tactic. It is a law — bureaucratic, dull, and devastatingly effective. Russia’s 2012 foreign agent legislation gave autocrats everywhere a template for dismantling civil society while keeping their hands seemingly clean.

Europe

“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System

Europol is aiming to become a powerful police force with far-reaching surveillance powers. But in an attempt to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, the agency has apparently gone rogue itself, this investigation reveals: Secret data analysis platforms have put innocent citizens at risk, an issue that remains unresolved today.