Bucha Archives

News & Analysis

One Year of War: How Watchdog Journalists Have Dug Into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

By Rowan Philp | February 21, 2023

In the 12 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, investigative journalists have navigated enormous information challenges and personal risks to expose everything from war crimes and sanctions busting to hidden oligarch loot and Russian “filtration” camps.

Tools & Techniques

Using Telegram Chats to Reveal Life in Bucha Under Russian Occupation

By Elena Loginova | October 26, 2022

How reporters at OCCRP took a neighborhood Telegram chat from Bucha, Ukraine and turned it into an investigation of life under Russian occupation.

News & Analysis

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How a Purported Fact-Checking Site Spreads Russian Propaganda

By Luiz Romero | September 1, 2022

A website and Telegram channel operated from Russia falsely claims to be a fact-checking site and, in fact, is repeatedly pushing out Russian disinformation about the war.