I am pleased to welcome everyone interested in journalism and committed to preserving and developing this profession in our country to my website.
I'm Daria Burlakova, a journalist. I've been working with various publications since 2012. The events of recent years, including the closure and exile of several media outlets from Russia, led me to the decision to launch my own website to publish socially significant materials without censorship.
Первая серия публикаций посвящена управленческому и этическому кризису в ведущем деловом издании России ИД “Коммерсантъ”, где я трудилась больше трех лет, а такде судебному процессу, связанному с попыткой нового руководства "Ъ" незаконно уволить меня и закрыть общественно значимый спецпроект "Жизнь как право".
С 28 мая 2026 года на этом сайте начинается публикация мультимедийного спецпроекта о смертной казни “Жизнь как право". Это уникальное журналистское исследование, которое рассказывает об истории применения смертной казни в России в течение ХХ века и о том, как исторические процессы повлияли на судьбы конкретных людей. Проект позволяет понять, как и почему государство использовало и отменяло смертную казнь в течение столетия, и как общество реагировало на это.
The first series of publications is dedicated to the managerial and ethical crisis at Kommersant Publishing House, one of Russia’s leading business media outlets, where I worked for more than three years, as well as to the court case connected with the attempt by the new management of Kommersant to unlawfully dismiss me and shut down the socially significant special project “Life as a Right.”
Beginning on May 28, 2026, this website will publish the multimedia special project “Life as a Right”, dedicated to the death penalty. This is a unique journalistic investigation exploring the history of the use of capital punishment in Russia throughout the twentieth century and examining how historical processes shaped the lives of specific individuals. The project provides insight into how and why the state employed and later abolished the death penalty over the course of a century, and how society responded to these developments.
“Life as a Right”
The History of the Death Penalty in Twentieth-Century Russia: How Capital Punishment Shaped the Fate of the Country and Individual Lives
The special project consists of six parts. Four of them were released on May 28, 2026. The final fifth and sixth parts will be published later. Follow updates on my personal Telegram channel “Darya Burlakova” and the Telegram channel “Facts Without Censorship: A Journalist’s Way”.
“Life as a Right” will be of interest to legislators, historians, public figures, politicians, legal scholars, lawyers, students of the humanities, Russian and international researchers, journalists, and bloggers working on issues related to history and human rights, as well as to a broad general readership.
About Cooperation on the Project “Life as a Right”
Dear readers,
I invite each of you to become a partner of the special project “Life as a Right.”
There are two formats of cooperation: informational and creative.
You can find more details in the “Become a Partner” section.