Denis Karagodin

STEPINQUEST® is now available in Portuguese

The methodological framework and core principles of STEPINQUEST^® — a narrative-based investigative approach — are now accessible to Portugueses-peaking audiences.

This expansion introduces the method into a context marked by structural fragmentation, institutional opacity, and recurring interruptions in investigative continuity.

In Brazil and across the Portuguese-speaking context, vast bodies of evidence already exist: archives related to state violence, testimonies from peripheral territories, documentation of police operations, environmental and corporate disaster records, investigative journalism, and unresolved institutional processes. Yet these materials often remain dispersed — visible, but not operational.

STEPINQUEST® is now available in Spanish

The methodological framework and core principles of STEPINQUEST^® — a narrative-based investigative approach — are now accessible to Spanish-speaking audiences.

This expansion introduces the method into a context marked by complex histories of political violence, transitional justice processes, and ongoing struggles over historical memory and institutional accountability.

Across much of the Spanish-speaking world — particularly in Latin America — vast bodies of evidence exist: archives of past regimes, testimonies of disappearance and state violence, investigative journalism, and unresolved judicial processes. Yet these materials often remain fragmented, suspended between knowledge and consequence.

The Principle of Non-Degradation: How to Live Online in Contemporary Russia

To access the internet, you have to access the internet.

Over the past several months, I have found myself in an increasingly normalized and familiar position: attempting to use the internet while physically located inside the Russian Federation.

What might once have sounded like a trivial inconvenience has gradually revealed itself as something far more structural. Access is no longer simply a matter of connectivity. It is a matter of structure, jurisdiction, and — perhaps most critically — of constraint.

Prohibiting What Has Already Become Part of the State

A history that exists, but is increasingly out of reach.

An analytical essay on legal reclassification, archival access, and the transformation of historical knowledge under conditions of institutional restriction.

STEPINQUEST® is now available in Korean

The methodological framework and core principles of STEPINQUEST^® — a narrative-based investigative approach — are now accessible to Korean-speaking audiences.

This expansion introduces the method into a context where questions of institutional responsibility, historical interpretation, and public discourse occupy a particularly significant place.

In contemporary Korea, complex relationships between archives, law, media, and collective memory create conditions in which traditional investigative formats often encounter structural limitations. Within this landscape, STEPINQUEST^® offers an alternative approach — one that connects evidence, narrative, and action into a continuous process.