Meduza

• Russia’s FSB says it foiled a 35-drone attack near Moscow and blames Ukrainian intelligence — and a rapper living in the U.S. Meduza — Jul 14, 07:02 AM
• Ukrainian drones spark fires at two Russian refineries overnight, including one of the country’s biggest petrochemical plants Meduza — Jul 14, 06:45 AM
• Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv overnight Meduza — Jul 14, 06:31 AM
• Kursk drivers can now buy gasoline only on days matching their license plate numbers. The governor says the new rule protects them from Ukrainian strikes. Meduza — Jul 14, 00:07 AM
• Russian media executive Ksenia Sobchak dismisses ‘leaked messages’ that appear to show her dictating her outlet’s coverage: ‘Now it’s ethical to discuss invented screenshots?’ Meduza — Jul 13, 23:51 PM
• Macron says France will license Ukraine to produce SCALP cruise missiles, Aster interceptors, and AASM guided bombs Meduza — Jul 13, 23:24 PM
• Ukrainska Pravda: Zelensky offers the prime minister’s job to Naftohaz chief Serhiy Koretsky and a mandate to steel Ukraine’s energy system for the war’s hardest winter yet Meduza — Jul 13, 20:31 PM
• NYT reveals how Russia gets Japanese technology into its weapons: a secret GRU unit, an Aeroflot cover job, and a cargo route through Sri Lanka Meduza — Jul 13, 19:54 PM
• Bloomberg: Russia’s oil refining falls to lowest level in 21 years amid Ukrainian strikes Meduza — Jul 13, 18:33 PM
• What does it take to sell a Russian jet to a Russian airline? A cockpit that doesn’t need a three-person crew, but the Tu-214‘s manufacturer can’t promise that. Meduza — Jul 13, 18:26 PM
• Putin grants Russian citizenship to Pierre Leclerc, the ex-BMW designer behind the X5 and X6 Meduza — Jul 13, 17:53 PM
• EU sanctions Russian social network VK and Russia’s state-backed messaging app Max Meduza — Jul 13, 17:47 PM
• Georgy Pirogov fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. He later vanished on a job in Uzbekistan and resurfaced in a Moscow jail. Now he’s been sentenced to 23 years. Meduza — Jul 13, 17:30 PM
• A Russian comedian pitched Putin a reality show about drone warfare. Putin gave it his blessing: ‘Propaganda is an extremely important thing.’ Meduza — Jul 13, 17:13 PM
• Ten European countries, including Ukraine, announce a joint ballistic missile defense coalition Meduza — Jul 13, 16:46 PM
• Maria Pevchikh steps down as head of investigations at Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation to pursue Harvard degree Meduza — Jul 13, 16:34 PM
• Boris Nadezhdin, the anti-war politician blocked from Russia’s 2024 presidential ballot, hoped to run for parliament. But the state designated him a ‘foreign agent,’ and today police detained him. Meduza — Jul 13, 16:24 PM
• Education officials to make philosophy, history, and ‘Fundamentals of Russian Statehood’ mandatory for all university students Meduza — Jul 13, 16:02 PM
• Delay the new ‘Spider-Man’ or we’ll rethink our terms: Russian distributor leans on theaters to clear the way for a homegrown fairy-tale sequel Meduza — Jul 13, 15:54 PM
• Lithuania expands polygraph testing to foreign nationals applying for residence permits Meduza — Jul 13, 15:28 PM
• Russian strikes hit Odesa’s ports and Zaporizhzhia’s apartment blocks overnight Meduza — Jul 13, 07:32 AM
• Russian mayor says North Korean street cleaners cost too much for his city, so he hired Senegalese workers instead Meduza — Jul 13, 07:18 AM
• WSJ: Wagner Group mercenaries still in the Central African Republic have built a drug empire around the tramadol trade Meduza — Jul 13, 06:53 AM
• More than 350 Ukrainian drones attack Moscow region, killing three, according to local officials Meduza — Jul 13, 06:33 AM
• Leaked document shows Russian regional officials assigning companies quotas of workers to send to the war in Ukraine Meduza — Jul 13, 06:23 AM
• Many Russian soldiers would rather do time than die at the front, but the military is increasingly hauling them back to the war anyway Meduza — Jul 10, 22:45 PM
• Russia opens investigation into ‘Empire of Geese,’ the anime-and-gaming community whose creators allegedly locked children’s computers with ransomware and then demanded nude photos to unlock them Meduza — Jul 10, 22:01 PM
• How severe is Russia’s gasoline crisis? Meduza sized it up using exchange trading data. Meduza — Jul 10, 21:45 PM
• Cameras caught four college students threatening a 14-year-old as she fought back. A Kazakhstani court still downgraded three of the rape charges to ‘consensual sex with a minor.’ Meduza — Jul 10, 20:14 PM
• Zelensky creates a dedicated ‘long-range command’ to strike deep inside Russia Meduza — Jul 10, 19:23 PM
• ‘Educational conversations’: How rioters in Lviv who flipped a recruiter’s car wound up on camera, praising Ukraine’s military and vowing to enlist Meduza — Jul 10, 18:46 PM
• Russian gasoline is nearly 20% more expensive than a year ago and rose 6.88% in June 2026 alone as Ukrainian drone strikes choke supply Meduza — Jul 10, 17:40 PM
• Russia denies planning exit visas to restrict travel to NATO countries Meduza — Jul 10, 17:15 PM
• They cost pennies and tip your favorite creators. In Russia, sending Telegram “Stars” to the wrong channel is now being treated as treason. Meduza — Jul 10, 16:59 PM
• Russia designates anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin a ‘foreign agent’ Meduza — Jul 10, 15:52 PM
• Russian propaganda claimed a girl was ‘rescued’ from ‘liberated’ Kostiantynivka. She had been far from the front for weeks. Meduza — Jul 10, 14:37 PM
• ‘We have to admit there are problems and a shortage due to the strikes,’ says Deputy Prime Minister Novak on Russia’s fuel crisis Meduza — Jul 10, 13:10 PM
• Russian anti-war activist Ariadna Litvinova was deported from Turkey. On arrival in Russia, she was immediately detained on charges of ‘discrediting’ the army. Meduza — Jul 10, 12:50 PM
• Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone uses video game ‘Drone Battle: Ukraine’ and cyber tournaments to recruit students for drone assembly Meduza — Jul 10, 11:54 AM
• Russian region urges residents to avoid driving, advises companies to shift to remote work amid fuel shortage Meduza — Jul 10, 11:05 AM
• ‘He would simulate raping the prisoners’: ‘Schemes’ and OCCRP identify doctor who abused Ukrainian inmates at a Russian prison colony Meduza — Jul 10, 10:39 AM
• An 18-year-old in Russia says he was tricked into signing a military contract before he came of age Meduza — Jul 10, 09:23 AM
• Putin’s ratings fall for second consecutive week Meduza — Jul 10, 08:24 AM
• Van collides with bus in Moscow, injuring 25 Meduza — Jul 10, 08:08 AM
• Over 3,500 foreign nationals killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, BBC finds Meduza — Jul 10, 07:58 AM
• FSB says Ukraine’s military intelligence planned drone attack on Russian military airfield Meduza — Jul 10, 07:19 AM
• Over 370 Ukrainian drones strike Russian regions; Ilsky oil refinery catches fire in Krasnodar Krai, petroleum depots and seaport ablaze in Rostov region Meduza — Jul 10, 06:57 AM
• Hackers published private messages they attribute to journalist and media executive Ksenia Sobchak, pointing to supposed ‘agreements’ between her media empire and Russian officials Meduza — Jul 09, 23:31 PM
• Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev is sentenced in absentia to five and a half years in prison for founding the ‘undesirable’ Andrei Sakharov Institute Meduza — Jul 09, 22:28 PM
• Oil is leaking again from one of the tankers that sank in the Kerch Strait in December 2024 and wrecked some of Russia’s most prized coastline Meduza — Jul 09, 22:13 PM
• Kazakhstan sets up 59 checkpoints to stop fuel smuggling as Russia’s shortage crosses the border Meduza — Jul 09, 21:53 PM
• Billionaire Andrey Melnichenko gave 32 billion rubles to Putin’s ‘Sirius educational center’ as Russian prosecutors tried to seize his company, The Economist reports Meduza — Jul 09, 21:33 PM
• Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked fighters attack a Russian mercenary convoy in northern Mali Meduza — Jul 09, 21:19 PM
• Russian factory fined 50,000 rubles for missing ‘mobilization reserve’ recruitment quota Meduza — Jul 09, 20:56 PM
• A new play from the man who helped write Russia’s history textbooks tackles the Decembrists’ assassination of a tsarist general Meduza — Jul 09, 20:43 PM
• Fifteen-year-old girl killed in car collision with Kursk Deputy Governor Alexander Chepik Meduza — Jul 09, 20:25 PM
• For the third time this year, a Ukrainian drone strike shuts down Rosneft’s Saratov oil refinery Meduza — Jul 09, 20:14 PM
• After a Russian strike kills nine outside Kyiv, Zelensky says the town held a state-owned arms depot. He vows firings at the company that owns it. Meduza — Jul 09, 19:55 PM
• Some Russian drivers are waiting up to three days to fill up. Now the country’s biggest bank wants to help them find a pump with gasoline. Meduza — Jul 09, 19:39 PM
• Ukraine’s drones have opened a summer window of opportunity behind Russian lines. Front-line soldiers tell Ukrainska Pravda the army is on track to waste it. Meduza — Jul 09, 19:09 PM
• Putin set on escalating the war in Ukraine, sources close to the Kremlin tell Reuters. He has ‘dug in his heels’ on seizing Donbas. Meduza — Jul 09, 15:57 PM
• Financial Times: fuel crisis directly affects more than a third of Russians Meduza — Jul 09, 15:31 PM
• Former ‘Open Russia’ coordinator Igor Rogov sentenced in Poland to seven years in prison on FSB espionage charges Meduza — Jul 09, 14:49 PM
• Trump didn’t call Putin after meeting Zelensky — despite his promise. ‘The Russian president is always happy to talk,’ the Kremlin noted. Meduza — Jul 09, 12:40 PM
• Russian serviceman Alexander Lunin deletes appeal to Putin in which he threatened the president with mutiny Meduza — Jul 09, 12:24 PM
• Russia and China discussed plans to destroy Starlink satellites and develop a joint air defense system, The Insider reports Meduza — Jul 09, 12:09 PM
• Got an odd-numbered plate? Here’s where Russia is rationing gasoline by license plate as the fuel crisis deepens. Meduza — Jul 09, 11:42 AM
• Italy expels two Russian Embassy staff members suspected of spying Meduza — Jul 09, 11:17 AM
• ‘No gas? I remember when food was rationed’: How Russian officials and propagandists are trying to reassure, shame, and intimidate Russians over the fuel crisis Meduza — Jul 09, 09:34 AM
• EU weighs scaled-back visa ban on former Russian military personnel, with Italy and France opposing stricter restrictions Meduza — Jul 09, 08:54 AM
• Bodies of two missing 12-year-old girls found in Russia Meduza — Jul 09, 08:47 AM
• Putin’s superyacht moved to northern Russian port, likely to protect it from Ukrainian drones Meduza — Jul 09, 08:36 AM
• Russia’s FSB says it thwarted ‘unprecedented’ terrorist attacks targeting military personnel, including plot to assassinate senior Defense Ministry officer Meduza — Jul 09, 08:18 AM
• Russian serviceman who threatened Putin with mutiny freed after 11 days in jail Meduza — Jul 09, 08:09 AM
• Ukrainian drones set oil depots ablaze in two Russian regions, strike two tankers near Taganrog Meduza — Jul 09, 07:57 AM
• An oil superpower that can’t fill its own gasoline tanks: How Ukraine’s drone war upended Russia’s fuel market Meduza — Jul 09, 00:10 AM
• Russian legislation would require the children of migrant workers to leave the country within 30 days of turning 18, unless they qualify to stay on their own Meduza — Jul 08, 22:05 PM
• A 2017 rape case made Diana Shurygina famous across Russia. Now, a Moscow court has jailed her on charges of distributing pornography of herself. Meduza — Jul 08, 21:49 PM
• A night in photos: Kyiv takes another Russian strike while Ukraine hunts Russia’s refineries, an airfield, and its ‘shadow fleet’ Meduza — Jul 08, 21:30 PM
• Yandex adds data on gas-station lines to its maps, but only in Moscow and St. Petersburg Meduza — Jul 08, 21:29 PM
• Russian court grants 11.9-billion-ruble claim against former executives of state nanotechnology corporation Rosnano, including Anatoly Chubais Meduza — Jul 08, 21:13 PM
• Russia’s lawmakers will collect their bonuses early this year, just before they face reelection Meduza — Jul 08, 20:48 PM
• Russia says Kostiantynivka has fallen. Kyiv claims it still holds the city. Both are wrong. Meduza — Jul 08, 20:21 PM
• How bad is Russia’s fuel crisis? Diesel just had its worst week since 2022. Meduza — Jul 08, 19:20 PM
• International Volleyball Federation lifts ban on Russian athletes after International Olympic Committee’s reversal Meduza — Jul 08, 18:44 PM
• Journalist Dmitry Kolezev says an active-duty Russian general told him Moscow should seek peace now before it can’t replace the men it’s losing in Ukraine. But can you trust an ‘anonymous general’? Meduza — Jul 08, 18:22 PM
• Scammers hijack two of Ksenia Sobchak’s Telegram channels and post a supposed ‘leaked correspondence’ confession Meduza — Jul 08, 17:22 PM
• Putin says Ukraine’s waiting game won’t work, while Russians wait in line for hours for gas Meduza — Jul 08, 16:45 PM
• NATO commits tens of billions more to Ukraine, names Russia a ‘long-term threat’ Meduza — Jul 08, 16:21 PM
• Russia bans diesel exports Meduza — Jul 08, 15:50 PM
• Russia begins jamming Starlink to counter Ukrainian drones, Reuters reports Meduza — Jul 08, 15:40 PM
• Trump meets Zelensky at NATO summit, says strikes on Russian refineries could help end the war, offers Ukraine license to manufacture Patriot missiles Meduza — Jul 08, 14:54 PM
• Russia’s State Duma passes law regulating AI, requiring ‘respect for traditional Russian values’ Meduza — Jul 08, 13:49 PM
• Gazprom says Ukrainian drones struck compressor station on Blue Stream pipeline Meduza — Jul 08, 13:38 PM
• Kazakhstan moves to stop ‘gray’ fuel exports — border agents are tracking vehicles fitted with extra fuel tanks Meduza — Jul 08, 13:04 PM
• The IOC just recommended bringing Russian athletes back to the Olympics. Here’s how Russia, Ukraine, and the West are reacting. Meduza — Jul 08, 12:36 PM
• ‘Do you want to go to the SVO?’ Men claiming to be former Wagner Group fighters assault journalist filming gas station line in Russia Meduza — Jul 08, 08:24 AM
• Russia to deploy war veterans to screen trucks entering city Meduza — Jul 08, 08:17 AM
• One killed, two wounded in Russian strike on Kyiv Meduza — Jul 08, 08:00 AM
• Ukrainian drones strike oil refineries in Russia, hit tankers in Taganrog Bay, and set fire to military airfield Meduza — Jul 08, 07:37 AM
• Moscow police grabbed dozens of teenagers off the street last Friday, then used stun guns on them in custody Meduza — Jul 07, 22:03 PM
• Meduza publishing house lands two books on longlist for PolitProsvet science prize’s category on Russia’s politics Meduza — Jul 07, 21:16 PM
• Russian pop star Monetochka is sentenced in absentia to one year in prison for skipping ‘foreign agent’ disclaimers on Instagram Meduza — Jul 07, 20:49 PM
• Yandex will reportedly cut up to 15% of its marketplace staff as company dangles offer of ‘rotation’ Meduza — Jul 07, 20:37 PM
• Her father called the police during an argument. Turkey sent her back to Russia to stand trial for anti-war speech. Meduza — Jul 07, 19:55 PM
• ‘Killing for fun is a great sin’: Businessmen from Russia’s Yakutia region face backlash after boasting about a lion hunt in South Africa Meduza — Jul 07, 19:13 PM
• Russia says it won’t tax VPN traffic after all Meduza — Jul 07, 18:46 PM
• Serbia arrests two suspected Russian agents near Hungarian border amid German sabotage investigation Meduza — Jul 07, 18:26 PM
• BBC identifies three men suspected of torturing Ukrainian prisoners in secret wartime jails. All three now live openly in Russia. Meduza — Jul 07, 18:08 PM
• State Duma speaker Volodin warns Russian lawmakers: don’t campaign on the fuel crisis Meduza — Jul 07, 17:20 PM
• A Russian lawmaker offered to make Stoptime’s teenage frontwoman a patriotic star — if she’d repent on camera. Diana Loginova chose exile instead, and the band just released its first album. Meduza — Jul 07, 17:14 PM
• Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Court says Tokayev can run for another term under the new constitution Meduza — Jul 07, 16:46 PM
• Kirill Suvorov, former adviser to opposition politician Ilya Yashin, arrested in Moscow on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about Russia’s army Meduza — Jul 07, 16:31 PM
• Ukraine strikes the Omsk oil refinery, Russia’s largest, forcing a shutdown Meduza — Jul 07, 16:18 PM
• International Olympic Committee recommends lifting all restrictions on Russian athletes ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Games Meduza — Jul 07, 16:09 PM
• Ukrainian forces strike eight tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov Meduza — Jul 07, 14:34 PM
• Emergency roaming activated in occupied Crimea — subscribers can connect to other carriers during blackouts, but only ‘white list’ sites remain accessible Meduza — Jul 07, 14:15 PM
• Woman suspected in Monaco assassination attempt on Ukrainian businessman found dead near Kyiv. A Ukrainian intelligence officer confessed to her murder. Meduza — Jul 07, 14:05 PM
• Fights are breaking out at Russia’s gas stations as the fuel crisis spreads Meduza — Jul 07, 08:17 AM
• Slovakia suspends Schengen visa applications from Russian nationals Meduza — Jul 07, 07:25 AM
• Ukraine sends more than 430 drones toward Moscow. Belgorod hit by missile strike, one person killed. Meduza — Jul 07, 07:16 AM
• Russian lawmakers propose sending conscripts to serve in Emergency Situations Ministry fire units Meduza — Jul 07, 07:06 AM
• ‘I tried to help them, but my strength gave out’. For half a century, Nina Litvinova stood with Soviet and then Russian political prisoners. In May, at 80, she took her own life. Meduza — Jul 06, 23:49 PM
• Western insurers don’t have to cover the Nord Stream sabotage, London’s High Court rules Meduza — Jul 06, 22:19 PM
• Russian stocks hit three-year low Meduza — Jul 06, 21:42 PM
• Search for two missing 12-year-old girls in Russia stretches into fifth day as drowning emerges as leading theory Meduza — Jul 06, 21:34 PM
• How a Russian governor’s message against hoarding gasoline aged within the hour Meduza — Jul 06, 20:54 PM
• Brezhnev’s great-grandson joined Russia’s ‘special military operation’ to ‘see Nazis.’ Now he’s a Ukrainian POW who says the Nazi threat is a myth. Meduza — Jul 06, 20:16 PM
• Former AfD influencer travels to Russian-occupied Ukraine, posts from the war zone Meduza — Jul 06, 19:51 PM
• Novosibirsk issues its first-ever drone threat alert — 3,000 kilometers from the front Meduza — Jul 06, 19:05 PM
• Russian border region’s acting governor says his constituents want one thing more than anything: for the ‘special military operation’ to end Meduza — Jul 06, 18:32 PM
• Russian gas giant Gazprom to form armed reservist units to protect facilities from drones Meduza — Jul 06, 17:45 PM
• New bill would add ‘disobeying a border guard’ to Russia’s list of deportable offenses Meduza — Jul 06, 17:12 PM
• Russian police officer draws gun to stop driver cutting in line at gas station Meduza — Jul 06, 15:43 PM
• Kadyrov claimed a video showed him ‘7 kilometers from Kyiv’ in the early days of the full-scale war. An investigation found it was actually filmed in a secret Chechen prison. Meduza — Jul 06, 15:07 PM
• Russian oil falls to $42 a barrel — the same price as before the Middle East war Meduza — Jul 06, 14:11 PM
• Ukraine says it struck Russia’s largest oil refinery for the first time Meduza — Jul 06, 13:48 PM
• Rebels in Mali shoot down helicopter operated by Russia’s Africa Corps Meduza — Jul 06, 13:42 PM
• Russia strikes Kyiv for second time in a week, killing more than 10 and wounding dozens. See the aftermath. Meduza — Jul 06, 08:48 AM
• Trump plans to meet Zelensky at NATO summit, then call Putin Meduza — Jul 06, 08:17 AM
• Kremlin spokesman says ‘special military operation’ has become ‘a real war,’ blames Western countries Meduza — Jul 06, 07:57 AM
• Russia’s imports of Belarusian gasoline hit a record high Meduza — Jul 06, 07:44 AM
• Over 500 Ukrainian drones strike 20 Russian regions and occupied Crimea overnight. Refinery hit in Yaroslavl, blackout across Crimea. Meduza — Jul 06, 07:39 AM
• Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles, killing ten and wounding dozens Meduza — Jul 06, 07:18 AM
• Defendants in plot to assassinate RT editor-in-chief Simonyan sentenced to up to 20 years in prison Meduza — Jul 03, 15:29 PM
• Interpol issues Red Notice for Ukrainian woman suspected of attempted murder of businessman Vadym Yermolaiev in Monaco Meduza — Jul 03, 15:05 PM
• 39 hours in line for gas: One driver’s road trip through Russia’s fuel crisis Meduza — Jul 03, 14:25 PM
• Russia rewrites its history textbook again — this time adding Trump’s ‘positive role’ in peace talks and a reference to Anchorage Meduza — Jul 03, 12:59 PM
• Putin’s approval rating is dropping at its fastest pace since the full-scale war began Meduza — Jul 03, 12:10 PM
• British lawmakers demand ban on Russian cartoon ‘Masha and the Bear’ over ‘propaganda’ Meduza — Jul 03, 11:50 AM
• Former Rosaviatsiya chief detained on fraud charges Meduza — Jul 03, 11:24 AM
• How the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska spawned the Kremlin’s myth of the ‘spirit of Anchorage’ — and why it collapsed Meduza — Jul 03, 10:08 AM
• All gas stations in Russia’s Novorossiysk run out of gasoline Meduza — Jul 03, 08:37 AM
• Russia’s harvest falls one to two weeks behind schedule due to weather and fuel shortages Meduza — Jul 03, 08:21 AM
• Car carrying local Russian officials blown up by mine in Kursk region Meduza — Jul 03, 07:44 AM
• Death toll from Russian strike on Kyiv rises to 30 Meduza — Jul 03, 07:24 AM
• Ukraine launches missile strike on Belgorod, killing one woman and causing power and water outages Meduza — Jul 03, 07:06 AM
• Soviet spies flagged young Boris Johnson as a potential UK leader in the 1980s — then wrote him off as a ‘manic self-promoter’ Meduza — Jul 03, 00:12 AM
• Russian publisher’s sales director faces a four-year suspended sentence for selling LGBT-themed books Meduza — Jul 02, 23:10 PM
• French media say prime suspect in June 29 Monaco bombing is a Ukrainian woman who disguised herself as a man Meduza — Jul 02, 22:42 PM
• Russia permits sale of downgraded gasoline as fuel crisis drags on Meduza — Jul 02, 22:16 PM
• A Kaliningrad lawyer who once defended Russians accused of secretly aiding foreign states now faces that same charge, and says she nearly died in jail Meduza — Jul 02, 21:52 PM
• Minsk urges citizens to avoid Russia after Moscow blames Ukraine for second Belarusian bus attack Meduza — Jul 02, 20:12 PM
• Drivers wait in a four-kilometer line at a Zabaykalsky gas station — one supplied by a refinery Ukraine hasn’t yet hit Meduza — Jul 02, 19:01 PM
• Putin backs additional fuel, airfare, and ferry support for exclave Kaliningrad as gasoline lines grow across the rest of Russia Meduza — Jul 02, 18:41 PM
• Ukraine paid allies for 200 air-defense missiles but has yet to receive ‘a single one,’ Zelensky says. ‘The applause for what we’re achieving in Crimea isn’t enough.’ Meduza — Jul 02, 17:57 PM
• Government officials reportedly get priority gasoline access in at least four Russian regions amid fuel crisis. Ordinary drivers wait hours in some areas. Meduza — Jul 02, 16:51 PM
• International Booker Prize renamed after Russian-born billionaire Meduza — Jul 02, 16:40 PM
• Former Rosnano top manager sentenced to 15 years in absentia on embezzlement charges Meduza — Jul 02, 15:47 PM
• 52,000 Kyiv residents sheltered in the subway during Russia’s strike — the highest number on record Meduza — Jul 02, 15:34 PM
• Russian State Duma deputy accuses government of concealing scale of fuel crisis, warns it could cost certain officials their seats in September elections Meduza — Jul 02, 15:20 PM
• Kyrgyzstan asks neighbors and Belarus for help with fuel supplies. The country gets 90% of its gasoline from Russia. Meduza — Jul 02, 13:19 PM
• Former St. Petersburg police officer who led arrests at protests gets suspended sentence for beating businessman Meduza — Jul 02, 12:44 PM
• Russia says drone carrying ‘simulated improvised explosive device’ landed on its embassy grounds in Sweden Meduza — Jul 02, 12:18 PM
• Russia’s largest river carrier in eastern Siberia cancels routes amid fuel crisis Meduza — Jul 02, 11:59 AM
• See the aftermath of one of Russia’s largest attacks on Kyiv. Apartment buildings lie in ruins, at least 13 people were killed, and dozens were injured. Meduza — Jul 02, 10:14 AM
• Russian attack hits 20 apartment buildings across Kyiv, killing at least 13 and injuring nearly 90 Meduza — Jul 02, 08:46 AM
• Russia’s Energy Ministry warns that chats where drivers search for gas may ‘pose a threat related to illegal collection of personal data’ Meduza — Jul 02, 07:36 AM
• Russia strikes Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least 13 Meduza — Jul 02, 07:19 AM
• Pavel Ivanov spent years helping publish LGBTQ-themed books in Russia. In court, he called himself a lifelong hunter of ‘perverts’ and walked away with a suspended sentence. Meduza — Jul 01, 22:46 PM
• Amid campaign against Muslim clergy, Russian deputy mufti fined again over medieval battle painting Meduza — Jul 01, 22:17 PM
• Two Russian rooftoppers climbed the Empire State Building without safety gear, got engaged at the top — and then got arrested Meduza — Jul 01, 22:01 PM
• Russia gasoline and diesel prices rose again in late June, Rosstat data show Meduza — Jul 01, 21:53 PM
• Russia is striking Ukrainian gas stations daily, even as its own fuel crisis deepens at home Meduza — Jul 01, 21:32 PM
• Russia warns Apple over default search engines and missing Russian apps, giving company until July 15 to comply or face a fine of up to $52 million Meduza — Jul 01, 18:38 PM
• A Russian court fined inmates for writing the word ‘fart’ — no, not that fart, it’s prison slang for ‘luck,’ and it’s now illegal too Meduza — Jul 01, 18:13 PM
• Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has topped the republic’s United Russia party list every election since 2007. Not this year. Meduza — Jul 01, 17:50 PM
• A week after the death of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, anti-corruption researchers reveal his family’s real estate empire worth tens of millions of dollars Meduza — Jul 01, 17:23 PM
• Does Russia need ‘sovereign’ chocolate? A top banker and close Putin ally says enough is enough. Meduza — Jul 01, 16:39 PM
• Russia begins buying gasoline from India amid domestic shortage, Reuters reports Meduza — Jul 01, 16:25 PM
• Yandex Taxi asks regional authorities to raise fuel limits for taxi drivers Meduza — Jul 01, 15:37 PM
• Lukashenko pardons 28 political prisoners Meduza — Jul 01, 15:34 PM
• Russian blogger fined for comparing Russians to animals. He is already serving time on a Nazi rehabilitation charge. Meduza — Jul 01, 15:22 PM
• Reuters: Russian defense minister personally approved secret military training for Russian troops in China Meduza — Jul 01, 15:08 PM
• ‘I will’: Zaluzhnyi reportedly tells Zelensky he’ll run for president if Ukraine holds elections this fall Meduza — Jul 01, 13:43 PM
• Prices in Russia for imported Belarusian gasoline nearly double in a month amid fuel crisis Meduza — Jul 01, 12:59 PM
• Major Russian online marketplace will not compensate sellers for goods damaged in drone attacks Meduza — Jul 01, 12:44 PM
• Putin keeps saying Russia will fight until it achieves the ‘goals of the special military operation.’ But it’s not clear what those ‘goals’ even are. Meduza — Jul 01, 11:20 AM
• Report: Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Penza region, Mayak factory hit Meduza — Jul 01, 10:43 AM
• Food producers warn St. Petersburg stores of delivery delays amid Russia’s fuel crisis Meduza — Jul 01, 10:26 AM
• Banks across the Eurasian Economic Union begin charging fees on cash ruble deposits Meduza — Jul 01, 07:34 AM
• Gallup poll: 60% of Russians say economic conditions are worsening — a 20-year record Meduza — Jul 01, 07:09 AM
• Russian court again extends pretrial detention of ex-seminarians accused of plotting to kill ‘Putin’s confessor,’ Metropolitan Tikhon Meduza — Jun 30, 23:10 PM
• Russia’s seaborne oil exports hit a wartime record in June, but export revenue sank to a three-month low Meduza — Jun 30, 22:06 PM
• Russia closes seven railway border crossings with Finland, Latvia, and Estonia Meduza — Jun 30, 21:39 PM
• Russia plans box office tax and screening fee on foreign films to raise money for domestic cinema, Oscar-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov says Meduza — Jun 30, 21:32 PM
• Belarus starts recalling men once ruled ‘unfit in peacetime’ for new military medical exams Meduza — Jun 30, 21:29 PM
• Le Figaro: Monaco investigators suspect Ukraine’s Security Service organized attack on Ukrainian businessman Vadim Yermolayev Meduza — Jun 30, 20:26 PM
• Azerbaijan joins a growing list of countries banning children from social media Meduza — Jun 30, 19:36 PM
• A Russian school turned its fifth and sixth grade girls into seamstresses — sewing underwear for soldiers in Ukraine Meduza — Jun 30, 18:21 PM
• European Commission denies preparing a full ban on Russian tourist visas Meduza — Jun 30, 17:50 PM
• In second death amid Russia’s fuel crisis, a 75-year-old man in Petrozavodsk dies waiting at gas station Meduza — Jun 30, 17:25 PM
• Ukrainian drone strike outside Moscow kills infant, leaves mother without legs Meduza — Jun 30, 16:50 PM
• Record numbers of Russians are searching the internet for when the war in Ukraine will end Meduza — Jun 30, 15:58 PM
• ‘Contacts are being made’: Kremlin says it is negotiating to buy fuel abroad Meduza — Jun 30, 15:55 PM
• Russia’s federal statistics agency denies classifying fuel price data, says changes merely ‘streamline navigation through the indicators’ Meduza — Jun 30, 15:42 PM
• Russian figure skaters and speed skaters cleared to return to international competition under neutral status Meduza — Jun 30, 15:25 PM
• A third Russian region declares high alert over fuel crisis — a status that allows elections to be postponed Meduza — Jun 30, 15:11 PM
• Sberbank chief Gref says Russian economy ‘cannot survive long’ under current key interest rate Meduza — Jun 30, 15:03 PM
• Bomb injures sanctioned Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev in apparent assassination attempt in Monaco Meduza — Jun 30, 11:08 AM
• 81% of Russians support ending the war ‘as early as tomorrow,’ highest share in four years, Kyiv-based institute says Meduza — Jun 30, 09:50 AM
• Explosion hits residential building in Monaco, reportedly injuring sanctioned Ukrainian businessman Meduza — Jun 30, 09:22 AM
• Poland refuses to hand over MiG-29 jets to Ukraine, defense minister says Meduza — Jun 30, 08:49 AM
• Taxi drivers in Russian regions cut shifts amid fuel crisis Meduza — Jun 30, 08:18 AM
• Smartphone malware infections in Russia up 70% in a year — because apps are unavailable in official stores Meduza — Jun 30, 07:47 AM
• More than 50 Ukrainian drones shot down on approach to Moscow. A total of 419 drones destroyed overnight across Russia’s regions Meduza — Jun 30, 07:29 AM
• What does a Russian summer look like without gasoline? Imagine 18-hour lines, National Guard patrols, and Brodsky parodies. Meduza — Jun 29, 23:05 PM
• Facing fuel shortages amid Ukrainian drone strikes, Russia may bring back a low-grade gasoline it banned in 2013 Meduza — Jun 29, 22:20 PM
• Russian governor proposes fuel rationing by license plate number as gasoline restrictions spread to more than 20 regions Meduza — Jun 29, 21:44 PM
• ‘A million Russians arguing in gasoline lines’ should think hard about what comes next, Zelensky warns Meduza — Jun 29, 20:12 PM
• Fires in Chornobyl exclusion zone send toxic smoke over Kyiv. Ukraine says crashed Russian drones started them. Meduza — Jun 29, 19:57 PM
• Poland deports nine Ukrainian and two Belarusian nationals suspected of running Russian-funded influence operation targeting Ukrainian refugees Meduza — Jun 29, 18:30 PM
• ‘He’s clearly pro-war. And people are tired of the war.’ Why Russia’s ruling party left Dmitry Medvedev, its own chairman, off this September’s election list. Meduza — Jun 29, 18:01 PM
• Putin’s super-yacht, renamed and off radar since 2022, is spotted sailing past Denmark toward Istanbul Meduza — Jun 29, 17:24 PM
• Months after a motorcade crash, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s son flaunts reckless driving on camera Meduza — Jun 29, 17:09 PM
• Russian military recruitment ad on VK used AI-generated image of Navalny Meduza — Jun 29, 15:39 PM
• Machine guns spotted on Gazprom tanker in the Baltic Sea — the first time Russia has armed a civilian vessel with heavy weapons Meduza — Jun 29, 13:40 PM
• Hermitage cancels archaeological expeditions in Crimea Meduza — Jun 29, 13:05 PM
• Ukrainian drones have struck nearly every major Russian refinery. Which facilities have yet to be hit? Meduza — Jun 29, 12:32 PM
• Some gas stations in Russia’s Novosibirsk region suspend fuel sales Meduza — Jun 29, 11:48 AM
• Russian serviceman who threatened Putin with mutiny jailed on ‘extremist’ or Nazi symbols charge Meduza — Jun 29, 11:41 AM
• Russian truckers warn clients of rate hikes of at least 10% amid fuel crisis Meduza — Jun 29, 11:31 AM
• Police in Russia cite four Irkutsk residents for reselling gasoline at inflated prices Meduza — Jun 29, 11:28 AM
• ‘Saving the Kyiv regime isn’t part of our plans’: Putin on Ukraine, fuel shortages, and Trump Meduza — Jun 29, 11:20 AM
• Three employees of a Russian gay bar — defendants in the first case under the ‘extremist LGBT movement’ ban — sentenced to up to seven years in prison Meduza — Jun 29, 08:18 AM
• Nearly 20% of Russian airline fleets grounded this summer — double the normal rate Meduza — Jun 29, 08:07 AM
• Russia’s Primorsky Krai caps fuel sales for heavy trucks — because drivers ‘fill up to a thousand tons, drive off, drain the tanks, and come back for more’ Meduza — Jun 29, 07:58 AM
• ‘Being for Putin is the bare minimum’: United Russia declares itself party of the president for first time since 2007 Meduza — Jun 29, 07:48 AM
• In photos: Muscovites face hour-long lines for gasoline Meduza — Jun 29, 07:31 AM
• How new ‘transnational repression’ measures could affect the lives of Russians in Europe Meduza — Jun 27, 01:14 AM