Meduza

• Mediazona names 26 more troops killed in March’s crash of an An-26 military transport plane in Crimea Meduza — Aug 28, 18:13 PM
• Russia already took one family’s stake in its biggest Baltic oil terminal. Now it’s coming for the rest. Meduza — Aug 28, 18:02 PM
• Zelensky orders Ukraine’s military to launch 1,000 drones a day at Russia Meduza — Aug 28, 17:57 PM
• Bloomberg: Ukraine’s drones have pushed Russian oil refining to a 20-year low Meduza — Aug 28, 17:52 PM
• Belarusian state TV says it planted ‘freelancers’ inside Current Time and handed over the names of more than 70 journalists to their home countries, mostly Russia — names that were already public Meduza — Aug 28, 17:29 PM
• Russia test-fires ICBM toward Kamchatka Meduza — Aug 28, 17:12 PM
• How does a gasoline crisis vanish overnight? Ask the people of Nizhny Novgorod about the day Putin came to town. Meduza — Aug 28, 17:06 PM
• Russians bought over 25 billion rubles ($290 million) in body armor, night-vision gear, and drone parts on the Ozon marketplace in a year, Verstka finds Meduza — Aug 28, 16:36 PM
• A 24-year-old woman planted a bomb that killed a Russian officer near St. Petersburg. By the time the FSB tracked her to Turkey, she had already left for Moldova. Meduza — Aug 28, 16:31 PM
• How does a murder suspect with ties to Putin get out of pretrial detention within two months? Meduza — Aug 28, 16:25 PM
• Russian court sentences former Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksii Arestovych to 11 years in absentia Meduza — Aug 28, 16:23 PM
• Russia’s ‘digital ruble’ goes live on September 1. Here’s what we know. Meduza — Aug 27, 23:10 PM
• A Moscow court has jailed the son of Moscow State University associate professor Anna Kameneva, who was found dead with a cut to her neck. He is charged with murdering his mother. Meduza — Aug 27, 22:54 PM
• ‘It doesn’t bother me at all’: Trump says he isn’t worried Russia will attack a NATO country and denies his CIA director issued any warning to Putin Meduza — Aug 27, 19:52 PM
• Associated Press: U.S. forces in Europe do not have enough Patriots to stop a sustained Russian ballistic attack, and ‘very limited’ ability to stop even a single strike Meduza — Aug 27, 19:45 PM
• Reuters: Russian-speaking hackers breached seven companies by tricking the AI agent in Cursor, the coding tool now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, into thinking the attacks were a test Meduza — Aug 27, 19:05 PM
• Ukraine resumes missile-interception counts after Zelensky says some Patriots arrived from ‘Coalition of the Willing’ allies Meduza — Aug 27, 19:03 PM
• Prize named for murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya honors a Trump envoy with a special award for talks that freed almost 500 political prisoners in Belarus Meduza — Aug 27, 18:59 PM
• Penza police call reports of forced recruitment raids ‘false’ but concede some men may have posed as officers Meduza — Aug 27, 18:36 PM
• Who owns Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online marketplace? Team Navalny traced the money behind its biggest shareholder to Putin’s friend Gennady Timchenko. Meduza — Aug 27, 17:31 PM
• iStories investigation shows how Russia recruits soldiers for its war against Ukraine: private firms, targeted Telegram ads, and phone numbers bought for as little as 12 cents apiece Meduza — Aug 27, 17:30 PM
• One Russian region’s ban on sharing information about Ukrainian drone strikes is so vague that officials just brought charges against a local news outlet for paraphrasing the governor Meduza — Aug 27, 17:21 PM
• A deputy rector at MGIMO, Russia’s top diplomatic school, and her son are wanted for fraud after allegedly privatizing shared property in a luxury condo development Meduza — Aug 27, 16:38 PM
• Russian psychiatric evaluation finds pro-Kremlin blogger Ilya Remeslo sane after anti-Putin posts Meduza — Aug 27, 16:24 PM
• Fire at Russia’s Amur Gas Chemical Complex — one of the world’s largest chemical plants — kills 15 Meduza — Aug 27, 16:11 PM
• Four EU countries push Brussels to reopen the frozen Russian assets debate Meduza — Aug 27, 16:02 PM
• ‘Congratulations. Thank you so much for your son,’ says Sochi’s mayor, decorating the parents of a Russian soldier killed in Ukraine Meduza — Aug 27, 15:42 PM
• As Moscow puts a Pushkin statue up for a vote, officials will also use it to test key software ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections Meduza — Aug 27, 15:40 PM
• Ukraine is now striking warehouses belonging to another Russian online marketplace — Ozon. Here’s every facility targeted so far. Meduza — Aug 27, 13:09 PM
• Crews have spent a week battling a wildfire in the mountains near Yalta. It broke out after a Ukrainian drone attack, though occupation officials won’t say what caused it. Meduza — Aug 27, 12:48 PM
• Head of Russian intelligence service on meeting with CIA director: ‘We discussed issues that fall within the purview of the intelligence services’ Meduza — Aug 27, 12:32 PM
• Kremlin says Russia doesn’t need military escalation because its army is ‘advancing anyway’ Meduza — Aug 27, 12:17 PM
• Russia sentences former ‘king of state contracts’ to 12 years in prison in absentia for bribing a colonel Meduza — Aug 27, 12:00 PM
• Car bomb reportedly kills Russian military officer in St. Petersburg Meduza — Aug 27, 10:06 AM
• Russia is in the grip of a second fuel crisis. Meduza analyzed nearly half a million crowdsourced reports to find out how bad it really is. Meduza — Aug 27, 10:01 AM
• Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim still tops Forbes’ list of Russia’s richest women, despite losing $2 billion amid Ukrainian strikes on the company’s warehouses Meduza — Aug 27, 07:38 AM
• Politico, WSJ: CIA director visited Moscow to warn Kremlin against attacking NATO countries Meduza — Aug 27, 07:22 AM
• Ukrainian drones attack Ozon warehouses in two Russian cities Meduza — Aug 27, 07:05 AM
• Zemfira wrote one of Russian pop’s most devastating songs about the war. She turned 50 this week in Paris, where her 2025 setlists had room for the newer songs, never ‘It’s midnight in Mariupol.’ Meduza — Aug 26, 21:37 PM
• Cyprus starts granting residency to Belarusians with expired passports Meduza — Aug 26, 21:10 PM
• Kremlin sources tell Bloomberg that Putin is preparing to escalate the war in Ukraine. A growing number of Russian officials believe that could eventually mean a tactical nuclear weapon. Meduza — Aug 26, 20:49 PM
• Ukrainians marched for a month to get Mykhailo Fedorov his job back as defense minister. Then he released a video calling for elections, and the crowds stopped coming. Meduza — Aug 26, 19:40 PM
• Gazprom Arena keeps rescheduling a Kanye West concert in St. Petersburg, Russia, that it still hasn’t agreed to hold Meduza — Aug 26, 19:01 PM
• Leonid Bershidsky is putting AI into Bloomberg’s newsroom. He says the technology belongs ‘in the servants’ quarters.’ Meduza — Aug 26, 18:33 PM
• Officials in Vladivostok warn of phone and internet service disruptions when Putin arrives next month for Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum Meduza — Aug 26, 18:04 PM
• Der Spiegel: The weapons cache found outside Berlin was left there by a 24-year-old Ukrainian man arrested in Romania Meduza — Aug 26, 17:30 PM
• A Microsoft font got a Communist candidate thrown off Russia’s ballot. An appeals court just put him back on it. Meduza — Aug 26, 16:51 PM
• Trump comments for the first time on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s ‘semi-routine’ visit to Moscow Meduza — Aug 26, 16:46 PM
• Nine dead after bus comes under fire in Russian-occupied Luhansk region, Moscow-installed official says Meduza — Aug 26, 16:38 PM
• Russian recruiters are promising non-combat jobs. But they’re offering only standard military contracts — and one ad used a wounded soldier’s photo. Meduza — Aug 26, 15:46 PM
• Russia’s Military Historical Society says it’s preparing a ‘truthful’ textbook on Ukrainian history Meduza — Aug 26, 15:16 PM
• Moscow opens its first dinosaur skeleton exhibition, where visitors can buy the exhibits Meduza — Aug 26, 15:08 PM
• Four Gazprombank executives pocketed over €9 million by exploiting market chaos triggered by sanctions against Russia Meduza — Aug 26, 12:49 PM
• Russia’s national library has a ‘closed repository of destructive literature.’ It includes Stephen Hawking and a Churchill biography — and is decorated with Ukrainian dog tags and a Putin quote. Meduza — Aug 26, 12:11 PM
• Russia approves support measures for businesses affected by Wildberries warehouse strikes, including tax deferrals Meduza — Aug 26, 11:41 AM
• Vedomosti: Leonid Slutsky may lose post as head of international affairs committee in new State Duma Meduza — Aug 26, 11:25 AM
• Wildberries warehouse in Russia completely destroyed in Ukrainian drone attack Meduza — Aug 26, 11:18 AM
• Zelensky awards Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom — one of the country’s highest honors Meduza — Aug 26, 11:02 AM
• Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Lipetsk region, killing two. Wildberries warehouse hit again in Tambov region. Meduza — Aug 26, 08:20 AM
• New Witcher 3 expansion won’t feature Russian voice acting Meduza — Aug 26, 08:06 AM
• Fire at Russia’s Amur Gas Chemical Complex kills seven; nine Chinese nationals still missing Meduza — Aug 26, 07:56 AM
• CIA director visited Moscow for ‘contacts between security services,’ Kremlin spokesperson says Meduza — Aug 26, 07:42 AM
• Ex-Pussy Riot activist Rita Flores says Russia’s FSB forced her to inform on performance artist Pavel Krisevich. He found out from her interview and wrote to tell her she’s forgiven. Meduza — Aug 25, 21:55 PM
• Ousted Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine is ‘slowly losing’ the war against Russia Meduza — Aug 25, 19:12 PM
• Here’s what we know about Putin’s decree empowering the Russian state to take control of companies that fail to stop Ukrainian drones Meduza — Aug 25, 19:10 PM
• Armenia says it won’t block Russians fleeing a new mobilization Meduza — Aug 25, 18:37 PM
• Fans paid up to 160,000 rubles for Kanye West’s October concerts in Russia. Many are now asking how they can get a refund. Meduza — Aug 25, 18:12 PM
• CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow. Here’s what we know. Meduza — Aug 25, 17:35 PM
• Yabloko to lose its last regional seats, as a fifth region moves to keep the party off the ballot Meduza — Aug 25, 17:29 PM
• Hackers published a ‘Sberbank memo’ war-gaming eight endings to the war in Ukraine. One source in Russia’s financial market thinks a chatbot wrote it. Meduza — Aug 25, 17:09 PM
• The head of Russia’s flagship Tula drone center is arrested on fraud charges Meduza — Aug 25, 16:16 PM
• A Yorkshireman becomes the first Briton known to have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine Meduza — Aug 25, 16:14 PM
• Russia’s new registry of ‘enemies of the people’ is in the testing phase and has exactly one (fictional) name, so far Meduza — Aug 25, 16:04 PM
• Forty-seven of Russia’s 50 top universities are advertising Defense Ministry contracts to students, investigation finds Meduza — Aug 25, 15:56 PM
• Kazakhstan oil refinery to process Russian crude, send gasoline back to Russia Meduza — Aug 25, 15:31 PM
• CBS News: CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrives in Moscow Meduza — Aug 25, 15:23 PM
• The Kremlin is sending ‘mobilizers’ to psychology classes to help boost turnout in Russia’s elections Meduza — Aug 25, 15:04 PM
• Ads appear in the Moscow metro promising ‘alternative service’ with no front-line deployment. Recruits still sign standard military contracts. Meduza — Aug 25, 14:19 PM
• U.S. Air Force transport plane lands in Moscow. It’s unclear who was on board. Meduza — Aug 25, 13:45 PM
• Kazakhstan is no longer safe for anti-war Russians. So why are so many still staying? Meduza — Aug 25, 08:50 AM
• Russian online marketplace Ozon announces support measures for sellers amid Ukrainian drone attacks Meduza — Aug 25, 08:06 AM
• AI-95 gasoline unavailable at nearly 80% of Russian gas stations Meduza — Aug 25, 07:54 AM
• Putin’s decree allowing the state to take over companies that fail to protect against drones ‘is not about nationalization,’ First Deputy PM Manturov says Meduza — Aug 25, 07:41 AM
• Ukrainian drones strike southern Russia, killing two and sparking a fire at an oil refinery Meduza — Aug 25, 07:30 AM
• Kremlin calls reports of new mobilization in Russia ‘fabricated stories’ Meduza — Aug 25, 07:20 AM
• Britain said it will help Kyiv build Storm Shadow missiles in Ukraine. Hours later, the Kremlin announced that Russian forces are already working to find the production sites. Meduza — Aug 24, 23:57 PM
• Russians are pulling cash out of banks. How likely is the deposit freeze they fear? Meduza — Aug 24, 21:41 PM
• Ozon was the big winner from Wildberries’ ruin. Five weeks later, it’s the target of Ukraine’s drone attacks. Meduza — Aug 24, 20:45 PM
• NYT: A fully autonomous Russian AI drone run by an Nvidia minicomputer killed 3 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia Meduza — Aug 24, 20:22 PM
• Russia has been steering ninth-graders toward vocational college instead of regular high school. The country’s top court just ruled that one school went too far by outright refusing a student. Meduza — Aug 24, 19:49 PM
• Senior programmer at Russia’s internet regulator is sentenced for donation to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation Meduza — Aug 24, 19:43 PM
• Putin extends Alexander Bastrykin’s term as Investigative Committee chief through 2027, using a 2024 law that lets him personally extend that term past age 70 Meduza — Aug 24, 19:41 PM
• Reuters: Ukrainian drones knocked out a major Russian oil refinery in Perm for the second time this year Meduza — Aug 24, 19:28 PM
• Russian woman who lived in Ukraine for more than a decade faces treason charges after returning to Moscow to replace her passport Meduza — Aug 24, 19:01 PM
• Trans man from Chechnya found dead in Batumi; relatives suspect he was killed Meduza — Aug 24, 18:58 PM
• Ex-Pussy Riot member says FSB coerced her into three years of informing on Russian artists and activists, then told her to help kidnap and kill Pyotr Verzilov Meduza — Aug 24, 18:49 PM
• Putin signs decree allowing state takeover of Russian infrastructure whose owners fail to protect it from drone attacks Meduza — Aug 24, 18:45 PM
• Organizers say more than 100,000 people bought tickets to see Kanye West (Ye) in St. Petersburg. The stadium says it never agreed to host him. Meduza — Aug 24, 18:42 PM
• The Economist: unpublished poll puts Zelensky first and fired defense minister Fedorov third in hypothetical Ukrainian presidential race Meduza — Aug 24, 18:10 PM
• Finland has deported 155 Russian citizens this year, outpacing 2025 Meduza — Aug 24, 18:07 PM
• Kremlin on Ukrainian strikes on Ozon warehouses: ‘Responses are felt in Kyiv every day, every night’ Meduza — Aug 24, 12:40 PM
• Shares of Russian online marketplace Ozon drop more than 28% on Moscow Exchange after Ukrainian drone strikes on its warehouses Meduza — Aug 24, 12:32 PM
• WSJ: Russian military held drills to prepare for mobilization Meduza — Aug 24, 12:23 PM
• Meet the ideal Russian, according to the Interior Ministry. He doesn’t argue online, visit foreign websites, or label anyone as ‘FSB’ in his contacts. Meduza — Aug 24, 10:47 AM
• Russian security forces raid punk festival, detaining nearly 100 people over alleged pro-Ukraine songs and drug use Meduza — Aug 24, 09:40 AM
• Russian Finance Ministry proposes tax deferrals, audit freeze for Wildberries through year’s end Meduza — Aug 24, 09:03 AM
• Zelensky says Ukraine had no role in Nord Stream pipeline blasts Meduza — Aug 24, 08:15 AM
• Russian military publishes video of drone strike on unarmed cyclist in Donetsk region Meduza — Aug 24, 07:47 AM
• Ukraine attacks southern Russia with drones, killing three children, local officials say Meduza — Aug 24, 07:32 AM
• Russia strikes Odesa, reportedly setting Epicentr hypermarket on fire Meduza — Aug 24, 07:18 AM
• The last station selling gasoline in Gelendzhik — a Black Sea resort city in southern Russia — has run dry Meduza — Aug 21, 20:34 PM
• Russian drones set fire to the biggest shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih, a steel city in central Ukraine. Half an hour later, they came back for the rescue crews. Meduza — Aug 21, 19:44 PM
• Remembering Jovan Savović, creator of the invite-only sites Dirty and Leprosorium, which gave the RuNet ‘Preved’ and popularized writing Russian in deliberate misspellings. He was 43. Meduza — Aug 21, 19:40 PM
• Rodina already got Yabloko thrown off Russia’s Duma ballot. Now it’s suing to remove the antiwar party from the one region where it still holds seats in the legislature. Meduza — Aug 21, 19:34 PM
• Russia asked the UN for a treaty against ‘extremism,’ ‘subversion,’ and ‘discrediting the authorities.’ Instead, it got one that covers hacking and fraud. Meduza — Aug 21, 19:10 PM
• Nikolai Bondarenko, a Communist Party candidate for Russia’s parliament, is arrested over a Navalny photo tied to an ‘extremist symbols’ charge Meduza — Aug 21, 17:56 PM
• Jailed Russian mathematician Azat Miftakhov publishes paper solving Chui’s Conjecture in French journal Meduza — Aug 21, 17:45 PM
• The Atlantic: Zelensky authorized a plan to swarm Moscow’s airports with 1,000 drones — after warning it could harm civilian aircraft and passengers. His office calls the account ‘total nonsense.’ Meduza — Aug 21, 17:23 PM
• A Moscow court sentences exiled comedian Semyon Slepakov (in absentia) to 400 hours of community service over a song mocking Putin as an ‘eternal little president’ Meduza — Aug 21, 17:17 PM
• After Zelensky bans ‘Masha and the Bear’ children’s show, Moscow accuses Kyiv of starting a ‘war on cartoons’ Meduza — Aug 21, 17:09 PM
• Former Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov apologizes for playing padel with ex-Russia national team player Vasily Berezutsky Meduza — Aug 21, 16:45 PM
• ‘Shame on the builders, not the saboteurs’: Polish prime minister calls on Germany to drop its Nord Stream bombing case Meduza — Aug 21, 16:31 PM
• Russian double strike on Kryvyi Rih shopping mall kills at least five, injures nearly 100 Meduza — Aug 21, 16:19 PM
• How men in one Russian region are being abducted and sent to war Meduza — Aug 21, 16:12 PM
• Emigration requests to Russian rights group Kovcheg jump 6.3 times in August amid new mobilization fears Meduza — Aug 21, 16:10 PM
• Russia designates the independent news outlet Mediazona a ‘foreign agent’ — again Meduza — Aug 21, 16:03 PM
• Latvia’s border guard finds tunnel on Belarus border. 28 people tried to enter the country through it. Meduza — Aug 21, 12:59 PM
• ‘I don’t think beyond tomorrow’: How people in occupied Crimea are surviving one of the hardest summers of the war Meduza — Aug 21, 12:55 PM
• Russian publishers reportedly cut print runs after Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses, where their books are stored Meduza — Aug 21, 09:50 AM
• Russia’s beauty industry sees wave of business closures as tax burden grows Meduza — Aug 21, 09:33 AM
• Russia attacks Ukraine-Moldova border checkpoint for second night in a row Meduza — Aug 21, 09:13 AM
• FSB says it detained foreign national accused of scouting Moscow train station with drone for planned attack Meduza — Aug 21, 08:52 AM
• Russian tech company VK sues Apple in Moscow court over removal of its apps from App Store Meduza — Aug 21, 08:16 AM
• Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Perm Meduza — Aug 21, 08:02 AM
• Mobilization in Russia ‘not planned or expected,’ Russia’s UN envoy Nebenzya says Meduza — Aug 21, 07:04 AM
• Russia already fines people who ignore a governor’s orders — but only in regions under martial law. A new bill would make that punishable nationwide, even in peacetime. Meduza — Aug 20, 21:55 PM
• For Russian men, renouncing citizenship is the only way to end military obligation for good. Abroad, that now costs almost 10 times more. Meduza — Aug 20, 21:53 PM
• Arms manufacturers, aluminum smelters, and the cartoon ‘Masha and the Bear’: what’s on Ukraine’s latest sanctions list Meduza — Aug 20, 21:38 PM
• Russia’s Supreme Court threw Yabloko off September’s Duma ballot. The antiwar party has just 4,000 members, but 8,000 people have applied to join in the last two weeks. Meduza — Aug 20, 20:56 PM
• Jovan Savović, the architect behind the Dirty-ru blogging platform and invitation-only site Lepra, has died at 43 Meduza — Aug 20, 20:24 PM
• Russia’s second fuel crisis this summer: prices climbing, rationing in 59 regions, and now a motor oil shortage Meduza — Aug 20, 20:11 PM
• Russia strikes Kyiv twice in one day, killing at least 17, as Zelensky vows a ‘long-range’ response Meduza — Aug 20, 19:59 PM
• Russian rock bassist Dmitry Oganyan dies at 45 after being found in a St. Petersburg pond with a severed hand Meduza — Aug 20, 18:57 PM
• Germany arrests 19-year-old accused of running online groups that groomed teens into self-harm and incited a fatal stabbing at a Russian school Meduza — Aug 20, 18:27 PM
• The son of Russia’s former children’s rights commissioner was convicted of fraud, then decorated by Putin for wartime heroism. Now he faces fraud charges again. Meduza — Aug 20, 18:20 PM
• A prosecutor who led Russia’s state seizures of Domodedovo Airport and other assets was fired, then quietly reinstated — with no public record of either move Meduza — Aug 20, 18:11 PM
• Russian court drops case against senior citizen fined for firing his shotgun at Ukrainian drones over his yard Meduza — Aug 20, 17:49 PM
• One in three apartment buildings in Kyiv has been damaged by Russian attacks Meduza — Aug 20, 15:50 PM
• Poland detains Ukrainian suspected of trying to assassinate a Ukrainian defense industry official on Russia’s orders Meduza — Aug 20, 15:38 PM
• Russian rock musician found dead in St. Petersburg pond with one hand severed, local media report Meduza — Aug 20, 15:21 PM
• Russia’s terrorist list has a new youngest member. He’s 14 and accused of trying to set fire to a police car. Meduza — Aug 20, 14:54 PM
• ‘I just don’t want to kill or die’: Die Zeit reports that dozens of Ukrainian soldiers deserted during training in Germany Meduza — Aug 20, 14:22 PM
• United Russia mayor forces Yabloko party candidate to take down banner reading ‘For peace and freedom’ Meduza — Aug 20, 13:57 PM
• Germany’s intelligence services opened a hotline for emigrants from Russia, China, and Iran fearing persecution Meduza — Aug 20, 13:38 PM
• 8,000 people apply to join anti-war Yabloko amid its removal from Russia’s State Duma race. That’s twice the party’s current membership. Meduza — Aug 20, 12:41 PM
• Russian region bars Communist Party from using Lenin in campaign materials because he’s dead Meduza — Aug 20, 12:23 PM
• Russia plans to lower citizenship fees for residents of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria to $65, down from $600 Meduza — Aug 20, 12:11 PM
• Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Tatarstan. Local officials report injuries and disrupted ‘industrial operations.’ Meduza — Aug 20, 12:04 PM
• Russia struck Kyiv overnight, killing 12. Here’s what the Ukrainian capital looks like in the aftermath of the attack. Meduza — Aug 20, 10:00 AM
• In Russia, a child painted cartoon characters on a playground. Authorities threatened the child and their parents with criminal charges. Meduza — Aug 20, 09:17 AM
• Russia and Ukraine are sending assault groups deep behind enemy lines, blurring the front line Meduza — Aug 20, 08:49 AM
• Ukrainian suspected in Nord Stream bombing reportedly arrested while working on film about the attack Meduza — Aug 20, 07:39 AM
• Russian strike on Kyiv kills 12, injures more than 30 Meduza — Aug 20, 07:27 AM
• Men in six Russian regions say they were detained and forced to sign military contracts Meduza — Aug 20, 07:21 AM
• A Ukrainian army medic was captured by Russian troops, raped in custody, and put on trial for terrorism. Her sons ended up on opposite sides of the war. Here’s what happened to her family. Meduza — Aug 19, 23:11 PM
• United Russia lands the top spot on ballots in 21 of the country’s 39 regions in September. The odds of that happening randomly? 0.00000378%. Meduza — Aug 19, 22:23 PM
• Record crowds are crossing the Russia–Georgia border at Verkhny Lars. Here’s what the numbers actually show. Meduza — Aug 19, 20:45 PM
• Russian antiwar party Yabloko says police are targeting its supporters at home, days after releasing them without charge Meduza — Aug 19, 20:40 PM
• Ye (Kanye West) sold 100,000 tickets to two St. Petersburg stadium shows in two days. Now a Russian lawmaker wants the concerts canceled unless he declares ‘moral support’ for the war on Ukraine. Meduza — Aug 19, 20:34 PM
• Russia’s only antiwar party just lost another State Duma candidate Meduza — Aug 19, 20:19 PM
• Russian drones kill two police officers, injure 20 in Zhytomyr headquarters strike Meduza — Aug 19, 19:59 PM
• Motor oil prices in Russia spike 40% as imports run short Meduza — Aug 19, 19:28 PM
• A Moscow petting zoo advertised cuddly parrots. Prosecutors found more than 100 of them dead in a freezer. Meduza — Aug 19, 19:23 PM
• Russia and Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each Meduza — Aug 19, 19:17 PM
• YouTube blocks Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s channel, which was co-produced with the Russian state agency Sputnik Meduza — Aug 19, 19:04 PM
• August’s VPN crackdown in Russia ran on data the country’s own apps had already collected on their users Meduza — Aug 19, 18:55 PM
• Zelensky’s office calls former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s demand for wartime elections unrealistic Meduza — Aug 19, 18:49 PM
• Russian landowners barred from foreign travel over uncleared hogweed as new nationwide weed rules take effect Meduza — Aug 19, 18:43 PM
• Russian vaccine maker expands dog vaccine recall to four batches, claiming possible sabotage Meduza — Aug 19, 18:22 PM
• Putin orders a program to rebuild Russian logistics and warehouse facilities hit by Ukrainian strikes, while insisting the damage isn’t ‘critical’ Meduza — Aug 19, 16:56 PM
• More than 20,000 people crossed the Russia-Georgia border in a single day. There’s a massive traffic jam on the Russian side. Meduza — Aug 19, 13:01 PM
• Russia drafts guide on making films and TV series to strengthen ‘traditional family values’ Meduza — Aug 19, 12:48 PM
• Croatia detains Ukrainian Volodymyr Zhuravlev, one of the suspects in Nord Stream pipeline bombing Meduza — Aug 19, 12:32 PM
• Many Russians who left because of the war had to start over abroad. Some found careers they never expected. Meduza — Aug 19, 10:14 AM
• Moscow gas stations bring back fuel sales limits Meduza — Aug 19, 08:55 AM
• Russia to allow rescue workers to use firearms, Vedomosti reports Meduza — Aug 19, 08:46 AM
• Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities raid homes of lawmakers, officials. Among them — Iryna Mudra, deputy head of the President’s Office. Meduza — Aug 19, 08:20 AM
• Ukrainian drones attacked four Russian regions. In two cities, they damaged residential buildings. Meduza — Aug 19, 08:04 AM
• More than 80 young supporters of Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party were detained outside the Supreme Court as it upheld the party’s removal from the ballot. Five of them describe the day. Meduza — Aug 18, 23:48 PM
• Moscow says Britain will ‘have to answer’ for the UK-made drones hitting Russian refineries Meduza — Aug 18, 22:41 PM
• The Atlantic: the U.S. and NATO have no plan for a coordinated Russian–Chinese attack Meduza — Aug 18, 22:31 PM
• Brent Jindra voted for Trump three times. Then ICE handcuffed his Russian wife at the airport in California and ended his support for the president. Meduza — Aug 18, 22:16 PM
• ‘Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia’: Ousted after clashing with Ukraine’s top general, Mykhailo Fedorov now argues elections can’t wait for peace Meduza — Aug 18, 22:13 PM
• Dogs in Russia are dying with symptoms that look like rabies — days after getting vaccinated against rabies Meduza — Aug 18, 21:49 PM
• Fire and blackouts near a Moscow telecom hub knock Discord, Steam, and Telegram offline across Russia Meduza — Aug 18, 19:23 PM
• The Chinese studio behind ‘Genshin Impact’ built a new fantasy nation. Players say it’s just modern Russia — frozen, broke, and rotten with corruption. Meduza — Aug 18, 17:49 PM
• Russian Orthodox Church says it found the relics of Dmitry Donskoy, the medieval prince who led the Rus to defeat the Mongol Golden Horde at Kulikovo in 1380 Meduza — Aug 18, 17:38 PM
• ‘I’ve dreamed of an avocado for two years,’ says the activist serving the longest sentence in Russia’s case against a banned youth movement Meduza — Aug 18, 17:26 PM
• Finnish court reopens asylum case of two Russians who were days from deportation Meduza — Aug 18, 17:10 PM
• More than a year after banning the sharing of drone-strike footage, St. Petersburg issues its first fine for such activity Meduza — Aug 18, 16:27 PM
• The deputy chairman of a U.S.-sanctioned Russian bank dies after his motorcycle hits an ambulance in Moscow Meduza — Aug 18, 16:26 PM
• Moscow sentences Promsvyazbank’s founders to eight years each — a sentence neither Ananyev brother will serve Meduza — Aug 18, 16:21 PM
• Less than a third of Russian gas stations have fuel Meduza — Aug 18, 15:49 PM
• Russian schools and kindergartens hold ‘antiterrorism’ drills, forcing children to lie face down on the floor as weapons are pointed at them Meduza — Aug 18, 14:21 PM
• Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin fined for Meduza interview Meduza — Aug 18, 13:52 PM
• ‘I want to hug an actual, living person’: How Meduza’s Russian readers are coping with wartime loneliness Meduza — Aug 18, 11:38 AM
• Russia strikes village in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, killing 10 Meduza — Aug 18, 10:23 AM
• Russia’s economy is growing faster than expected. It probably won’t last. Meduza — Aug 18, 09:52 AM
• Moscow pensioner who set her apartment on fire during an eviction has died. She had lost the home after falling victim to scammers. Meduza — Aug 18, 09:25 AM
• Russia’s Central Election Commission removes anti-war Yabloko party from the ballot. The ballot now jumps from No. 1 (United Russia) to No. 3 (LDPR). Meduza — Aug 18, 09:17 AM
• Russian woman fined for joining group appeal over gasoline shortage Meduza — Aug 18, 07:47 AM
• ‘Voluntary donations’ by Russian businesses to state budget hit a record sum since start of 2026 Meduza — Aug 18, 07:44 AM
• More than 600 Ukrainian drones target Moscow; Wildberries warehouse damaged Meduza — Aug 18, 07:33 AM
• Why Meduza’s map of the front line in Ukraine doesn’t look like DeepState’s or ISW’s, plus answers to dozens more questions from readers Meduza — Aug 18, 05:17 AM
• Three quiet weeks at the CPC terminal near Novorossiysk ended Sunday evening, when a drone found a Greek tanker freshly loaded with Russian oil Meduza — Aug 17, 23:27 PM
• Ye (Kanye West) is coming to St. Petersburg, Russia: the dates, the ticket prices, and the campaign to stop the shows Meduza — Aug 17, 23:20 PM
• Russian defense conglomerate Rostec launches mass production of mobile power substations for outages caused by Ukrainian drone strikes Meduza — Aug 17, 20:29 PM
• Russia’s Transport Ministry denies changing how it handles trip data, saying a plan to share statistical information is limited to monitoring anonymized ticket-price data Meduza — Aug 17, 20:05 PM
• Russia deports the head of Moscow’s Azerbaijani diaspora, and Baku issues arrest warrants for three Russians Meduza — Aug 17, 19:35 PM
• A St. Petersburg clothing brand fired an employee who missed work after her grandfather’s death, then accused her of orchestrating a harassment campaign Meduza — Aug 17, 19:12 PM
• The Telegraph: Russia’s new drone bases on the Ukrainian and Belarusian borders put NATO territory within range Meduza — Aug 17, 18:55 PM
• He stayed in Russia and kept saying the war in Ukraine must end. Now opposition politician Lev Shlosberg is going to prison for more than 11 years. Meduza — Aug 17, 17:43 PM
• Eleven years in prison for illegal speech: reactions to the verdict against Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg Meduza — Aug 17, 17:36 PM
• Russia’s biggest state development corp fires Andrei Klepach, its chief economist, for saying in May that Moscow is losing its war of attrition with the West, and losing it ‘in some ways’ to Ukraine Meduza — Aug 17, 17:07 PM
• Rolf car dealership founder Sergei Petrov is sentenced to nine years in absentia over an alleged 4-billion-ruble scheme Meduza — Aug 17, 16:54 PM
• Russia already drove TV Rain into exile. Now it’s coming for the two executives who kept the channel alive. Meduza — Aug 17, 16:29 PM
• The Russian LGBT Network spent 20 years protecting queer people. Now, branded ‘extremist,’ it’s dissolving itself to protect them. Meduza — Aug 17, 16:28 PM
• A Russian FSB officer who ran a ‘Kremlin-insider’ Telegram channel is sentenced to 11 years for extorting a tech company Meduza — Aug 17, 16:26 PM
• Rapper Ye (you may know him as Kanye West) is set to play two concerts in St. Petersburg, Russia, in October Meduza — Aug 17, 16:18 PM
• Russian pensioner fined for trying to shoot down drones with shotgun Meduza — Aug 17, 15:58 PM
• Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ruling barring anti-war Yabloko party from State Duma election Meduza — Aug 17, 15:49 PM
• Yandex reportedly developed a test to measure AI’s ‘spiritual and moral values.’ The FSB says it should be kept secret. Meduza — Aug 17, 15:43 PM
• St. Petersburg police detain German citizen over small donation to Anti-Corruption Foundation Meduza — Aug 17, 13:03 PM
• Cryptocurrency exchange Binance gave Russian security services data on one of its users. Now he’s on trial for donating to Ukraine’s military. Meduza — Aug 17, 12:25 PM
• ‘The most terrifying 11 hours of my life’: What really happens when you cross Russia’s border? Meduza’s readers share their stories. Meduza — Aug 17, 11:48 AM
• Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg to stop recognizing Russian non-biometric passports Meduza — Aug 17, 10:05 AM
• Yandex digitally added forest to maps to hide Russian military sites Meduza — Aug 17, 09:40 AM
• Detentions begin outside Russia’s Supreme Court as anti-war Yabloko party fights to stay on the ballot Meduza — Aug 17, 09:04 AM
• The Bell: Russian state development corporation fires chief economist Andrei Klepach over remarks on Russia’s defeat in economic ‘war of attrition’ Meduza — Aug 17, 08:20 AM
• Moscow cancels military festival on Red Square. It’s only been canceled once before — in 2020, due to COVID. Meduza — Aug 17, 08:04 AM
• Ukrainian missile strike kills six people in Russia’s Belgorod region Meduza — Aug 17, 07:53 AM
• A German journalist asked Zelensky how Europeans can help kill more Russian soldiers. Russia responded with a criminal case. Meduza — Aug 17, 07:43 AM
• Russia moves to give security services near real-time access to citizens’ travel data Meduza — Aug 17, 07:22 AM
• Inside Russia’s new gulag: what The New Yorker found in a Rostov cell of Ukrainian women Meduza — Aug 15, 00:19 AM
• Five apps from Russian e-commerce giant Ozon have vanished from Google Play Meduza — Aug 14, 22:08 PM
• Why Moldova is second on Putin’s list: what The New York Times learned the Kremlin’s plan to ‘collapse’ NATO and the EU from within Meduza — Aug 14, 21:54 PM
• Moscow investigators raid the health clinic that promises to cure autism by ‘expelling parasites’ Meduza — Aug 14, 21:20 PM
• Russia won’t accept a new Black Sea truce, saying the West already broke its word once Meduza — Aug 14, 21:12 PM
• A Russian court disqualifies a sitting Communist deputy over the copyright to Microsoft fonts in his campaign ads Meduza — Aug 14, 21:08 PM
• Vladislav Balgrabsky surrendered to save five soldiers under his command. Now Russia is putting him on trial for treason. Meduza — Aug 14, 20:35 PM