Meduza

• 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
• Russian kids keep getting bused to the same movie (not ‘Spider-Man’), and the institutions taking them are posting eerily similar praise for it online Meduza — Aug 14, 20:14 PM
• Gemini’s VPN workaround stops working for some users in Russia Meduza — Aug 14, 20:13 PM
• Starlink won’t remove Poland from Europe after all, days after Warsaw threatened to drop Ukraine’s funding Meduza — Aug 14, 20:08 PM
• Bloomberg: U.S. questionnaire tests NATO allies’ loyalty to President Trump’s policies Meduza — Aug 14, 19:39 PM
• Poland says it foiled Russian plot to kill Ukrainian rapper Kyivstoner Meduza — Aug 14, 19:33 PM
• 437 civilians dead, 2,610 hurt: the UN says July was the worst month for Ukraine’s civilians in more than four years Meduza — Aug 14, 19:19 PM
• Drone threat halts Russia’s main Black Sea oil terminal, which normally ships 700,000 barrels a day Meduza — Aug 14, 19:09 PM
• Banks in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan sharply raised fees for accepting cash rubles Meduza — Aug 14, 15:44 PM
• On the campaign trail for United Russia, Putin kicks a soccer ball, admires giant halibut, and dons a sailor’s uniform Meduza — Aug 14, 15:21 PM
• Russia to create ‘Rapist-Pedophile’ database Meduza — Aug 14, 14:46 PM
• Politico: Zelensky can’t find a Ukrainian ambassador to the US — every candidate says no Meduza — Aug 14, 14:32 PM
• Blackout hits four Central Asian countries at once Meduza — Aug 14, 14:15 PM
• ‘The fear keeps building’: Residents of Russia’s Nizhnekamsk on life after a deadly Ukrainian drone attack Meduza — Aug 14, 13:54 PM
• The U.S. Senate just passed the ‘sanctions bill from hell.’ Is Russia in trouble? Meduza — Aug 14, 12:16 PM
• Russia’s Foreign Ministry rejects truce with Ukraine in Black Sea Meduza — Aug 14, 10:23 AM
• Russia’s Defense Ministry threatens to ‘freeze’ Ukraine, posting an image of a drone captioned ‘Like snow on your head’ Meduza — Aug 14, 10:12 AM
• Russian tech company VK posted quarterly profit for first time in over three years Meduza — Aug 14, 08:59 AM
• Russian man sentenced to 23 years for treason. FSB says he spied for Polish intelligence. Meduza — Aug 14, 08:49 AM
• More than 11 million books destroyed in Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses, including school textbooks and copies of Russia’s Constitution Meduza — Aug 14, 08:12 AM
• Russia plans to double its no-fly zones Meduza — Aug 14, 07:56 AM
• NATO fighter jets shoot down drone over Latvia; Ukrainian attack sparks fire at a major Russian Baltic Sea port Meduza — Aug 14, 07:34 AM
• Five years of war have narrowed to two cities: why the battle for Kramatorsk and Sloviansk will likely decide when — and how — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ends Meduza — Aug 14, 05:27 AM
• Croatia denied visas to nine Russian gymnasts, then admitted four. One of them, Angelina Melnikova, later won gold. Meduza — Aug 14, 00:06 AM
• Russian strikes kill one, injure 15 in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk area Meduza — Aug 14, 00:01 AM
• ‘This is Khorosho,’ the Russian YouTube channel that reviewed viral videos for 16 years, is shutting down after copyright disputes Meduza — Aug 13, 20:43 PM
• Finnish court rejects Russian family’s asylum bid despite opposition support, mother’s illness Meduza — Aug 13, 20:37 PM
• Russia’s FSB moves to eliminate the border zone with annexed Ukraine, despite lack of control over claimed regions Meduza — Aug 13, 20:16 PM
• Yuri Grigorovich’s ballets made the Bolshoi’s name. Now the theater may have to pay his assistant for the privilege of dancing them. Meduza — Aug 13, 20:12 PM
• An underground network of Russians says it’s helped Ukraine hit nine refineries. Almost everything we know about the group comes from one man — a former Gazprom executive. Meduza — Aug 13, 19:57 PM
• A dating bot with no age verification just got banned in Kazakhstan, and it’s the same one Russia used to brand Telegram founder Pavel Durov a ‘terrorist’ Meduza — Aug 13, 19:33 PM
• For decades, Putin has offered Japan a compromise on the Kuril Islands. So why, on his first visit to the islands this week, did he talk about Russians’ ‘genetic code of winners’ instead? Meduza — Aug 13, 19:27 PM
• Russia orders in-absentia arrest of comedian Sasha Dolgopolov on Nazism-rehabilitation charges Meduza — Aug 13, 19:09 PM
• Rodina’s candidates are rejected in Sverdlovsk, days after its lawsuit barred the antiwar Yabloko party from Russia’s State Duma race Meduza — Aug 13, 18:51 PM
• Reuters: Ukraine proposes a mutual halt to Black Sea strikes Meduza — Aug 13, 18:48 PM
• A Russian marketplace for drone parts is going fully military — with sellers pulled in from Wildberries, the retailer whose warehouses are now targeted by Ukraine Meduza — Aug 13, 18:31 PM
• The song that stopped being the USSR’s anthem in 1944 is now landing Russian activists in prison for ‘terrorism’ Meduza — Aug 13, 18:27 PM
• Kazakhstan deports Russian streamer Ksenia Guzaeva, bars her for five years Meduza — Aug 13, 18:18 PM
• Sweden clears Russian couple accused of being a security threat Meduza — Aug 13, 18:14 PM
• Poland detains Russian man suspected of plotting to murder a dual U.S.-Ukrainian citizen Meduza — Aug 13, 15:47 PM
• Third major Russian Black Sea grain terminal halts operations after Ukrainian attack Meduza — Aug 13, 15:29 PM
• Wildberries and sellers’ combined losses from Ukrainian drone attacks estimated at hundreds of billions of rubles Meduza — Aug 13, 15:09 PM
• WSJ: Ukrainian drone operators ‘easily defeated’ U.S. troops in military exercise Meduza — Aug 13, 14:45 PM
• Explosion kills Russian serviceman in occupied Sevastopol. Unconfirmed reports identify the victim as a former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia. Meduza — Aug 13, 14:11 PM
• Ukrainian drone strike fully shuts down oil refinery Russia’s Orsk, governor says. Repairs could take 6 months. Meduza — Aug 13, 13:47 PM
• Russia and Ukraine exchange bodies of fallen soldiers Meduza — Aug 13, 13:25 PM
• Patriarch Kirill’s new book turns Russia’s war into a sacred battle against evil. We read it so you don’t have to. Meduza — Aug 13, 13:11 PM
• Demand for Chinese AI models surged in Russia. They’re cheaper and easier to pay for. Meduza — Aug 13, 12:25 PM
• Ukraine’s military stops reporting number of Russian ballistic missiles launched and intercepted Meduza — Aug 13, 09:56 AM
• Russian Navy officer reportedly killed in bomb blast in occupied Sevastopol Meduza — Aug 13, 09:36 AM
• Russians will be able to buy cemetery plots through Russia’s Gosuslugi government services portal Meduza — Aug 13, 09:25 AM
• Putin visits the Kuril Islands for the first time. Japan issues a strong protest. Meduza — Aug 13, 09:06 AM
• Zelensky: 5% of U.S. interceptor missiles would get Ukraine through the winter; 10% would stop all Russian ballistic missiles Meduza — Aug 13, 08:30 AM
• Fire at oil refinery and Wildberries warehouse reported following Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Bashkortostan Meduza — Aug 13, 07:44 AM
• The Economist: Ramzan Kadyrov says his republic has sent 70,000 men to fight in Ukraine, but Chechens make up just 0.2% of Russia’s confirmed war dead Meduza — Aug 12, 23:26 PM
• Meduza’s sources close to the Kremlin say Putin’s team registered an antiwar party as an experiment and shut it down, banning Yabloko from the ballot, when the polling came back Meduza — Aug 12, 22:51 PM
• Russia’s Supreme Court disqualified the only antiwar party over copyright, campaign financing, and a picture from ChatGPT — without ever ruling on whether calls for peace are extremism Meduza — Aug 12, 22:44 PM
• Poland’s foreign minister just threatened to defund Ukraine’s Starlink lifeline — to settle a score with Elon Musk Meduza — Aug 12, 19:23 PM
• Zelensky went to Belgrade for Serbian shells, Politico reports, and restated that Kyiv doesn’t recognize Kosovo’s independence. In Pristina, the ‘Free Ukraine’ banner came down the next day. Meduza — Aug 12, 19:11 PM
• Russia’s GDP grew 1.3% in the second quarter of 2026, beating Central Bank and government forecasts Meduza — Aug 12, 18:11 PM
• Ex-Marine Robert Gilman tried to get out of a Russian prison by volunteering for the invasion of Ukraine. He got out on humanitarian grounds instead — so what does Putin want in return? Meduza — Aug 12, 18:01 PM
• Screenwriter Pavel Tetersky leaves Russia after terrorism accusation, 12-day arrest Meduza — Aug 12, 17:31 PM
• Russia calls off its annual combat-drone jamboree, worried Ukraine would strike the event Meduza — Aug 12, 17:00 PM
• How much of Russia’s biggest grain port did Ukraine’s drones just knock offline? Meduza — Aug 12, 16:40 PM
• What disease is forcing Russian officials to slaughter pigs in the Tyumen region? They won’t say, except to describe it as ‘very dangerous.’ Meduza — Aug 12, 16:37 PM
• ‘A hostile world’: As fear and mistrust reshape everyday life in wartime Russia, some are still finding ways to build community Meduza — Aug 12, 16:04 PM
• Russian businesses boosted drone defense purchases sevenfold Meduza — Aug 12, 13:32 PM
• Russia’s fuel crisis is back, with queues and gasoline rationing returning across the country Meduza — Aug 12, 13:21 PM
• An endangered eagle in Russia survived a gunshot. It didn’t survive the 50 days officials took to authorize its treatment. Meduza — Aug 12, 12:25 PM
• Putin threatens to seize European ships wherever Russia ‘deems necessary’ Meduza — Aug 12, 10:06 AM
• Yandex Pay removed from App Store Meduza — Aug 12, 09:06 AM
• Amid fuel shortages, Russia starts receiving gasoline from India Meduza — Aug 12, 08:51 AM
• Russian advertisers cut ad spending on Wildberries after Ukraine’s strikes on warehouses, Kommersant reports Meduza — Aug 12, 08:22 AM
• Ukrainian drones attack southern Russia. 8-year-old child killed, homes and businesses damaged. Meduza — Aug 12, 08:14 AM
• ‘We’ve seen this somewhere in history before, haven’t we?’ Inside Russia’s plan to resettle 114,000 of its people in occupied Ukraine. Meduza — Aug 11, 21:30 PM
• Swedish court frees Russian couple, rules citizenship and language alone aren’t grounds for detention Meduza — Aug 11, 21:02 PM
• Russia is recruiting women out of prisons to serve as front-line medics. A new investigation documents rape by commanders and criminal cases against the women who report it. Meduza — Aug 11, 20:43 PM
• How does the man behind Russia’s most soothing cartoon dog end up with an 18+ horror hit? Leonid Shmelkov’s ‘Restlessness’ strands two travelers in a roadside hotel they can’t escape. Meduza — Aug 11, 19:44 PM
• Hundreds of teenagers waited hours outside Russia’s Supreme Court to witness the only antiwar party lose its place on the ballot. Then a police officer raised a megaphone to talk about draft offices. Meduza — Aug 11, 18:56 PM
• Sergey Nedovodin, St. Petersburg radio founder, dies at 61 after being beaten outside his Moscow home Meduza — Aug 11, 18:17 PM
• The son of ‘Orthodox oligarch’ Igor Altushkin (who funds Russian churches and a battalion in Ukraine) crashed the family Lamborghini into a house in Yekaterinburg, injuring a combat veteran Meduza — Aug 11, 18:16 PM
• Russia’s Central Bank approves Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT for exchange trading — with limits for retail investors Meduza — Aug 11, 18:04 PM
• Putin’s motorcade stopped in Novosibirsk for a ‘spontaneous’ crowd of children. They had been waiting more than two hours — by a gas station with no gas. Meduza — Aug 11, 17:51 PM
• Moscow’s Gulag museum won a Council of Europe prize for its honesty about Soviet terror. The state has now replaced it with a museum about the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis. Meduza — Aug 11, 17:29 PM
• Moscow police beat 15-year-old after AI facial recognition system misidentifies him as drug suspect Meduza — Aug 11, 17:19 PM
• Relatives of ex-Marine Robert Gilman feared he was dying in a Russian psychiatric ward. This week, he boarded a plane for home. Meduza — Aug 11, 16:34 PM
• Officials in southern Russian city urge residents to avoid driving amid fuel shortage Meduza — Aug 11, 15:47 PM
• American farmer who built a life in Russia says he and his family are facing deportation Meduza — Aug 07, 15:38 PM
• Russian authorities immediately called the Moscow restaurant explosion a terrorist attack — then stopped talking about it Meduza — Aug 07, 15:08 PM
• Russia’s FSB raids Moscow City crypto exchanges, saying they were used to funnel stolen money to Ukraine. Some detainees believed they were working for the FSB. Meduza — Aug 07, 14:29 PM
• ‘This isn’t about fairness, it’s about survival’: What Meduza’s Ukrainian readers think about Kyiv’s strikes on Wildberries Meduza — Aug 07, 13:56 PM
• Russia’s nationalist Rodina party demands anti-war Yabloko party be pulled from State Duma race Meduza — Aug 07, 11:55 AM
• Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries introduces drone-attack insurance Meduza — Aug 07, 11:28 AM
• Lithuanian defense minister warns of possible Russian strikes on Baltic countries using captured Ukrainian drones Meduza — Aug 07, 11:23 AM
• ‘We want missiles, too’: Trump on sending more Patriot interceptors to Ukraine Meduza — Aug 07, 11:07 AM
• Reuters: U.S. asks Russia to release imprisoned former Marine Robert Gilman; his family fears he is near death Meduza — Aug 07, 10:25 AM
• Loud, unidentified explosion heard across Moscow Meduza — Aug 07, 09:51 AM
• How Russia is impersonating French news outlets in a bid to influence France’s next presidential election Meduza — Aug 07, 09:33 AM
• Russian general buried in Moscow identified as Valery Plokhotnyuk. He likely died in explosion at Aerospace Forces chief’s birthday party. Meduza — Aug 07, 07:38 AM
• Ukraine strikes Wildberries warehouse more than 2,000 kilometers inside Russia Meduza — Aug 07, 07:12 AM
• Polish bank denies Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya account over expired passport Meduza — Aug 06, 16:09 PM
• Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities accuse former ambassador to the U.S. Olha Stefanishyna of illicit enrichment Meduza — Aug 06, 15:36 PM
• Ukraine’s former top commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi says he supports NATO, but Russia has found a counter to nearly all its weapons Meduza — Aug 06, 15:15 PM
• Three days after a Ukrainian drone crashed on a beach at a Russian Black Sea resort, here’s what we know about the victims Meduza — Aug 06, 14:45 PM
• Russia allows import and sale of lower-grade gasoline amid fuel shortage Meduza — Aug 06, 14:15 PM
• Bloomberg: Putin started pressuring Russian Central Bank chief Nabiullina over key rate Meduza — Aug 06, 13:59 PM
• Scammed into selling her apartment, Moscow woman sets it on fire as bailiffs arrive to evict her Meduza — Aug 06, 13:26 PM
• 77 Russian conscripts were killed along the Kursk region border during Ukraine’s 2024 incursion. More than 30 others are still listed as missing. Meduza — Aug 06, 13:13 PM
• A second Russian drone developer was targeted within a week. Here’s what we know about the car bombing that wounded Vladimir Tkachuk and killed his driver. Meduza — Aug 06, 12:57 PM
• Losses from Ukrainian drone strikes will leave Russian online retail giant Wildberries unprofitable for years, The Bell reports Meduza — Aug 06, 11:48 AM
• ‘To kill the civilian economy is to kill the country’: Moscow mayor rejects calls to put Russia’s economy on a war footing Meduza — Aug 06, 08:53 AM
• Microsoft warns of major Russian hacking campaign targeting public hotel Wi-Fi networks worldwide Meduza — Aug 06, 08:27 AM
• Trash crisis hits a city in Russia’s Dagestan after bad fuel sidelines half its garbage trucks Meduza — Aug 06, 08:03 AM
• Ukrainian drones launch the ‘largest attack’ on Russia’s Yaroslavl region, governor says; major oil refinery catches fire Meduza — Aug 06, 07:40 AM
• Ukraine launches more than 600 drones at Russia and occupied Crimea. Another Wildberries warehouse hit. Meduza — Aug 06, 07:23 AM
• Secret funeral reportedly held in Moscow for unnamed major general. He may have died in an assassination attempt on Russian Aerospace Forces chief Alexander Chayko. Meduza — Aug 05, 17:20 PM
• Putin has reshuffled Russia’s military command. Here’s what you need to know. Meduza — Aug 05, 14:39 PM
• Forbes Russia: Wildberries sellers’ losses from Ukrainian warehouse strikes estimated at 215-280 billion rubles Meduza — Aug 03, 13:44 PM
• Ukraine says online retail giant Wildberries helps supply Russia’s military. Meduza examines the evidence. Meduza — Aug 03, 13:18 PM
• Boris Nadezhdin, the anti-war politician who sought to challenge Putin in Russia’s 2024 presidential election, has left for France Meduza — Aug 03, 10:43 AM
• Russian Foreign Ministry on Balzi Rossi restaurant blast in Moscow: ‘Kyiv terrorists wanted to scare Italians working in Russia’ Meduza — Aug 03, 10:28 AM
• Wildberries bans employees from bringing smartphones into warehouses Meduza — Aug 03, 10:14 AM
• Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Black Sea coast and occupied Crimea, killing six people Meduza — Aug 03, 10:06 AM
• Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill calls Russian nuclear weapons ‘God’s grace’ Meduza — Aug 03, 09:55 AM
• Russian General Alexander Chayko appears to have been the target of the Moscow restaurant bombing. He commanded troops who carried out the Bucha massacre in Ukraine. Meduza — Aug 03, 09:27 AM
• Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian technological university where drones were being developed Meduza — Aug 03, 07:49 AM
• Ukraine hits Wildberries warehouse in Russia’s Vladimir region Meduza — Aug 03, 07:33 AM
• Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim addresses sellers on drone strikes, warehouse damage, and compensation, calls Ukrainian strikes ‘terrorist attacks’ Meduza — Jul 31, 19:53 PM
• Tech outlet ‘Kod Durova’ drops Pavel Durov’s name from its title after the Telegram founder is added to Russia’s ‘terrorist and extremist’ list Meduza — Jul 31, 19:42 PM
• After two years, a Warsaw court just released the man accused of orchestrating attacks on Russian oppositionists Meduza — Jul 31, 17:42 PM
• Russia’s largest e-book and audiobook service pulls a Pavel Durov biography, days after Moscow branded him a ‘terrorist’ Meduza — Jul 31, 17:20 PM
• Kyiv rapper Zipulya is drafted into Ukrainian military after a five-minute medical exam that he says ignored his disability Meduza — Jul 31, 17:14 PM
• Ukraine weighs criminal case against Belarusian leader Lukashenko Meduza — Jul 31, 17:00 PM
• Russian woman found dead in suitcase in Serbia Meduza — Jul 31, 15:52 PM
• Convicted of ‘treason’ in Russia, journalist Darya Shipacheva was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Almost nothing is known about her case. Here’s what her friend revealed. Meduza — Jul 31, 15:35 PM
• Suspects confess to killing two Russians who disappeared in Thailand Meduza — Jul 31, 12:20 PM
• Russian blogger gets three-year suspended sentence on pornography charges as authorities step up crackdown on online erotic content Meduza — Jul 31, 11:56 AM
• Residents of Russia’s Penza region say people in plainclothes are trying to abduct men and force them into military service Meduza — Jul 31, 10:24 AM
• Russian mobile carriers to make access to Kremlin-backed Max messenger free Meduza — Jul 31, 09:52 AM
• The Guardian: Russia destroyed American drone factory in attack on Kyiv Meduza — Jul 31, 09:30 AM
• Russians who film Ukrainian attacks and post them on social media are being detained, fined, and forced to apologize on camera Meduza — Jul 31, 08:54 AM
• Ukraine hits two more Wildberries warehouses in Russia Meduza — Jul 31, 07:43 AM
• ‘I’m not sure’: Trump casts doubt on his offer to let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles Meduza — Jul 31, 07:32 AM
• Is it illegal to pay for Telegram Premium in Russia now that Pavel Durov is on the terrorism list? Not yet. Meduza — Jul 30, 20:12 PM
• Reuters: Drones just knocked out one of Russia’s biggest refineries — for the second time this year Meduza — Jul 30, 20:10 PM
• Zelensky says Russia likely used a North Korean missile in an attack near Kryvyi Rih that killed four children and their parents Meduza — Jul 30, 19:41 PM
• ‘It reeks, pardon me, of shit’: A Siberian city spent two weeks with sewage-smelling tap water while officials insisted that it was safe Meduza — Jul 30, 19:15 PM
• Russia’s FSB says it detained 46 users of a Telegram dating bot, ages 12 to 22, whom Ukrainian intelligence recruited for sabotage. But the chats in the videos offered as proof are on a Russian app. Meduza — Jul 30, 18:43 PM
• A billionaire built Russia’s mayonnaise empire, then bankrolled its battlefield drones. Now Valery Kustov is under arrest on major fraud charges. Meduza — Jul 30, 18:30 PM
• She fled Russia for Armenia, then insulted its summer water festival. Now Russian blogger Nadezhda Pirozhkova faces up to four years in prison for ‘incitement to hatred.’ Meduza — Jul 30, 18:05 PM
• Russia’s billionaire mayonnaise king is under arrest, reportedly over a drone project Vladimir Putin toured in 2025 Meduza — Jul 30, 17:37 PM
• Song by Russian singer Monetochka cut from Ukrainian version of new ‘Spider-Man’ film Meduza — Jul 30, 17:07 PM
• Russian teen, 13, found with 22-year-old man she met online, sent home only a week later Meduza — Jul 30, 17:01 PM
• Russia has labeled Telegram founder Pavel Durov a ‘terrorist,’ but he wants to know why Moscow now calls the Taliban a ‘respected partner’ Meduza — Jul 30, 16:50 PM
• Russians are buying fewer clothes — and paying more for them Meduza — Jul 30, 16:42 PM
• Is it safe in Russia to buy Telegram Stars or Premium after Durov’s terrorist designation? Here’s what lawyers say. Meduza — Jul 30, 16:38 PM
• Moscow IVF clinic adds ‘terrorist and extremist’ designation notice to Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s sperm donor profile Meduza — Jul 30, 15:49 PM
• Russia adds Telegram founder Pavel Durov to list of ‘terrorists and extremists’ Meduza — Jul 30, 15:26 PM
• The battlefield Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief inherits as Russian troops push toward Ukraine’s main defensive stronghold in Donbas Meduza — Jul 30, 15:14 PM
• At least six members of one family killed in Russian missile strike near Kryvyi Rih. Rescue workers are still searching the rubble for three more people. Meduza — Jul 30, 13:24 PM
• Ukrainian drones strike third Wildberries warehouse in Russia in a day Meduza — Jul 30, 09:47 AM
• Ukraine’s former defense minister Fedorov says he had no personal conflict with former armed forces commander-in-chief Syrskyi. ‘It’s an ideological conflict.’ Meduza — Jul 30, 09:40 AM
• About 1,500 sellers in Russia’s Leningrad Region lost their goods after attacks on a Wildberries warehouse. The governor promised them support. Meduza — Jul 30, 09:28 AM
• Kommersant: Russia’s General Prosecutor’s Office fires its ‘chief specialist’ in asset confiscation Meduza — Jul 30, 09:04 AM
• FT: US and France gave Ukraine intelligence to bypass Russian air defenses in strikes on oil refineries Meduza — Jul 30, 08:38 AM
• Russia drafts rules requiring foreign websites to authorize Russian users by phone number Meduza — Jul 30, 08:09 AM
• Two more Wildberries warehouses burn in Russian regions after Ukrainian drone attacks Meduza — Jul 30, 07:35 AM
• Russia strikes Kyiv, Lviv, and Kryvyi Rih with missiles; at least two children among the dead Meduza — Jul 30, 07:25 AM
• Wildberries says Ukraine’s drone strikes are force majeure. Does that actually get the marketplace off the hook in Russia? Meduza — Jul 29, 23:08 PM
• Patriarch Kirill was about to exile Metropolitan Hilarion to Brazil. Now he’s sending him to a convent near Moscow instead. Meduza — Jul 29, 22:22 PM
• Ukraine appeals IOC’s reinstatement of Russia’s Olympic committee to the Court of Arbitration for Sport Meduza — Jul 29, 22:11 PM
• A nation of 10,000 people just shrank the list of countries recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia to four Meduza — Jul 29, 21:55 PM
• Russian lawmaker warns that paying for Telegram Premium could mean funding Durov amid his terrorism case, yet has a Premium subscription of his own Meduza — Jul 29, 18:23 PM
• Moscow police arrest monk, known locally as ‘practically a saint,’ on child sex abuse charges Meduza — Jul 29, 18:08 PM
• The Russian general who built his country house with stolen money just found Moscow’s courts capable of mercy after all Meduza — Jul 29, 18:03 PM
• A Russian father got 5 years for anti-war posts. Now his disabled son has been sentenced to 7 for ‘justifying terrorism.’ Meduza — Jul 29, 17:38 PM
• On Russia’s only inhabited Baikal island, residents now wait hours behind tourists to board the ferry home Meduza — Jul 29, 17:37 PM
• A Russian actor got up at 4:30 a.m. to tell Putin on Instagram: ‘You are not my president.’ Hours later, after his mother read him the comments, he said, actually, he loves the government. Meduza — Jul 29, 17:17 PM
• Russia accuses Telegram founder Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism: what the FSB alleges, why two agencies report different numbers, and what it means for Russians still using the app Meduza — Jul 29, 16:53 PM
• ‘Not yet. But we’ll see’: Zelensky on whether Crimea’s return is being discussed in talks to end the war Meduza — Jul 29, 15:51 PM
• Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill writes book on ‘redemptive meaning of war’ Meduza — Jul 29, 15:29 PM
• Finland to stop maintaining poles carrying communication lines with Russia, Kommersant reports Meduza — Jul 29, 15:07 PM
• Russia’s Central Election Commission registers anti-war Yabloko party for State Duma elections Meduza — Jul 29, 14:55 PM
• Head of Russian drone company reportedly shot in assassination attempt Meduza — Jul 29, 13:02 PM
• Ukraine resumes strikes on Wildberries warehouses in Russia. See the attack on Ryazan. Meduza — Jul 29, 12:36 PM
• Fiber-optic cables used to guide drones are blanketing Ukraine’s front line. Researchers are only beginning to understand their environmental impact. Meduza — Jul 29, 12:25 PM
• Russia detains suspect in beating of Russian Academy of Sciences scientist Nikita Zezin. He died shortly after. Meduza — Jul 29, 10:49 AM
• As Ukrainian strikes its logistics centers in Russia, Wildberries is searching for available warehouses in Kazakhstan Meduza — Jul 29, 10:40 AM
• FSB says Ukrainian intelligence is recruiting Russians for sabotage via popular Telegram dating bot Meduza — Jul 29, 10:09 AM
• Wildberries warehouse burns in Russia’s Ryazan after Ukrainian drone attack. Apartment building in Taganrog damaged, one killed. Meduza — Jul 29, 08:24 AM
• Russia’s FSB security service accuses Telegram founder Pavel Durov of ‘aiding terrorism,’ issues international arrest warrant Meduza — Jul 29, 06:28 AM
• Lithuania finds unfinished ‘migrant-smuggling’ tunnel from Belarus, one of dozens of suspected dig sites Meduza — Jul 28, 22:53 PM
• Russian Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev denies rumors of an upcoming mobilization, calling them ‘nonsense’ and a ‘lying provocation’ by Ukraine Meduza — Jul 28, 22:39 PM
• Russia’s ruling political party has a campaign ‘brand book’ for September. What it doesn’t have is a platform. Meduza — Jul 28, 20:24 PM
• Electric and hybrid car sales surge in Russia as nationwide fuel shortage drags on Meduza — Jul 28, 20:16 PM
• BBC investigation shows that Russia is steering more ninth-graders into trade schools — and toward the army Meduza — Jul 28, 19:17 PM
• Russia’s largest publishing group fires employees who refused to censor queer literature Meduza — Jul 28, 19:04 PM
• Bloomberg: Senate reaches bipartisan deal on Russia sanctions bill after Lindsey Graham’s death Meduza — Jul 28, 18:55 PM
• Who blew up Nord Stream? For his new book, WSJ correspondent Bojan Pancevski spent years reconstructing the plot: seven Ukrainians, a rented yacht, and about $250,000. Meduza — Jul 28, 18:41 PM
• Russian newspaper Vedomosti tags 1825 Decembrist uprising ‘undesirable,’ apparently after its software confused the historical rebels with an unrelated, banned German NGO Meduza — Jul 28, 17:47 PM
• Russia outlaws crisis group for Chechen LGBTQ+ people and domestic violence survivors as an ‘extremist’ organization Meduza — Jul 28, 17:38 PM
• Bloomberg: Russia is considering arming grain ships with machine guns and missile launchers to fend off Ukrainian drones Meduza — Jul 28, 17:23 PM
• Russian scientist Nikita Zezin, 67, beaten after confronting children on ATVs, has died. Investigators have opened a criminal case against the father who attacked him for scolding his son. Meduza — Jul 28, 17:07 PM
• Zelensky: White House meeting with Trump covered Patriot missile production license, diplomacy push Meduza — Jul 28, 16:31 PM
• A diary of two nights in the Kyiv metro, where residents are once again sheltering as Russia intensifies its attacks Meduza — Jul 28, 15:02 PM
• Floodwaters engulf Russia’s Tyumen. See photos and videos from the scene. Meduza — Jul 28, 12:19 PM
• Wildberries seller with 1.3 million Instagram followers appeals to Russian authorities for help after Ukrainian strikes Meduza — Jul 28, 11:50 AM
• Russian city declares state of emergency over flooding. Residents have complained about foul-smelling water and dead fish in the river. Meduza — Jul 28, 11:37 AM
• Ukrainian drone hits bus in Russia’s Belgorod region, injuring 19 Meduza — Jul 28, 08:44 AM
• Foreigners made nearly 3 million tourist trips to Russia in first half of 2026. That’s the worst showing in five years. Meduza — Jul 28, 07:59 AM
• Almost 400 Ukrainian drones attack Moscow and Moscow region Meduza — Jul 28, 07:18 AM
• Zelensky arrives in the US. He has talks planned with U.S. President Trump. Meduza — Jul 28, 06:51 AM
• Dead fish, foul tap water, and a criminal investigation: what’s happening to the Tura River in Russia’s Tyumen region Meduza — Jul 28, 00:07 AM
• Russia’s ‘Red Book’ exists to keep rare species alive. After September 1, builders who claim ‘no other site available’ get a legal green light to wipe one out. Meduza — Jul 27, 23:36 PM
• Yalta installs outdoor cooking stations in apartment courtyards amid Crimea’s fuel and power crisis Meduza — Jul 27, 22:48 PM
• Siberian region of Russia bars refueling the same car more than once every 24 hours amid Russia’s gasoline shortage Meduza — Jul 27, 22:29 PM
• Fire Point’s chief designer says Ukraine could hit Moscow with ballistic missiles as soon as this fall Meduza — Jul 27, 20:52 PM
• Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine in disgrace in 2014. A new investigation says he now lives in Sochi — under his mother’s maiden name. Meduza — Jul 27, 20:00 PM
• Romania summons Russian ambassador, expels embassy staffer after shooting down three drones Meduza — Jul 27, 17:18 PM
• A Russian court sentenced Kirill Cheplygin to 19 years for the brutal murder of his ex-wife and her boyfriend. He’s fighting in Ukraine instead. Meduza — Jul 27, 17:03 PM
• Reuters: Kazakhstan’s oil output more than halves after Ukrainian strikes shut down its main export route Meduza — Jul 27, 16:59 PM
• Putin expands the size of Russia’s army for the sixth time since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine Meduza — Jul 27, 16:56 PM
• Montenegro will require visas for Russians, Belarusians, and three other nationalities, starting November 1 Meduza — Jul 27, 16:46 PM
• ‘Russia opened Pandora’s box first, and now it’s paying for it’: Are Wildberries warehouses legitimate targets? Meduza readers weigh in on Ukraine’s strikes. Meduza — Jul 27, 16:17 PM
• Russian Justice Ministry’s new online ‘sovereignty’ exhibition includes a Nazi propaganda film calling Hitler the ‘liberator of the Russian people’ — with no explanation Meduza — Jul 27, 16:15 PM
• At least 400,000 Russian troops have already returned from the front, investigation finds Meduza — Jul 27, 15:13 PM
• Moscow company fires top manager for uploading trade secrets to DeepSeek Meduza — Jul 27, 12:59 PM
• Russian State Duma Speaker Volodin closes parliament’s eighth session by chanting ‘Russia! Putin! Victory!’ five times, drawing applause Meduza — Jul 27, 12:50 PM
• Powerful storm kills one, injures about 30 in southern Russia. See the flooded streets, toppled trees, and wrecked cars. Meduza — Jul 27, 12:23 PM
• Russia’s Udmurt Republic reports ‘most massive’ Ukrainian drone attack. Zelensky says Ukraine struck oil facility. Meduza — Jul 27, 12:00 PM
• Lithuania wants Russian performers appearing in the country to sign an anti-war declaration. If they refuse — they won’t be allowed in. Meduza — Jul 27, 11:36 AM
• Ukrainian drone hits apartment building in Russia. Two killed, eight injured. Meduza — Jul 27, 08:46 AM
• Sberbank-owned Megamarket becomes the latest Russian marketplace to exempt itself from liability over drone attacks Meduza — Jul 27, 08:26 AM
• Russian online retailer Wildberries hides military gear from ‘everything for the SVO’ searches — but it’s still on the site Meduza — Jul 27, 08:14 AM
• Russia to extend gasoline export ban until end of year Meduza — Jul 27, 07:55 AM
• ‘All of this has to be stopped’: Kazakh president calls for war in Ukraine to be ‘frozen’ at meeting with Putin. Meduza — Jul 27, 07:45 AM
• After Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, one eyewitness spoke to Meduza about the fire, the road closures, and the workers left waiting Meduza — Jul 27, 07:06 AM
• Russian disinformation network Storm-1516 accused of targeting French presidential candidate Édouard Philippe with fake health claims Meduza — Jul 24, 18:28 PM
• St. Petersburg election commission denies Yabloko registration for city legislature race Meduza — Jul 24, 15:56 PM
• Montenegro plans to end visa-free travel for Russians starting in November Meduza — Jul 24, 15:44 PM
• EU sanctions on nearly 100 Russian banks disrupt key money-transfer routes used by Russians who left after the full-scale invasion Meduza — Jul 24, 15:31 PM
• Ukraine keeps striking Wildberries warehouses. Here’s the toll so far. Meduza — Jul 24, 14:22 PM
• Russia’s central bank chief Nabiullina acknowledges fuel crisis has driven up prices for ‘a wide range of goods and services’ Meduza — Jul 24, 13:54 PM
• Russia strikes Sloviansk. Five killed, Latvia’s honorary consulate building damaged. Meduza — Jul 24, 13:37 PM