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Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. meduza.io/en
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French photographer Antoine d’Agata traveled to Ukraine to document the past and present horrors of war for Jonathan Littell’s new book, An Inconvenient Place. In an interview with Meduza, he shared his experiences working in a war-torn country.
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The Russian authorities have declared The Moscow Times an “undesirable organization,” banning the independent English-language newspaper from operating in Russia.
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On July 8, Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was struck by a Russian missile. Here are four stories of children the hospital has saved.
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Talking about PTSD in Russia, where over 100 people have been killed by ex-soldiers, is becoming “bad form,” according to a psychologist who spoke to the outlet People of Baikal. Instead, mental health professionals are increasingly emphasizing “post-traumatic growth.”
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Saturday saw the close of an exhibition devoted to the “achievements of the Putin era.” Putin liked it so much that he’s ordered for it to become a permanent fixture that, according to one source, could serve as a “future alternative to Lenin’s Mausoleum.”
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A Russian missile strike destroyed Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital today, killing at least two people and injuring 16 others. Here’s what you need to know about Okhmatdyt. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Russia’s new mutual defense pact with North Korea will likely increase the flow of arms to Moscow. But will it lead to the deployment of North Korean soldiers to Ukraine? iStories reports.
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Update: At least 33 Ukrainian civilians were killed and at least 136 injured by Russia’s missile attack on Monday. In Kyiv, where a Russian missile struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, the death toll has risen to at least 22 and at least 72 people were injured.
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Hundreds of former prisoners who were recruited by a military formation affiliated with the Russian occupation administration in Ukraine’s Donetsk region are being coerced into signing indefinite contracts with the Russian army, according to the outlet iStories.
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The ruins of Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital, which was destroyed by a Russian missile on Monday. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, people remain trapped under the rubble.
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A Russian missile attack on multiple cities throughout Ukraine has reportedly killed at least 20 people. In Kyiv, at least seven people were killed and a children’s hospital was hit, according to the Ukrainian authorities.
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Meduza has obtained the Putin administration’s latest guidelines for Russian propagandists, revealing the Kremlin’s spin on Putin’s “peace plan” and the current state of the “multipolar world.” meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Moscow today for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit drew ire from E.U. and NATO officials, who emphasized that Orbán only represents his own country.
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New from The Beet: journalist Diana Kruzman tells the story of Kazakhstan’s antinuclear movement, from Semipalatinsk to present. meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
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About 120,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war and an average of 200–250 are currently dying every day, according to our new analysis.
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Some critically injured Russian soldiers who could have been saved are dying on the battlefield in Ukraine without ever receiving medical attention, according to a new investigation from the independent outlet Verstka.
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A new Russian operation near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine aims to drive Ukrainian troops out of a large section of the Donbas region.
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Ukrainian photographer Maxim Dondyuk has covered Russia’s invasion since 2014, working with outlets like Time and The New Yorker. Now, however, he’s unable to go to the front, having run afoul of officials in Kyiv with his reporting and comments.
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“There’s no doubt that the Taliban are our allies in the fight against terrorism.” What Vladimir Putin said about the Taliban, Donald Trump, the prospect of a ceasefire in Ukraine, and more after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana:
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Ukraine is set to get its first F-16s before summer’s end. Meduza breaks down the two main ways Ukraine’s Air Force plans to use the new planes and how their introduction could impact the battlefield.
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A new draft constitution proposed by a group of Russian researchers would replace the Russian Federation with a new entity: the Union of Republics of Russia. The document envisions structural safeguards against “despotism,” a path to secession, and more.
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Following a trip to Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region, a disillusioned Russian government worker leaked his candid conversations with locals to Meduza. Here’s what they told him about life under Russian occupation. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Aidos Sadykov, a Kazakhstani journalist who was granted political asylum in Ukraine in 2014, was shot outside his home in Kyiv two weeks ago. This morning, he died in the hospital. Investigators have identified the suspects as two Kazakhstani citizens.
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On April 7, the pro-Ukraine Russian Volunteer Corps announced the end of the “hot phase” of its raids in Russia’s Belgorod region. That same day, a Russian soldier in the region decided to desert his post. “We really are fucking orcs,” he told Verstka Media.
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A subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprombank has been operating in the heart of Europe for over a decade. It survived sanctions against Russia, and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine brought the bank record profits. Meduza explains how.
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A group of anti-war activists managed to become “friends” with dozens of Russian lawmakers and senators by posing as a pro-war poet on VKontakte. The poems they shared were actually translations of poetry from Nazi Germany. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Denis Sidorenko was Belarus’s ambassador to Germany from 2016 until March 2024, when he was dismissed by Alexander Lukashenko. On Wednesday, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported that a memorial event had been held for the diplomat. Here’s what we know:
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Ten years ago, Andrea Cellino was on the ground in Donbas, leading the first team of OSCE monitors deployed to Luhansk. For The Beet, he recounts his experience at the outset of Russia’s war on Ukraine. meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
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The Russian government has released the country’s annual mortality data for 2023. Its gender and age distribution suggests at least 64,000 Russian soldiers died in the war’s first two years, with men’s excess mortality nearly doubling from 2022 to 2023.
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Since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russians have filed at least 3,500 denunciations against their fellow citizens. iStories analyzed the data and interviewed informants to understand what they report and why they do it.
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Writer Jonathan Littell spoke to Meduza about the difficulty of drawing parallels between wars, the bureaucratic nature of authoritarian regimes, and reckoning with the complexities of Ukrainian history in his new book.
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With sanctions impacting currencies like the dollar and euro, Russians are increasingly turning to the yuan for savings, seeing it as a stable investment amidst the ruble’s volatility.
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Longtime anti-Putin activist Pavel Kharitonenko plans to run for Irkutsk City Duma this fall. He has a message for voters: “We’ve got to make sure our fear keeps us from acting rashly but doesn’t numb us.”
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After the Russian authorities demanded they remove references to LGBTQ+ people from their app or be blocked, the creators of the popular mobile game Romance Club decided to take the game off of Russian app stores altogether.
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Afghan journalist Kobra Hassani, who fled Afghanistan and applied for asylum in Russia after the Taliban came to power, has reportedly flown to Kabul. While a deportation order against her was overturned, her lawyer said she didn’t see any other options.
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced it will block domestic access to 81 E.U.-based media outlets in retaliation for a new E.U. ban on four Kremlin-backed outlets that goes into effect today.
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Even as the Kremlin’s censorship tightens amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, some Russian journalism students are still managing to write about the war, protests, and “foreign agents” in their theses. The St. Petersburg outlet Bumaga explains how.
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“The smell of barbecue from Sergey’s send-off mixed with the odor of decomposing flesh emanating from Ilnaz’s coffin.” What happened when a soon-to-be Russian soldier insisted on holding his going-away party right next to another soldier’s funeral.
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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and military Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov for directing attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2024...
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Yevgeny Prigozhin’s June 2023 mutiny may have brought about the end of Wagner Group as such, but its tactics are having a lasting impact on the battlefield in Ukraine. Meduza explains how.
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The governor of Russia’s Dagestan has announced the dismissal of Magomed Omarov, a local official whose relatives were allegedly involved in the terrorist attacks that killed at least 20 people in the region on Sunday. meduza.io/en/news/2024...
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One year ago, Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a short-lived mutiny against the Russian Defense Ministry. In a new report, BBC News Russian recounts what has become of Prigozhin’s mercenaries. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Ukraine’s law legalizing marijuana for medical use is set to come into effect in August. Meduza breaks down how the bill made it through parliament and what problems it aims to solve. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Update: The official death toll from yesterday’s attacks in Russia’s Dagestan has risen to 19.
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Update: Over 15 police officers and “several civilians” were killed in yesterday’s attacks, according to local authorities.
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Gunmen opened fire on religious sites and a police post in Russia’s Dagestan region on Sunday evening, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more.
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A week after the Moscow Exchange was hit by U.S. sanctions, the ruble is experiencing unusual swings. Meduza breaks down the factors behind this volatility and explains how to track the ruble’s fluctuations going forward.
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The Beet’s latest is a special report from Karakalpakstan, where fishermen are braving the harsh climates of the disappearing Aral Sea in hopes of making their fortunes harvesting brine shrimp eggs. meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
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The Putin administration promised the Russian Orthodox Church last year that no new anti-domestic violence laws will be passed, but the Kremlin gave lawmakers permission to discuss the idea for PR purposes, Verstka Media reports.
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Ukraine is attempting to counterattack against Russian forces near Kharkiv and Vovchansk in the northeast. However, these efforts have done little to stop Russia’s offensive elsewhere.
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