newsNews Feed Brief summaries of major developments throughout the week: Russian airstrikes on civilians, a prominent economist arrested in Moscow, and a shakeup at Sakhalin-2Broadcasting now
storiesThe new guys in charge The Moscow authorities fired the heads of three of the city’s top theaters in a single day. An overview of their replacements 2 hours ago
storiesThe warmongering governor How St. Petersburg’s Alexander Beglov used the war against Ukraine to get back on Putin’s good side20 hours ago
storiesThe rector who did everything right Russian Presidential Academy head Vladimir Mau was one of the minds behind Putin’s economic agenda. Now he’s facing criminal charges7 hours ago
storiesStarry night Ukrainian photographer Pavlo Pakhomenko captures the Milky Way over war-torn Kharkiva day ago
storiesThe Kremenchuk missile strike: what the evidence shows Meduza evaluates the Kremlin's claims in the wake of Russia's airstrike on a crowded mall2 days ago
newsAccording to Russia’s press releases, they’ve destroyed more military hardware than Ukraine ever had Proekt's journalists analyzed the Russian Defense Ministry’s reportsa day ago
storiesGoing home — to Europe Georgians are calling for their government to resign after it failed to receive EU candidate status. Meduza reports from Tbilisi2 days ago
meduzaRussia’s debt default What the 2022 financial crisis will mean for the country and its people6 cards4 months ago
meduzaMeduza is granting open access to all coverage of the war in Ukraine under a Creative Commons license You can reprint our articles about the conflict in full — anywhere you like4 months ago
meduzaWe ain’t done yet The Russian authorities are now blocking Meduza. We’re ready for this, but we need your help.4 months ago
newsUnder the influence Russian lawmakers set to pass integrated ‘foreign agents’ bill, broadening restrictions 3 days ago
meduzaUkraine has ratified an international women's rights treaty that critics claim is ‘LGBT propaganda.’ Meduza explains.11 cards3 days ago
stories'This will not help us defeat the enemy' A new report looks at Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova, who was fired after officials couldn't confirm her stories of rape committed by Russian soldiers3 days ago
news‘No strategic value’ Ukraine reports at least 50 injured, 13 dead following Russian missile strike on Kremenchuk shopping mall4 days ago
stories‘The most interesting part hasn’t even begun’ Yekaterinburg’s premier street artist on the war, his latest piece, and Russia’s rapid authoritarian turn4 days ago
stories‘She's an amazing soul’ American basketball star Brittney Griner has been in a Russian prison for over four months. Is her release on the horizon?4 days ago
meduzaCan Russia’s Kaliningrad region cope without freight transport through Lithuania? Meduza explains.6 cards7 days ago
stories‘You might think no prisons are worse than Russian ones, but you’d be wrong’ Pussy Riot activist Aisoltan Niyazova and the 20-year-old arrest warrant that won’t leave her alone7 days ago
stories‘The putsch made us famous’ The life and death of Siberia’s top independent television channel 7 days ago
newsNews Feed Brief summaries of major developments throughout the week (June 20–24, 2022): Ukraine’s Severodonetsk withdrawal, a collaborator is killed in Kherson, trouble at Katyn8 days ago
newsClosing in on Lysychansk Ukrainian positions in Luhansk region under increasing pressure as Russian forces gradually advance8 days ago
meduzaUkraine has been clear that it needs more weapons from the West. So, what’s the holdup?10 cards8 days ago
storiesThe alleged murder attempt against Vladimir Solovyov What we know about the far-right ex-convicts accused of plotting to kill Russia's chief propagandist8 days ago
stories‘Taira is already home’ Release of famous Ukrainian paramedic Yulia Paevska leaves pro-Kremlin blogosphere confused7:19 pm, June 22, 2022
stories‘In Moscow everything’s fine’ In Russia’s capital, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin tries to distance himself — and his city — from the war against Ukraine9 days ago
stories‘Borjomi is for Borjomians, not for Russian oligarchs!’ When the Russian owner of a Georgian bottling plant came under sanctions, workers stopped getting paid. Now they're fighting back.9 days ago
stories‘What I want is a secular Chechnya’ More women are trying to escape violence and persecution in Chechnya. But fleeing to Moscow is no longer enough to ensure their safety.9 days ago
stories‘We’ll fight for them everywhere and always’ The Azovstal defenders currently in Russian captivity — and the women advocating for their release10 days ago
stories‘My neighbors fully support me’ The Russian man using the front of his shop to protest against the war10 days ago
meduzaRussia has called Lithuania’s restriction of rail freight transport to Kaliningrad illegal. But is it?5 cards10 days ago
stories‘A chance for revenge’ The rise and fall of ‘methodology,’ the school of thought that produced the idea of the ‘Russian world’11 days ago
storiesThe ‘LLC Invest’ connection Meduza and OCCRP uncover ‘network’ of companies holding $4.5 billion in assets linked to Vladimir Putin11 days ago
storiesNo infighting here Investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov says the Kremlin is punishing security officials for the bad intelligence that fueled the invasion’s early days. Now he’s a wanted man.11 days ago
news‘More than serious’ Russia threatens retaliatory measures after Lithuania bans transit of EU-sanctioned goods to Kaliningrad11 days ago
stories‘A devaluation of human life’ Alexey Sidnev spent 15 years working to improve elder care in Russia. Then an anti-war statement cost him his job.14 days ago
storiesThe Ukrainian artist admired by Picasso After being saved from a Russian-bombed museum, Maria Prymachenko’s paintings caught the world’s attention — and not for the first time14 days ago
stories‘In public there are only jingoistic voices’ How Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to divide Putin’s elites14 days ago
stories‘Russia is a prison of the lousiest kind’ Vladislav Nikitenko is the first Russian to face charges for ‘discrediting’ the army. He’s been fighting the system for 20 years.15 days ago
newsHundreds of civilians are trapped in the besieged Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk. The assault has drawn comparisons to Azovstal, but this time could be different.14 days ago
newsAt Alexey Navalny’s new prison, torture is rampant. At least two past inmates died after being beaten15 days ago
stories‘Leave a cross so they can find the body later’ A dispatch from Mariupol, a city now covered in graves15 days ago
meduzaThe criminals in the Kremlin Historian Yaroslav Shimov explains why the Putin regime defies rationality and how the West helped make the war in Ukraine possible15 days ago
stories‘He had a bag over his head and a broken face’ Russian mother identifies conscript son in video appearing to show Ukrainian troops shooting prisoners of war15 days ago
stories‘Aren’t you afraid she’ll pull a trick like Ovsyannikova?’ In Russia’s regions, journalists who oppose the war against Ukraine continue working for publications with state ties16 days ago
stories‘I want free and fair elections. To them, that makes me undesirable’ Russian opposition figure Andrey Pivovarov on watching the war unfold from behind bars16 days ago
storiesAnatomy of a fake Someone published a speech attributed to Putin’s ‘domestic policy czar,’ but was it to smear him or to test his vision for eastern Ukraine?16 days ago
storiesRussia’s new drug problem Despite foreign companies continuing to supply drugs to Russian patients, the war is wreaking havoc on the country's pharmaceutical market16 days ago
stories‘Compromises won’t save you’ Zhanna Nemtsova on the degradation of freedoms in Russia and awarding Zelensky the Boris Nemtsov Prize17 days ago
news‘A difficult time’ World leaders and business titans set to skip Putin’s annual economic forum in Saint Petersburg17 days ago
stories‘She’s always fought for the truth’ The dubious charges against Crimean nurse, human rights advocate, and citizen reporter Irina Danilovich17 days ago
stories‘No one feels sorry for them’ The long road to dismantling Kyiv’s Soviet monument to friendship with Russia18 days ago
news‘Those who unleashed aggression won’t be in heaven’ St. Petersburg priest faces criminal charges for condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine18 days ago
stories‘A lawsuit against Russia’s non-Russian population’ The Russian authorities are threatening to revoke the citizenship of the country's most prominent climate activist.18 days ago
storiesWhy is the Kremlin so committed to this war? Sociologist Alexey Levinson outlines the thinking behind Russia’s war in Ukraine17 days ago
stories‘In Moscow, we’re the majority’ Opposition politician Ilya Yashin is still in Russia and still speaking out. So far, he’s stayed out of prison.18 days ago
stories‘Defending the Donbas is one thing. Bombing Kyiv is another’ Russia’s Communist Party officially supports the war against Ukraine. But its younger members are speaking out.21 days ago
stories‘The tasks in the Donbas are not trivial’ Meduza’s sources say the Kremlin plans to annex occupied Ukrainian territories and merge them into a new federal district in Russia22 days ago
newsRussian lawmakers are launching a new, Pioneers-style children’s movement run by Vladimir Putin8 cards21 days ago
meduzaAn uncertain fate Was Russia’s entire 35th Army destroyed near Izyum? Meduza traces this story back to its dubious origins.23 days ago
storiesThe Viceroy How Sergey Kiriyenko became Putin’s point man in the Donbas and plans to shape Russia’s ‘post-war image’22 days ago
stories‘The divisions are clear’ Sociologist Alexei Titkov on how the war against Ukraine has changed Russian society23 days ago
stories‘I asked them to remove Mom’s chains. They refused’ In their own words, ethnic Kazakhs whose loved ones disappeared into Xinjiang’s internment camps describe their fight for answers 24 days ago
stories‘Ordinary Nazism’ Bizarre exhibition at Moscow’s Victory Museum attempts to draw comparisons between Nazi Germany and modern-day Ukraine 24 days ago
stories‘A twisted form of democracy’ In Sunday's referendum, Kazakhstanis voted to amend the country's Constitution. The authorities call it a step towards democracy, but many have doubts.24 days ago
meduzaWho is Putin really fighting? Maxim Trudolyubov on the Russian president’s ruthless war of generations25 days ago
stories‘We're all war correspondents now’ How Russia’s full-scale invasion has changed Ukrainian journalism25 days ago
stories‘Reality has become darker’ Photographer Mikhail Palinchak shows how the war has changed Kyiv4:28 am, June 6, 2022
meduzaEurope is giving up 90 percent of its Russian oil imports. Will Russia’s economy survive?12 cardsa month ago
storiesWhat has been achieved? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is about to mark 100 days. Meduza sources say the Kremlin told state media ‘not to focus attention’ on this fact. a month ago