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If it’s a fight they want, it’s a fight they’ll get Meduza responds to the Russian authorities’ decision to outlaw our journalism

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Life after ‘undesirability’ Now that Meduza has been outlawed, these are the risks involved in reading and sharing our work from inside Russia

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Latest News — Friday, January 27

Russian government proposes allowing items confiscated by authorities to be given to Defense Ministry

Excommunicated Russian priest sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for inciting hatred

One dead, two injured in shooting at Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran

Ukrainian ambassador calls for Novak Djokovic’s father to be barred from Australian Open after posing with Putin supporters

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The end of the ‘visa run’ Kazakhstan is changing its immigration rules, complicating life for Russians who fled mobilization

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‘I go to war in my sleep’ Russia is failing to provide PTSD support for soldiers returning from Ukraine. Psychiatrists expect disaster.

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Changing of the guard in Kyiv Corruption in high office poses a danger to Ukraine’s vital relations with Western partners

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The shadow of war A generation of filmmakers who grew up during Tajikistan’s civil war tell their country’s stories

5:52 pm, January 26, 2023

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‘Wagner opened the door for me’ How a convicted murderer became a decorated ‘war hero’ in Russia

6:16 pm, January 24, 2023

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‘It’s not safe to admit you’re Ukrainian’ How Putin’s domestic war on Ukrainian culture began years before the 2022 invasion

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Russia’s campaign for Bakhmut

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A casting call for opportunists The Kremlin is gearing up for local and parliamentary ‘elections’ in the annexed Ukrainian regions

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Thursday, January 26

Russia denies explosions near Zaporizhzhia NPP, calls IAEA director’s statement ‘provocation’

U.S. Treasury Department sanctions Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization

Russia launches another massive missile strike against Ukraine

Harry Potter films soon to leave major Russian streaming platforms

Pyotr Verzilov, Mediazona founder and Pussy Riot spokesperson, charged with distributing ‘fakes’ about the Russian army

Moscow authorities evict Sakharov Center from Sakharov memorial apartment, other spaces

Russian Orthodox Church official proposes requiring married women to get husbands’ permission for abortions

Ukrainian General Staff says Russia is preparing for second wave of mobilization in late February

Ukraine shoots down all 24 drones launched by Russia in overnight attack

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‘Thе fog of war spreads over daily life’ Human rights lawyer Pavel Chikov explains how arbitrary and cruel law enforcement is reducing Russian society to paranoia and paralysis

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‘The lessons of Fascism’ Ukrainian tanks and fighting vehicles on display as part of Leningrad Siege exposition outside St. Petersburg

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‘Maybe Uncle Vova asked Erdogan to make our lives harder’ Thousands of Russians have emigrated to Turkey since the start of the war, but now many are being denied residency permits. Meduza investigates.

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Wednesday, January 25

Moscow court dissolves Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia’s oldest human rights organization

At Prigozhin’s behest, State Duma speaker pushes new repressive law against ‘discrediting’ Russian ‘war heroes’

Imprisoned opposition politician Alexey Navalny confined to penal cell for eleventh time

BBC News Russian names 92 Russian troops killed in Makiivka on New Year’s night

Russian state defense conglomerate skirts sanctions to buy electronic warfare equipment in the West to use in Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Peskov responds to Podolyak’s prediction of ‘military escalation inside Russia’

Russian State Duma passes law lifting requirement that legislators declare income publicly

Moscow art museum removes painting containing sign that says artist ‘doesn’t want to defeat anybody,’ citing ‘political subtext’

Zelensky signs law increasing penalties for desertion and other military offenses

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Beyond TV and polling in Russia

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Twilight borders Cross-cultural ties and historical tensions at a tripoint in Central Europe

3:38 pm, January 19, 2023

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Freedom for Navalny, the Hague for Putin Rallies in support of Alexey Navalny and other political prisoners took place in cities all over the world

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‘They guaranteed he was inside’ Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is reportedly sending empty coffins to its fighters’ families

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Tuesday, January 24

Russian authorities move to establish 24 new penitentiaries in annexed Ukrainian regions

Belgorod governor: 25 residents killed by shelling, 96 more injured since Russia invaded Ukraine

Ukrainian media: Brovary helicopter crash was due to fog and disrupted navigation

Spokesman Peskov denies Kremlin plans to close Russian borders

Russian official says Moscow will not restore Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, which was destroyed during Mariupol siege

2021 Nobel laureates Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa call on Red Cross to help jailed Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny

Multiple top Ukrainian officials step down amid corruption scandals

Zelensky bans government employees from leaving the country for ‘non-governmental purposes’

Russian lawmaker proposes requiring citizens to reserve time slot before leaving country by car

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‘A military defeat is the only cure’ Sociologist Dina Khapaeva on how Russia’s ‘death cult’ led to the war in Ukraine

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‘Expected to serve in any conditions’ How Russia is using new, stricter laws to prosecute soldiers who leave the front

7 days ago

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The rise and fall of Ukraine’s ‘therapist-in-chief’ Zelensky adviser Oleksiy Arestovych is out of a job, but likely not for long

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Meduza went to a Ukrainian prison colony for Russian POWs Here’s what we saw

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Meduza and the war

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Meduza 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 like

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We ain’t done yet The Russian authorities are now blocking Meduza. We’re ready for this, but we need your help.

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Наші серця — з Україною An appeal from Meduzaʼs newsroom to Ukrainian readers

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