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Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova on her support for Ukraine, her OnlyFans work, and the Council of Europe’s Russia platform

7 hours ago

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Zelensky deepens defense ties in Middle East as Arab states seek Ukraine’s drone expertise but look to preserve ties with Russia

7 hours ago

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Massive flooding in Russia’s North Caucasus destroys bridges, swamps homes, and leaves tens of thousands without power

a day ago

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‘Total chaos’: The Kremlin knows Russians are angry about new Internet restrictions. It’s struggling to respond.

4 days ago

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A wave of articles in Russian regional media is urging users to delete Telegram, citing risks from cyberattacks to overheating phones. Is it actually unsafe?

5 days ago

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Soaring oil prices could bring the Kremlin billions — but they still won’t fix the Russian economy

5 days ago

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Last week, Ukrainian drones reportedly landed in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Russian propaganda was quick to react.

a day ago

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A mysterious group is calling on Russians to protest the Kremlin’s Internet restrictions. Is it a trap?

6 days ago

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The FSB ran ads offering Russians quick cash to commit sabotage. The agency called it a ‘social experiment.’

6 days ago

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The first Russian officer to speak out in detail about the torture of Ukrainian POWs has now spent three years in the U.S. Here’s his story.

7 days ago

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Anonymous social media accounts are calling for the secession of an Estonian county on Russia’s border. Tallinn says it’s Moscow’s doing.

8 days ago

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How Russia’s school history lessons are reframing Stalin, Gorbachev, and the war in Ukraine

7 days ago

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Meduza’s readers in Russia on life without Internet

8 days ago

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A longtime pro-Putin blogger published a tirade against the Russian president. Now he’s in a psychiatric hospital.

11 days ago

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Telegram news channels are one of Russia’s few major alternatives to state media. The head of one of the largest says their days may be numbered.

12 days ago

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Ukraine’s counteroffensive brings gains in the south but weakens other sectors of the front. Meduza analyzes the latest battlefield developments.

12 days ago

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The Kremlin appears to be blocking Telegram. Meduza asked its Russia-based readers how well the crackdown is working.

11 days ago

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‘Wake up already’: Internet disruptions and Telegram outages fuel growing anger among Russian users

13 days ago

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Russian authorities are culling livestock over a mysterious disease. Farmers are protesting, saying their animals don’t look sick.

13 days ago

‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ wins an Oscar

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His film ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ is up for an Oscar — but its ethics are under scrutiny. Here’s what Pavel Talankin has to say.

18 days ago

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A Russian schoolteacher smuggled footage abroad and made an award-winning documentary about wartime propaganda. Here’s how his hometown reacted.

19 days ago

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A Russian teacher filmed classroom war propaganda, and the smuggled footage is now an Oscar-nominated documentary. But émigrés are split.

2 months ago

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Telegram is full of channels posting videos of Ukrainian POWs being killed and their bodies desecrated. Many are run by teenagers.

14 days ago

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Russia was expected to block Telegram in April. It appears to have done it two weeks early.

14 days ago

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