Headlines from an alternate reality - Meduza
4 days ago · Like in previous years, Russian propaganda outlets and pro-Kremlin Telegram channels spent 2024 spreading all manner of fake news stories about Ukraine, its leaders, its policies, and its allies. Journalists from the fact-checking project Provereno.Media have compiled a list of the most widespread — and most memorable — examples. Meduza shares a …
A glimpse of home - Meduza
4 days ago · 2024 has finally come to an end. Normally, we’d throw in a tired joke here about how difficult the year was. But frankly, it wasn’t just difficult — for many, it was devastating. It marked the third year of full-scale war in Ukraine, the death of Alexey Navalny, and even more domestic repressions from the Kremlin. If you’re a regular reader of Meduza, you already know all of this.
Generation P What we know about the Russians who came of age …
4 days ago · “Generation Putin” is the name sometimes given to people who have lived their entire lives under Vladimir Putin’s rule in Russia. In the past decade, these people have come of age, and now make up the cohort of young adults who will inherit whatever follows Putin in Russia. It’s never easy to characterize generational cohorts, and in the tumult of Putin’s …
Russian court orders Yandex to remove maps and photos of oil …
4 days ago · A Moscow court has ordered Yandex to remove images of an oil refinery from its mapping service, citing the risk of Ukrainian drone attacks, TASS reported, referencing court documents. The ruling requires Yandex to “exclude access to information” about the refinery by “removing or retouching ...
Police in Russia’s Far East detain club staff over alleged events ...
5 days ago · Police in Yakutsk, Russia, detained staff from the local club Number One for questioning after city officials accused the venue of hosting events centered on LGBTQ+ themes, SakhaDaily reported.. A January 2 post on the Yakutsk administrative commission’s Telegram channel alleged that the Chinese club and restaurant Number One had engaged in the “public …
The most difficult year A military expert, a political scientist, and a ...
5 days ago · In 2024, the third year of Moscow’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine suffered significant territorial losses in Donbas and launched an incursion into western Russia, gaining a foothold in several districts of the Kursk region. Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, tightened mobilization procedures and postponed elections until the end of martial law, which has been repeatedly …
‘This must be a terrible mistake’ - Meduza
5 days ago · Russia may be grappling with a severe doctor shortage, but that hasn’t stopped the authorities from targeting the medical professionals they do have. In 2024, the Kremlin started cracking down on doctors perceived, even faintly, as deviating from the party line. Novaya Gazeta Europe took a look back at just a few of the medical professionals who’ve found themselves in …
Slovak prime minister threatens to cut support for Ukrainian …
4 days ago · Slovakia’s ruling Direction – Social Democracy party is prepared to discuss “significantly reducing” subsidies for Ukrainians living in the country, Prime Minister Robert Fico said.. Fico’s remarks came in response to Kyiv’s decision to stop Russian gas transit through Ukrainian territory as of January 1, 2025.
Russian officials say Kerch Strait spill is world’s first accident ...
5 days ago · Russia’s Transport Ministry said on Thursday that far less oil has leaked into the Black Sea than initially feared after two tankers wrecked during a storm last month in the Kerch Strait. According to officials, the damaged ships spilled roughly 2,400 metric tons (634,000 gallons) of petroleum products — about a quarter of the tankers’ total haul. However, the …
Russian authorities launch ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ case ... - Meduza
5 days ago · Police in Russia’s Leningrad region have arrested three schoolchildren aged 10 and 11 for extinguishing an eternal flame monument by throwing snow on it, the newspaper Fontanka reported on Thursday.. The Investigative Committee’s local branch opened a case on charges of “rehabilitating Nazism,” a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.