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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 8h
Kyiv’s drone threat is no longer confined to nighttime. Russia now uses faster, jet-powered drones and attacks in waves through the day — a tactic that wears down air defenses and has made attacks a daily reality. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Russia is wearing down Kyiv’s air defenses with near-daily drone attacks. Now the strikes continue into daylight. — Meduza
Russia has changed how it attacks Kyiv. It now uses jet-powered drones to strike the Ukrainian capital and other cities. These drones are faster than conventional models and harder to shoot down. The…
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Ukrainian officials say Russian overnight strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed three people, including a child, and injured seven. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 188 drones plus anti-ship and ballistic missiles. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region kill three, including a child, and wound seven — Meduza
Russian forces continued to strike Kyiv with drones and various types of missiles. An attack early on September 30 killed two people and injured four in Kyiv, the city administration said.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 16h
Moscow’s 104-year-old Shukhov Tower is set to be dismantled and rebuilt almost entirely from new metal by 2028. Preservation experts say the project would effectively destroy Vladimir Shukhov’s original engineering landmark. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Moscow is about to ‘restore’ its landmark 1922 Shukhov radio tower — by dismantling it and replacing almost all of its original steel — Meduza
The Shabolovka Tower is engineer Vladimir Shukhov’s best-known structure. Once the Soviet Union’s main radio and television transmitter, it was a landmark engineering achievement of the New Economic…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 16h
To cover rising military costs, Russia plans to cut 2027 spending on social policy (which covers pensions and maternity benefits) by 7%, healthcare by 6.8%, and education by 6% versus last year’s plan, Reuters reports. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Reuters: Russia is budgeting a record 17.1 trillion rubles for the military in 2027, while cutting planned spending on welfare, education, and healthcare — Meduza
Russia will cut funding for social programs, education, and healthcare in its 2027 budget compared with last year’s plan to help cover rising military spending, Reuters reported after reviewing…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 16h
Alla Demidova turns 90 today. Theater critic Alla Shenderova argues that her career repeatedly broke new ground — from taking on Hamlet to founding one of the USSR’s first independent theaters and championing radical texts. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Soviet and Russian actress Alla Demidova, who turns 90 today, built a career on firsts. One of them was speaking the word ‘erection’ on a Russian stage. — Meduza
Alla Demidova turned 90 on September 29. An actress, writer, and scholar of Russia’s Silver Age, she has worked in film and theater with leading directors at home and abroad, including Andrei…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 17h
Pope Leo XIV has warned European leaders against the “illusion that rearmament is the answer” to Russia’s war in Ukraine, urging “courage” in negotiations and a willingness to give up “some positions” for peace. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Pope Leo XIV urges European leaders to be willing to make concessions to help end Russia–Ukraine war — but doesn’t say what should be conceded — Meduza
Pope Leo XIV has urged European leaders seeking to end Russia’s war against Ukraine to be ready to make concessions for the sake of peace. He made the remarks yesterday during a visit to France.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 17h
Ekaterina Schulmann claims that election expert Alexander Kynev's leg was broken in two places during his arrest and that electrical means were used in a failed attempt to force a treason confession. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Yekaterina Schulmann says Russian election expert Alexander Kynev’s leg was broken while he was being pressured to confess to treason — Meduza
Political scientist Alexander Kynev, who was arrested on drug charges, had his leg broken by people demanding that he confess to treason, fellow political scientist Yekaterina Schulmann said on the…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 18h
Vladimir Putin has capped cash ruble exports to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Individuals taking over 1M need bank proof, while businesses face an outright ban (with transit and diplomatic exceptions). meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Putin imposes new limits on taking cash rubles out of Russia — Meduza
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree barring people from taking more than 1 million rubles in cash from Russia to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan,…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 18h
Two of Krasnoyarsk’s five maternity hospitals will close by year’s end as regional officials cite a nearly 50% drop in births since 2014. Staff at both facilities oppose the move and have twice appealed to Putin to intervene. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk to close two of its five maternity hospitals after regional birth rate nearly halves — Meduza
Two of Krasnoyarsk’s five maternity hospitals, Nos. 4 and 6, will close at the end of 2026. That will leave Leninsky District without a maternity hospital and reduce the number in Sovetsky District…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 19h
Landlines are seeing a state-sector revival in Russia: spending by state companies more than tripled year over year to 118 million rubles in January–August. An industry group told Vedomosti that internet restrictions are driving demand. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian state companies more than triple spending on landline phones amid internet restrictions — Meduza
State-owned companies spent 118 million rubles on landline phones from January through August 2026, more than triple the amount spent in the same period a year earlier, Vedomosti reported, citing…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 19h
Rights groups say some Russian notaries have refused or limited conscripts' powers of attorney for representation at enlistment offices and draft boards, sometimes demanding records they cannot require. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Some Russian notaries won’t certify powers of attorney for draft-age men seeking representation at enlistment offices unless the men prove they have no pending summonses, rights groups say — Meduza
The rights groups School for Conscripts and the Movement of Conscientious Objectors say they have received reports from Moscow and the Samara region of notaries refusing to issue powers of attorney…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 20h
Estonia has accused Russian intelligence of ordering an arson attack on Milrem Robotics, a Tallinn defense company that makes unmanned ground vehicles used by Ukraine. The August fire caused no injuries, and Moscow says the allegation is baseless. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Estonia accuses Russian intelligence services of ordering arson at defense-robotics company supplying Ukraine — Meduza
Estonia has concluded that an arson attack at a building belonging to the defense company Milrem Robotics was an act of sabotage ordered by Russian intelligence services, Foreign Minister Margus…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 20h
A Russian Tu-95 military aircraft crashed in the Amur region, killing six people, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. Unconfirmed reports linked the plane to Ukrainka air base, about 30 miles from the crash site. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber crashes in country’s Far East, killing six — Meduza
Russian Telegram channels with ties to the security services reported that a military plane crashed near the village of Krasnoyarovo in the Amur region.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 21h
The Atlantic reports Trump approved a proposal to offer Russia sanctions relief for releasing political prisoners. Zelensky says he will try to "block" any easing before the war ends, while the Trump administration argues economic ties could help advance peace. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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The Atlantic: Trump backs plan to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for political prisoners without waiting for the Ukraine war to end — Meduza
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a proposal to ease sanctions on Russia in exchange for the release of political prisoners, The Atlantic reports.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 21h
Russian-Canadian philosopher Nikolai Zyuzev returned to his hometown in 2025. He was arrested and later sentenced to 7 years for treason. Meduza looks at Russian returnees with Ukraine ties or anti-government/antiwar activity ending up behind bars. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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‘Yes, I regret going’: Russian IT specialist returned to Russia to visit his ailing father and was charged with treason over €30 sent to his ex-girlfriend in Ukraine. — Meduza
A court in Russia’s Komi Republic recently sentenced philosophy instructor Nikolai Zyuzev to seven years in a penal colony. He left Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began but returned…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 22h
Russia's Yabloko party leader has been cited for "petty hooliganism" after deliberately invalidating his State Duma ballot by checking every box and writing “Yabloko: For peace” and “Yabloko: For a ceasefire agreement.” meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian opposition party leader is cited for ‘petty hooliganism’ after writing pro-peace, pro-ceasefire statements on his election ballot — Meduza
Yabloko Party leader Nikolai Rybakov has been cited for petty hooliganism, an administrative offense under Part 1 of Article 20.1 of Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses, the party’s press office…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 22h
A senior Russian govt source told Reuters that putting European companies’ assets under temporary management is to make EU states “think about” their sanctions. Asked if UniCredit and Raiffeisen are next, the source said: “Let them be scared.” meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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‘Let them be scared.’ Senior Russian government source says temporary takeovers of European companies’ assets are meant to pressure EU over sanctions. — Meduza
“The time has come for asymmetric measures. Let them think about what measures they are taking and what sanctions they are introducing,” a senior Russian government source told Reuters, referring…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 23h
Despite reports this summer that she would be replaced, Lyudmila Narusova has been reappointed as Tuva’s representative in Russia’s Federation Council, where she has served for more than 20 years. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian republic of Tuva reappoints Lyudmila Narusova to Federation Council after reports that the longtime senator would be replaced — Meduza
Lyudmila Narusova will continue to represent Tuva in Russia’s Federation Council. The republic’s head, Vladislav Khovalyg, signed a decree reappointing her.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 23h
After Russia’s State Duma election, 10 VPN services reported a new surge in government blocking. One said disruptions peaked Sept. 25, while two others said all of their foreign locations and server IP addresses had been blocked. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russia steps up VPN blocking after parliamentary elections. Ten services report tighter restrictions in a single week. — Meduza
After the State Duma elections, Russian authorities launched a new round of blocking VPN services. Ten services said they faced tighter restrictions over the past week, Verstka reported. The outlet…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Russia’s jet-powered drones expose a gap in Ukraine’s defenses: They're too fast for electric interceptors, but too cheap and numerous for most missile defenses. Ukraine already uses jet-powered interceptors, but scaling up could cost billions of dollars annually. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Putin claims that Ukraine has no ‘antidote’ to Russia’s new jet-powered drones. Kyiv has already shown it can shoot them down, but doing it at scale could cost billions. — Meduza
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Cultural Forum, Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was seeking an “air ceasefire” out of weakness — especially because it feared Russia’s new jet-powered…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Russia launched another overnight missile-and-drone attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. Fires broke out at an educational facility and on an apartment building’s roof. At least three people were injured and 10 evacuated. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russia attacks Kyiv again with missiles and drones, sparking fires at an educational facility and the roof of a five-story apartment building — Meduza
Russian forces attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight on September 29, Ukraine’s Air Force said. Several districts were hit, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Russian pizza chain Dodo Pizza says hackers breached its IT systems and may have stolen some customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, birth dates, and order details. The company says it does not store payment data. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian pizza chain Dodo Pizza says hackers breached its systems and may have accessed customer data — Meduza
Dodo Pizza said hackers attacked its IT systems and may have stolen some customers’ data.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Vyacheslav Volodin is set to remain speaker of Russia’s State Duma for a third consecutive term after United Russia nominated him. Party leader Dmitry Medvedev said Vladimir Putin supports the choice. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russia’s ruling party nominates Vyacheslav Volodin for a third consecutive term as speaker of the State Duma — Meduza
United Russia has nominated Vyacheslav Volodin as speaker of the new State Duma, party leader Dmitry Medvedev told Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
After days of strikes on Ukrainian data centers, Russia’s Defense Ministry posted a drone image captioned “Digital Detox.” The attacks disrupted internet and TV service, and Ukraine says it is preparing for the worst-case scenario. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Russia keeps attacking Ukrainian data centers, calling it a ‘mandatory digital detox’ — Meduza
Russian forces continue to strike Ukrainian data centers. On September 25, they attacked an office building in Kyiv that houses a Datagroup data center. The center was damaged, but the company said…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Russian street artist Slava Ptrk has unveiled a new work outside his native Yekaterinburg: two roadside signs reading “Unwanted There / Unwanted Here” — his “interim assessment” after four years abroad. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Russian street artist Slava Ptrk sums up four years abroad: ‘Unwanted There / Unwanted Here’ — Meduza
One of Russia’s best-known street artists, Slava Ptrk (Stanislav Komissarov), posted an Instagram photo of a new work exploring his own experience in exile. Komissarov left Russia after its…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Putin has raised the personnel cap for Russia’s military for the fourth time in seven months, adding 15,500 positions. The new ceiling is 2.44 million personnel, including 1.55 million service members. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Putin orders fourth expansion of Russia’s armed forces this year — Meduza
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree authorizing 15,500 additional positions in Russia’s armed forces, raising the authorized total to 2,441,630. The total includes 1,550,500 service…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
A 54-year-old man in Russia’s Irkutsk region was allegedly held, plied with alcohol, and forced to sign papers for contract service. At the enlistment office, he was denied his glasses. His wife took him home when he was let out to smoke. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Family in Russia’s Irkutsk region accuses police of plying a 54-year-old man with alcohol and forcing him to sign papers for military service in Ukraine — Meduza
The family of Vladimir Shch., a 54-year-old businessman from Ust-Kut in Russia’s Irkutsk region, complained to prosecutors that police had forcibly taken him to a military enlistment office, the news…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Days after Finnish President Alexander Stubb urged Elon Musk to expand Starlink coverage for Ukrainian strikes on Russian missile launchers, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called such a move "very damaging" and "reckless." meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Kremlin says enabling Starlink-equipped Ukrainian drones to strike deep inside Russia would be ‘reckless’ — Meduza
Providing Starlink data for strikes deep inside Russia would be “a very damaging, potentially dangerous, and reckless step,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Vesti correspondent Pavel Zarubin.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
More than 650,000 people in Russia’s Far East lost running water after a substation failure shut down four pumping stations in Primorye, emergency officials said. Parts of Vladivostok were affected, with water deliveries arranged for hospitals and clinics. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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More than 650,000 people left without water in Russia’s Far East after substation outage — Meduza
The Shtykovo substation in Primorsky Krai’s Shkotovsky district went offline, shutting down four pumping stations and cutting off cold water to more than 650,000 people, the regional branch…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 29/09/2026
Russian publisher Individuum is shutting down after employees were charged with “extremism” over queer literature. Three figures linked to Individuum and Popcorn Books later received suspended four-year prison sentences. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian publisher Individuum shuts down following queer literature crackdown — Meduza
Individuum is shutting down, its editor-in-chief, Alexey Kiselev, said on the publisher’s Telegram channel on September 28.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
A Russian court sentenced serial killer Alexey Gaskov to life in prison for murdering nine women and one man in the Moscow region in 2002. One victim was a 23-year-old student from Peru. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian court sentences serial killer Alexei Gaskov to life for murdering nine women and one man outside Moscow — Meduza
The Moscow Regional Court sentenced serial killer Alexei Gaskov to life in prison after finding him guilty of murdering nine women and one man. The court also ordered him to pay 3 million rubles.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Two years after Péter Magyar threw a man’s phone into the Danube during a Budapest nightclub altercation, Hungary’s parliament lifted the prime minister’s immunity, allowing a theft investigation against him to begin. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Hungarian parliament strips Prime Minister Péter Magyar of immunity in theft case stemming from 2024 nightclub altercation — Meduza
Hungary’s parliament stripped Prime Minister Péter Magyar of his parliamentary immunity at prosecutors’ request. The motion passed 139-0, with no abstentions.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Alexander Lapin, the Russian general whom the WSJ called responsible for gaps in Russian defenses, will become a deputy prime minister in Tatarstan overseeing support for participants in Russia’s war in Ukraine, regional leader Rustam Minnikhanov announced. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian general Alexander Lapin, dismissed from military service after setbacks in Ukraine, becomes Tatarstan deputy prime minister overseeing war-related affairs — Meduza
Tatarstan’s leader, Rustam Minnikhanov, said the regional government will create a separate department for “supporting participants in the special military operation.” Retired Colonel General…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Putin has signed a decree restricting the publication of Russian fuel and energy data, including export deal parties and volumes. Reuters says the measure is intended to make Western sanctions harder to monitor and enforce. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Putin bans online publication of fuel export and oil refinery processing data in a bid to make Western sanctions harder to enforce — Meduza
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning the publication of information about fuel and energy sector operations in the media and online.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Four years after Putin ordered Russia’s “partial” mobilization, Meduza spoke to two men swept up in it. One is still fighting in Ukraine and says he no longer knows what civilian life feels like. The other deserted and fled to Spain. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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What happened to the Russians Putin mobilized four years ago? Meduza follows two of them — one still at the front, the other now a deserter in Spain. — Meduza
The “partial mobilization” announced four years ago remains in effect: no decree has ever ended it. According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, more than 300,000 people were drafted to fight in the fall…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Ukrainian drone forces say Russian authorities have offered $20 million for information that could help locate commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi through post-Soviet criminal networks, WSJ reports. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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WSJ: Russia offers $20 million reward for capture of Ukrainian drone commander Robert ‘Magyar’ Brovdi — Meduza
The Ukrainian military’s Unmanned Systems Forces told The Wall Street Journal that Russian authorities had offered a $20 million reward through criminal networks across the former Soviet Union for…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić resigned as president 8 months early to run in the Oct. 25 parliamentary election and seek the prime minister's job. Barred from a third presidential term, he is trying to remain in power through a different office. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Aleksandar Vučić resigns as Serbia’s president eight months early to run for prime minister instead — Meduza
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced his resignation. His opponents have demanded it for nearly two years, since 16 people died when a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Fourteen people were killed in a major fire at a fireworks warehouse in Russia’s Yaroslavl region. About 100 firefighters and 40 vehicles remain at the scene, and the region is preparing to declare a state of emergency. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Fire at pyrotechnics warehouse kills 14 in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, damages nine apartment buildings — Meduza
A major fire broke out at a pyrotechnics warehouse in the village of Kubrinsk in Russia’s Yaroslavl region on the afternoon of September 28.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
The EU sanctioned 10 Russian officials tied to barring Yabloko from parliamentary elections. Separately, it targeted people and organizations involved in illegally deporting, assimilating, and indoctrinating Ukrainian children, including North Korea’s Songdowon camp. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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EU sanctions 10 Russian judges, prosecutors, and officials over opposition party Yabloko’s exclusion from parliamentary elections. A North Korean children’s camp is also added to the sanctions list. — Meduza
The European Union has sanctioned Russian judges and prosecution service staff involved in disqualifying the Yabloko Party’s federal candidate list from the State Duma elections.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
At least two people were killed in the Russian attack on Kyiv, and local officials say others were wounded. One drone strike set a science academy building on fire, and another hit a medical training complex. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian drone strike sets a building belonging to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences on fire in central Kyiv, killing at least two people — Meduza
A building belonging to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences caught fire in central Kyiv after a Russian drone strike.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Russia is preparing another sharp increase in military spending: Reuters reports that the 2027 defense budget will rise to a record 17.1 trillion rubles, up 3.6 trillion — or 27% — from what Moscow had previously planned. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Reuters: Russia plans record defense spending of 17 trillion rubles in 2027, 27% more than previously budgeted — Meduza
Russian authorities plan to sharply increase military spending under a new draft budget, Reuters reported, citing Russian government documents it reviewed. Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion rubles…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Hungary's OTP Bank is considering a full exit from Russia as scrutiny mounts over its planned purchase of Baltic lender Luminor, Bloomberg reports. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Bloomberg: Hungary’s OTP Bank considers a full Russia exit as regulators review its purchase of Baltic lender Luminor — Meduza
Hungary’s OTP Bank is considering a complete exit from Russia, Bloomberg reported. The bank has continued operating there since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but its Russian business could…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Russian political scientist Alexander Kynev was severely beaten when detained and suffered two shinbone fractures, a rights-group source says. He's currently hospitalized, and Moscow prison officials are reportedly looking into the matter. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Rights group says Russian elections expert Alexander Kynev was beaten during arrest, hospitalized with two lower-leg fractures — Meduza
Political scientist Alexander Kynev was badly beaten when he was detained on suspicion of attempting to distribute drugs, according to a source cited by the human rights project Slovo Zashchite.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Putin has transferred Metro’s Russian assets to a temporary manager, extending a series of Kremlin interventions in foreign-owned businesses. The German retailer had continued operating in Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Putin places German retailer Metro’s Russian assets under temporary control of a company registered three weeks earlier — Meduza
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree placing German retailer Metro’s Russian assets under temporary management. Metro has remained in the country since the start of Russia’s full-scale…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
South Korea is demanding an apology from Ukraine after Zelensky disclosed the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul. South Korea says the disclosure broke a secrecy agreement. A Zelensky adviser says no such agreement existed. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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South Korea demands an apology from Ukraine for disclosing the secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners — Meduza
South Korea’s presidential office demanded that Ukraine apologize for disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners to Seoul. In a statement quoted by Reuters, the office also accused Ukraine…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
A Russian strike on an apartment building in Kharkiv injured 25 people overnight on Sept. 28, including nine children, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian strike on apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, injures 25 people, including nine children, regional governor says — Meduza
A Russian strike overnight on September 28 destroyed a section of an apartment building in Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi district. Twenty-five people, including nine children, were injured, according…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Russia has opened a criminal case against Ksenia Maximova for alleged participation in a terrorist organization over her cooperation with the Anti-War Committee of Russia. The FSB says she used her London-based group to raise money and aid for Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russia opens criminal case against anti-war organizer, former model, and London councilor Ksenia Maksimova — Meduza
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Ksenia Maksimova, who heads the London-based antiwar group Russian Democratic Society and serves as a councilor for the London Borough of Ealing, has been…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/09/2026
Drone strikes have done billions of rubles in warehouse damage and keep hitting refineries. Now Moscow is sparing businesses hit since January from routine and some snap inspections until October 2027. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russia suspends planned inspections for one year at businesses hit by Ukrainian drone attacks — Meduza
The Russian government has imposed a moratorium on inspections of commercial sites damaged by drone attacks until October 1, 2027.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 27/09/2026
To mark 120 years since Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Meduza examines the composer's wide range of influences, from Bach and Mahler to jazz, film, and Broadway, and how he used them across symphonies, jazz suites, and film scores. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Dmitri Shostakovich at 120: How the icon drew on Bach, jazz, and cinema to create his own musical language — Meduza
Dmitri Shostakovich was born on September 25, 1906. Probably the most famous Soviet composer, he was forced to collaborate with the state even as he suffered under its campaign against “formalism.”…
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 27/09/2026
Sea Launch once combined U.S. financing, Russian and Ukrainian rocketry, and Norwegian shipbuilding. That post-Cold War model went bust in 2009 and collapsed after 2014. S7 stepped in, but delays, sanctions, and war have kept the spaceport in Primorye idle. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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A decade ago, Russian airline group S7 bet on a floating spaceport to break into the commercial launch market. Yet Sea Launch hasn’t launched a rocket in more than 12 years. — Meduza
On September 27, 2016, exactly 10 years ago, S7 struck one of the most ambitious deals in Russian spaceflight: the purchase of Sea Launch, a floating spaceport designed to send commercial payloads…
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