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Independent news from Russia. Investigative reporting, courtroom live-blogging, digital censorship coverage (now censored in Russia)

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As the war grinds on, Russia continues to pursue citizens who call out even its most glaring attacks.

Journalist Ksenia Luchenko has now been charged with spreading “fake news about the military” after posting about the 2024 strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital

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November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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From our censored in Russia project. Ghosts, s2e10. Captain Isaac Higgintoot is confronted about his homosexuality by his wife and Benjamin Franklin. A true nightmare for Russian censors
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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From our Censored in Russia project. Interview with the Vampire, s1e2. The main characters of the show, a male vampire couple, devour an opera singer. The problem of Russian censors isn’t the violence—the problem is the vampire’s romantic relations
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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From our Censored in Russia project. The New Pope, episode 4. At an audience with John Paul III (Malkovich), Marilyn Manson talks about his pharmacological experiments.

More examples of censorship:

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November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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From our Censored in Russia project. Succession, s2e10. Shiv Roy and her husband Tom discuss a prospective candidate for a threesome—something unbearable for Russian censors.

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November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Although the share of officers among total casualties has steadily decreased since the war began, as of today, over 6 thousand officers from the Russian army and other security agencies had been confirmed dead

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November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Mediazona, together with the BBC’s Russian Service and a team of volunteers, keeps updating the count of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine. No detailed report this week, only refreshed numbers: 149,241 KIA personnel known by name

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November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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From our Censored in Russia projet. Game of Thrones, s2e7. Jaime Lannister explains to Catelyn Stark that he's been loyal to his sister and never slept with anyone else.

More censorship:

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November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Tarot reader from Krasnodar fined for publishing an image of a card. The woman's socials account, "Alyona, the Goddess of Tarot," contained the 15th trump or Major Arcana card, the Devil. Satanism has been banned in Russia as extremist since July 2025

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November 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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From our Censored in Russia project. The White Lotus, s1e2. Olivia Mossbacher (Sydney Sweeney) has an argument with her mother, successful entrepreneur Nicole (Connie Britton), comparing her with the ultimate evil: Vladimir Putin
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Mediazona developed an algorithm that reveals Russian censorship in Western TV shows. Follow to see the most striking and absurd:

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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The crackdown clock in St Petersburg ticks to its own rhythm:

13 days in jail
release
13 days in jail
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13 days in jail (we are now here)

A new sad update to our article about the Stoptime band: en.zona.media/article/2025...
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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On Friday, our confirmed count of Russia’s war dead passed 145,000. We noted a sharp rise in the number of teenagers killed at the front, fueled by new laws allowing 18-year-olds and criminal suspects to be recruited from detention.

Read the full story: en.zona.media/article/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Bis zum 7. November sind über 145.000 russische Soldaten gestorben. Viele der 5.000 neuen Namen waren lange vermisst und jetzt bestätigt tot. Darunter Hunderte Jugendliche, einige nur einen Monat nach der Rekrutierung. Bericht lesen: zona.media/article/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Plus de 145 000 soldats russes confirmés morts au 7 novembre. Parmi les 5 000 nouveaux noms, beaucoup étaient portés disparus. Des centaines étaient des adolescents, certains morts seulement un mois après leur enrôlement.

Lire le rapport : zona.media/article/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Más de 145 000 soldados rusos muertos hasta el 7 noviembre. Muchos de los 5 000 nombres recientes eran desaparecidos confirmados. Entre ellos, cientos de adolescentes, algunos muertos un mes tras enlistarse.

Lee la actualización: zona.media/article/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Over 145 thousand Russian soldiers. That’s the confirmed death toll as of 7 November.

Many of the 5K names added in the past two weeks weren’t new losses, they were men missing for months or years, now confirmed dead.

Read the update: en.zona.media/article/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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He turned 18, signed a contract, and was dead a month later. Our analysis finds hundreds of teenage recruits among Russia’s war dead, a rise fuelled by relaxing laws and allowing criminal suspects to sign contracts from detention.

Read the full update: en.zona.media/article/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Data from the Central Bank shows an influx of volunteers into the Russian army: over 69,000 loan deferrals for them in the third quarter of 2025. Since September 2022, when Russia announced the mobilisation and passed a law on benefits, almost 658,000 deferrals have been granted
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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These 18 Ukrainians were captured by Russia, tortured and tried for their connection to the Aidar Battalion. Two were exchanged, one vanished in Russia’s prison system, fifteen were sentences to terms from 15 to 21 years:

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October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Activist Mikhail Pushnitsky, 78, was detained at the Levashovo cemetery in St. Petersburg. He came there on October 30, Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression. A court fined him $375 for "discrediting" the army: he wore a "Peace to Ukraine" yellow-blue pin.

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October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The prosecution alleges the group helped transport 21 tons of explosives, disguised as rolls of packaging film, from Odesa through Bulgaria, Georgia, and Armenia into Russia.

The SBU has previously claimed responsibility for the operation, which killed five people

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October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The prosecution has requested life sentences for all 8 defendants in the trial over the Oct. 2022 Crimean bridge attack (a truck full of explosives detonated).

The defendants, who include 6 businessmen, a farmer and a truck driver, are accused of facilitating the attack

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October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Street musician Diana “Naoko” Loginova and guitarist Alexander Orlov have each been jailed for 13 more days in St. Petersburg: “organising a public event” and “petty hooliganism.”

Amid all the crackdown, Orlov proposed to Naoko in court

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October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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In case you missed it last week: our confirmed count of Russia’s war dead is now at 140,101 (the lowest, verified named count).

Full update in English: en.zona.media/article/2025...
German: zona.media/article/2025...
French: zona.media/article/2025...
Spanish: zona.media/article/2025...
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM