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Trump denies a WSJ report about U.S. assistance in Ukraine's long-range strikes inside Russia. Catch that news and other breaking stories in Meduza's daily digest. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump denies a WSJ report about U.S. assistance in Ukraine's long-range strikes inside Russia. Catch that news and other breaking stories in Meduza's daily digest. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally bestowed medals on more than a dozen senior officers who fought against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region. But what's next for Pyongyang in the war? meduza.io/en/feature/2...
August 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally bestowed medals on more than a dozen senior officers who fought against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region. But what's next for Pyongyang in the war? meduza.io/en/feature/2...
In 2025, regional authorities across Russia have continued cracking down on the kinds of jobs foreigners can hold. Here’s the list so far.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 2025, regional authorities across Russia have continued cracking down on the kinds of jobs foreigners can hold. Here’s the list so far.
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Correspondents from the independent journalists’ cooperative Bereg visited Russia's polluted Black Sea coast for a firsthand look at one of the strangest tourism seasons in recent memory. That report is now available in English. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
July 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Correspondents from the independent journalists’ cooperative Bereg visited Russia's polluted Black Sea coast for a firsthand look at one of the strangest tourism seasons in recent memory. That report is now available in English. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Journalist Joshua Yaffa joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his recent New Yorker article, “Collective Punishment: Why is Donald Trump upending America’s commitment to NATO?” and how the looming threats of Russian aggression and U.S. withdrawal are pressuring Europe. meduza.io/en/episodes/...
July 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Journalist Joshua Yaffa joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his recent New Yorker article, “Collective Punishment: Why is Donald Trump upending America’s commitment to NATO?” and how the looming threats of Russian aggression and U.S. withdrawal are pressuring Europe. meduza.io/en/episodes/...
Historian and Pulitzer-winner Benjamin Nathans joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his new book, "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement." meduza.io/en/episodes/...
June 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Historian and Pulitzer-winner Benjamin Nathans joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his new book, "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement." meduza.io/en/episodes/...
Anthropologist @jeremymorris.bsky.social joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his latest book, "Everyday Politics in Russia." Tune in for talk about his extensive fieldwork, Russians' responses to the USSR's collapse, capitalist social Darwinism, and the war in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/episodes/...
May 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Anthropologist @jeremymorris.bsky.social joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his latest book, "Everyday Politics in Russia." Tune in for talk about his extensive fieldwork, Russians' responses to the USSR's collapse, capitalist social Darwinism, and the war in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/episodes/...
Alex Jones isn't the only one with night terrors about "gay frogs." Just try sharing rainbow-wigged Pepe memes in Russia’s Novgorod region. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
May 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Alex Jones isn't the only one with night terrors about "gay frogs." Just try sharing rainbow-wigged Pepe memes in Russia’s Novgorod region. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
As the traffic police chief of Stavropol Krai, he owned a mansion featuring a gold-plated toilet and sink, along with several other properties. Now, Alexey Safonov is headed to prison for 20 years. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
May 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
As the traffic police chief of Stavropol Krai, he owned a mansion featuring a gold-plated toilet and sink, along with several other properties. Now, Alexey Safonov is headed to prison for 20 years. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
Dmitry Medvedev used some, erm, interesting visual aids in an educational lecture earlier this week. Kids, are you ready to learn about "deranged Nazi junkies" and "getting raped by the lords of darkness"? meduza.io/en/feature/2...
April 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Dmitry Medvedev used some, erm, interesting visual aids in an educational lecture earlier this week. Kids, are you ready to learn about "deranged Nazi junkies" and "getting raped by the lords of darkness"? meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The Naked Pravda is back! And we're interviewing journalist and author Jill Dougherty about her new memoir, "My Russia: What I Saw Inside the Kremlin." (The podcast is now available in both video and audio versions.) meduza.io/en/episodes/...
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Naked Pravda is back! And we're interviewing journalist and author Jill Dougherty about her new memoir, "My Russia: What I Saw Inside the Kremlin." (The podcast is now available in both video and audio versions.) meduza.io/en/episodes/...
The exhibition “No” has opened at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin. If you're in town, you should swing by! Admission is free. If not, take a look at these photos from opening day. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
April 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The exhibition “No” has opened at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin. If you're in town, you should swing by! Admission is free. If not, take a look at these photos from opening day. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Meduza summarizes a bizarre proclamation issued this week by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. Someone at the agency has high hopes for an alliance with the U.S. against "Eurofascism." meduza.io/en/feature/2...
April 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Meduza summarizes a bizarre proclamation issued this week by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. Someone at the agency has high hopes for an alliance with the U.S. against "Eurofascism." meduza.io/en/feature/2...
A day after his predecessor was arrested for embezzlement, acting Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein had his office blessed by an Orthodox priest on Thursday. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
April 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A day after his predecessor was arrested for embezzlement, acting Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein had his office blessed by an Orthodox priest on Thursday. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
London (we were kicked out from our original spot, but we found a new one 😉)
January 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
London (we were kicked out from our original spot, but we found a new one 😉)
Here’s how it looks in Berlin
January 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here’s how it looks in Berlin
How to get canceled in Russia's Sverdlovsk region: mess with the wardrobes of Vladimir Lenin and Catherine the Great. https://buff.ly/3PcF8Vq
December 26, 2024 at 7:50 PM
How to get canceled in Russia's Sverdlovsk region: mess with the wardrobes of Vladimir Lenin and Catherine the Great. https://buff.ly/3PcF8Vq
In early Sept, Putin told an audience at the Eastern Economic Forum that the main goal of his “special military operation” is “the liberation of the Donbas.” Here's what it looks like in practice, via the Russian state's own photographers. https://buff.ly/3ZJsinD
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 PM
In early Sept, Putin told an audience at the Eastern Economic Forum that the main goal of his “special military operation” is “the liberation of the Donbas.” Here's what it looks like in practice, via the Russian state's own photographers. https://buff.ly/3ZJsinD
A small asteroid streaked across the sky over northern Siberia about an hour after midnight on Wednesday morning. Roughly 70 centimeters in diameter, the celestial object lit up the night for five seconds before disintegrating in a flash. https://buff.ly/3ZbTCcs
December 3, 2024 at 11:11 PM
A small asteroid streaked across the sky over northern Siberia about an hour after midnight on Wednesday morning. Roughly 70 centimeters in diameter, the celestial object lit up the night for five seconds before disintegrating in a flash. https://buff.ly/3ZbTCcs
Desperate evacuees from Olgovka, a village in Russia’s Kursk region that’s seen ongoing fighting throughout Ukraine’s cross-border offensive, have published a video appeal to Vladimir Putin.
November 14, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Desperate evacuees from Olgovka, a village in Russia’s Kursk region that’s seen ongoing fighting throughout Ukraine’s cross-border offensive, have published a video appeal to Vladimir Putin.
Several libraries in Russia’s Belgorod region have unpublished indexes honoring local men killed in Ukraine after antiwar activists spread fake military recruitment flyers that directed readers to the “Memory Z” lists. https://buff.ly/3YSiRBC
November 4, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Several libraries in Russia’s Belgorod region have unpublished indexes honoring local men killed in Ukraine after antiwar activists spread fake military recruitment flyers that directed readers to the “Memory Z” lists. https://buff.ly/3YSiRBC
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church warned against "attempts to revive paganism,” saying neopaganism has infiltrated certain “military circles” in Russia. He complained specifically about Halloween and Natalia Poklonskaya's Celtic cosplay. https://buff.ly/4f8Rvx4
November 2, 2024 at 3:48 PM
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church warned against "attempts to revive paganism,” saying neopaganism has infiltrated certain “military circles” in Russia. He complained specifically about Halloween and Natalia Poklonskaya's Celtic cosplay. https://buff.ly/4f8Rvx4
During a field trip to a military base this weekend, a group of Russian kindergarteners were gifted a diorama of the ruins of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which was destroyed in the course of Russia’s months-long offensive.
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October 21, 2024 at 11:32 AM
During a field trip to a military base this weekend, a group of Russian kindergarteners were gifted a diorama of the ruins of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which was destroyed in the course of Russia’s months-long offensive.
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