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Russians are voting again for regional offices, and Meduza’s sources say the elections will test the Kremlin’s plan to replace the Communist Party

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‘I wanted to fight this horror’ The growing number of Russian teenagers going to prison on sabotage charges

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‘It’s getting harder and harder to hide’ How children living under Russian occupation have secretly continued attending Ukrainian schools

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Russia is rolling out an unprecedented military enlistment ad campaign amid Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region

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What Mongolia’s decision to defy an international warrant for Putin’s arrest and welcome him with open arms means for the country and the Kremlin

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Who wants to live forever? Inside the Russian authorities’ plan to develop anti-aging technology — even as they keep sending soldiers to die in droves

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‘All systems have vulnerabilities’ Russian officials are still using civilian messaging apps for state business — despite the risks

5:07 pm, September 3, 2024

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Russian missile strike in Ukraine’s Poltava kills at least 51 people and injures over 200

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Russian traffic deaths are on the rise, in part due to wartime airport closures and crashes caused by soldiers

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A tipping point As Ukrainian defenses falter under simultaneous Russian attacks, the Kursk offensive risks plunging Ukraine into a strategic crisis

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Meet the Palianytsia Everything we know about Ukraine’s new homegrown ‘drone-missile’ — and Kyiv’s plans to use it on Russian territory

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Here’s what to expect from France’s case against Telegram and Pavel Durov

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Builders in Solidarity A rambunctious Russian-speaking union shakes up Sweden’s labor movement

4:53 pm, August 16, 2024

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‘Compulsory medical measures’ How punitive psychiatry returned to Russia in wartime

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Taking on ‘alien clothing’ The context and consequences of Tajikistan’s hijab ban

1:42 pm, July 29, 2024

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The Beet: A new email dispatch from Meduza

2 years ago

‘Everything is better’ Why a growing number of migrant workers from Uzbekistan are choosing Poland over Russia

12:53 pm, August 6, 2024

Dispatch from Odesskoye In remote Siberia, one family opposes a war their Ukrainian neighbors support

1:14 pm, July 12, 2024

A geopolitical paradox Former diplomat Sergi Kapanadze on Georgia’s upcoming elections, the people’s E.U. aspirations, and the government’s drift towards Russia

1:50 pm, July 19, 2024

The Naked Pravda

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The science of Russian Internet censorship and surveillance

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Russian conscripts and Ukraine's Kursk offensive

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21 days ago

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The long-term economic effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine

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3 months ago

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How can Ukraine hold the line against Russia?

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Kazakhstan's landmark murder trial

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Meduza and the war

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If it’s a fight they want, it’s a fight they’ll get Meduza responds to the Russian authorities’ decision to outlaw our journalism

2 years ago

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Life after ‘undesirability’ Now that Meduza has been outlawed, these are the risks involved in reading and sharing our work from inside Russia

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Meduza is granting open access to all coverage of the war in Ukraine under a Creative Commons license You can reprint our articles about the conflict in full — anywhere you like

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The Beet: A new email dispatch from Meduza

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