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Loans for scares . In Georgia, a news network’s propagandistic turn and an alleged loansharking scheme lead back to the same London-based firm
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/10/11/loans-for-scares
Published: October 11, 2024 12:53
In the run-up to this month’s parliamentary vote, Georgia’s political crisis has continued to spiral on both the domestic and foreign policy fronts, with the ruling Georgian Dream party cracking down on journalists and civil society, curtailing LGBTQ+…
Russia launches counterattack in Kursk region, reportedly seizing over 14 square miles in a day and threatening to surround Ukrainian troops
Published: October 11, 2024 10:16
Russia launched a large-scale offensive in the Kursk region on Thursday, breaking through Ukrainian defenses, according to both Ukrainian and Russian sources. The Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that Ukrainian forces may have lost up to 14.7…
Kyiv confirms death of Viktoria Roshchyna, Ukrainian journalist held in Russian captivity since August 2023
Published: October 10, 2024 16:51
Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna has died in Russian custody, the Ukrainian authorities confirmed on Thursday. She was 27.
The Russian army is increasingly relying on older recruits — but frontline soldiers say ‘grandpas’ aren’t fit for war
Published: October 10, 2024 15:01
As the war in Ukraine drags far into its third year, the ranks of the Russian army are increasingly filled with older fighters, according to a new report from Verstka. Government and military sources report a steady rise in the number of Russian contract…
In first public comments on Wildberries shooting, Kadyrov declares ‘blood feud’ against federal lawmakers who he claims ordered his murder
Published: October 10, 2024 13:31
Three weeks after the ongoing feud between Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim and her Kadyrov-backed husband Vladislav Bakalchuk escalated into a deadly shootout at the company’s Moscow headquarters, the Chechen governor has broken his silence. In footage of a…
The Kremlin’s campaign to make education more ‘patriotic’ reaches English language classes with new ‘Glorious Russia’ textbook
Published: October 10, 2024 10:52
The Russian authorities’ drive to revamp the country’s education system into a more explicitly patriotic endeavor has found a new frontier: the English language. Four schools in the Tver region are set to begin using new English textbooks whose content is…
With Vuhledar lost and another Ukrainian stronghold in danger, Russia could take southern Donbas by year’s end
Published: October 9, 2024 17:59
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed…
Russian activist Dmitry Skurikhin, once a popular local politician, returns to cold welcome from neighbors after serving time for anti-war posters
Published: October 9, 2024 17:11
Dmitry Skurikhin has been painting political slogans on the front of his shopping center for over a decade. It wasn’t until 2022, however, that his protests made international headlines: shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale war against Ukraine,…
‘Mom, I’m probably going to die soon’: Russian teenager in prison for anti-Putin flyers says cellmate brutally beat him
Published: October 8, 2024 16:13
Arseny Turbin, a Russian 16-year-old sentenced to five years in a juvenile detention facility on terrorism charges, told his mother in a recent letter that he’s suffered physical and psychological abuse in detention. Turbin’s supporters, who published an…
New Russian law lets criminal suspects join the army at any stage of their trial — and leaves their victims living in fear
Published: October 8, 2024 15:24
Last week, Vladimir Putin signed into law two bills allowing defendants awaiting sentencing to sign contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry in exchange for avoiding prison time and criminal liability. While the change may seem relatively insignificant,…
Imprisoned, tortured, and killed at the front: The life and death of anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin
Published: October 7, 2024 17:32
When he joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ildar Dadin chose the nom de guerre “Gandhi.” The Russian opposition activist, who was the first person prosecuted under the Kremlin’s 2014 law criminalizing repeated violations of the rules for conducting public…
The Kremlin’s new tax policy will send car prices skyrocketing but earn the government billions
Published: October 7, 2024 14:41
On October 1, Russia introduced a new scale for its vehicle scrappage, or “recycling,” fee, raising rates for passenger cars by 70–85 percent in a single day. The government has also planned annual increases of 10–20 percent through 2030. This fee, applied…
Russia’s Defense Ministry could recruit at least 225,000 contract soldiers over next three years, budget allocations show
Published: October 4, 2024 14:37
Over the next three years, Russia’s Defense Ministry could recruit at least 225,000 contract soldiers, according to estimates from the independent outlet iStories, which reviewed the government’s draft federal budget for 2025-2027.
Horses, Hyundais, and headless rubber goats: A dispatch from the 5th World Nomad Games
Published: October 4, 2024 14:09
Since its debut in Kyrgyzstan 10 years ago, the World Nomad Games has grown into the largest international ethnic sports competition and earned a spot on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. This year, more than 2,500 participants from 89 countries…
Russia’s war made Ukraine the most heavily mined country in the world. See how specialists work to clear battlefields of unexploded ordnance.
Published: October 4, 2024 13:41
After Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine became the most heavily mined country in the world. “In Ukraine, because of the nature and the intensity of the conflict, we’re often seeing double or triple or even quadruple amputees, and a lot of those injured…