Seventy years ago, Khrushchev broke the USSR’s silence on Stalinism. Here’s what the ‘Secret Speech’ revealed about Soviet terror — and what it left unsaid.
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Authorities in Moscow reportedly arrested between 20 and 45 Iranian citizens for allegedly holding a rally in support of U.S. and Israeli actions in the Middle East.
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The U.S. has asked Ukraine for help fending off Iranian Shahed drones in the Middle East, President Zelensky said on Thursday. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
In the span of just two months, Donald Trump has overseen the forcible removal of two sitting foreign leaders. How does this look from Putin’s view?
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Ukraine and Russia carried out another prisoner swap today, but the war in the Middle East is delaying the next round of peace talks with the United States. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
In Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, the Alabuga Special Economic Zone and its Alabuga Polytechnic vocational school have launched an ad campaign featuring teenagers who describe how they earn money assembling Shahed kamikaze drones.
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The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has left hundreds of Russian tourists stuck in Dubai. They aren’t happy about it.
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As Iran targets energy infrastructure and threatens to attack ships if they enter the Strait of Hormuz, oil and gas prices have surged. The turmoil in global energy markets could ultimately play into Moscow’s hands.
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The Russian Antiwar Committee seeks to unite those who oppose the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Now, it’s officially considered a “terrorist organization” in Russia. meduza.io/en/cards/the...
Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation says it has lost contact with the leadership of Iran’s nuclear industry and has suspended work at the joint Bushehr nuclear facility.
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The escalating conflict in the Middle East has cast doubt on the time and place of planned peace talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States, President Zelensky said on Monday. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Last year, the Russian authorities passed a slew of new laws set to come into force on March 1, 2026. Here’s how these rules, now in effect, will change everyday life in the country.
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Ukrainian counterattacks have regained ground on one stretch of the front. But Russian troops are still pushing toward key cities in Donbas.
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What happened to a billion rubles earmarked for Russian military drones? Federal investigators say the founder of one of the country's biggest pro-war Telegram channels stole it. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The Russian Orthodox Church’s exarchate in Africa is involved in a scheme recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight in Ukraine.
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Russia’s State Duma is moving to criminalize denial of the “genocide of the Soviet people.” The term wasn’t even used in the USSR.
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Former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, the latest high-profile Ukrainian official ensnared in “Mindichgate,” was detained while attempting to leave the country. Here’s how he rose to power — and what he’s accused of.
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Putin has established a new presidential commission tasked with “neutralizing” key risks and threats arising from AI technologies. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
The “leftover change” from building Putin’s infamous Black Sea “palace” was funneled to his longtime rumored partner Alina Kabaeva, according to a new investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The Russian authorities reportedly plan to permanently block Telegram in early April. But not on the front lines, where Russian troops rely on the messaging app to coordinate their actions.
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In the mid-1980s, a giant fiberglass sphere appeared deep in the forests of Russia’s Tver region. Over the next four decades, the abandoned dome became a pilgrimage site for off-road drivers, hikers, musicians, hippies, and conspiracy theorists.
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Journalists have unearthed a scientific paper trail connecting the rare toxin used to kill Alexey Navalny to Russian labs implicated in the 2020 attempt on his life. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
In Russia, even death doesn’t mean you’re off the government’s terrorist watchlist. Among the more than 20,000 names on the government’s list of “terrorists and extremists,” we found around 100 people who have already died.
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Russia and Ukraine have both quietly abandoned their original war aims. Yet neither is ready to stop. So now they’re each fighting for a symbolic foothold — and waiting for the other side to blink first.
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Is Russia really losing 50,000 soldiers a month? A close look at inheritance registries reveals a massive data distortion. Thousands of men missing since the war began are suddenly being declared dead all at once, meaning Western estimates may be way off. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its fifth year, we asked four young Russians with anti-war views to explain how the past four years have shaped their sense of self, their country, and their hopes for the future.
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More than 200,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine have been identified by name, but geographic analysis reveals that major cities remain “largely untouched” by military casualties. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine, unleashing a vast and ongoing humanitarian disaster. Four years on, our Ukrainian and Russian readers share how their own lives have changed.
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In his video address marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Zelensky reveals the bunker where he coordinated Ukraine’s defense in 2022. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Was Russia’s president hiding in plain sight all along? International Crisis Group senior Ukraine analyst Lucian Kim — who reported on the Kremlin for two decades — argues Putin was never a black box. On today’s Naked Pravda, he explains what we missed.
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