Russia’s largest publishing group has fired employees who refused to work under its new censorship rules, president Oleg Novikov said. Eksmo-AST tightened them under Russia’s new laws after three Popcorn Books staff were prosecuted over queer lit. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, dismisses rumors of a looming fall mobilization as a "paid-for," "lying provocation." Zelensky says otherwise: citing intel, he claims Putin plans to mobilize after Duma elections in Sept. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Russia's top business daily accidentally branded the Decembrists—the officers who revolted against the tsar in 1825—an "undesirable org." The likely cause: an automated tool confused the 19th-century rebels with a German NGO of the same name. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Sales of new electric and hybrid vehicles in Russia rose 80% between June 29 and July 19, leaving some models in short supply. Dealers link the surge to the country's fuel crisis. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Russia has designated SK SOS, a crisis group for LGBTQ+ people and domestic violence survivors in Chechnya, an “extremist” organization. The group says it has no staff or volunteers left inside Russia. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
WSJ correspondent Bojan Pancevski tells Meduza that a Ukrainian special forces team blew up Nord Stream with a rented yacht, 7 people, and about $250k. His new book on the 2022 sabotage also details a failed twin strike on TurkStream. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The Senate's new Russia sanctions bill lets Trump hit Russian goods with a 500% tariff, plus a 100% tariff on the top five buyers of Russian oil and gas and on countries helping Moscow dodge sanctions. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Russian officials are reportedly weighing whether to arm grain ships crossing the Sea of Azov with machine guns and rocket launchers. Under one plan, soldiers would board with the weapons and leave once ships clear the Kerch Strait. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Russian investigators have opened a criminal case after Nikita Zezin, a 67-year-old agricultural scientist, was beaten and died in the hospital. A lawmaker says Zezin's attacker was the father of children caught riding ATVs over his crop fields. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Trump and Zelensky held a White House meeting Tuesday that ran a little over an hour with no press statements before or after. Zelensky called it "good" anyway, saying they discussed licensing Ukraine to build Patriot missiles. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
As Russia intensifies its attacks on Kyiv, residents are once again spending their nights in the city's metro stations. Here's what that's like. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Floodwaters have inundated the Russian city of Tyumen after weeks of heavy rain sent the Tura River above its critical level. Authorities have declared a state of emergency, and residents have been urged to drink only bottled water. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The Russian founder of a cosmetics brand with 1.3 million Instagram followers recorded a video asking the Kremlin to help with the fallout from Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Tyumen Governor Alexander Moor has declared a state of emergency in the city of Tyumen and the Tyumen municipal district because of flooding on the Tura River. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
A Ukrainian drone struck a passenger bus in Russia's Belgorod region, according to the region's acting governor. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Foreigners made 2.99 million tourist trips to Russia between January and June 2026, Kommersant reported, citing Rosstat data. That marks a 19.6% year-over-year decline. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Russian officials say Ukraine launched nearly 400 drones at Moscow and the surrounding region. A drone struck a high-rise apartment building in Chekhov, while a warehouse caught fire in Podolsk. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
During the trip, Zelensky plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and attend a memorial service for U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on July 11. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
On July 20, the Tyumen regional government said the city’s tap water met required standards. Three days later, Russia’s consumer protection agency told residents to drink only bottled water and to boil whatever comes out of the tap. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Starting September 1, Russia widens the legal grounds for killing or removing species on its Red Book, the national list of species at risk of extinction. Construction of federal and regional facilities now qualifies if no other site is available. meduza.io/en/feature/2...