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19.09.2026

The second day of voting is slowly coming to an end. What happened today?

19.09.2026

'You are nobody', phone attacks and ballot stuffing. The second day of voting

18.09.2026

Observers denied entry, problems with cameras and threats: The results of the first day of voting

18.09.2026

The Ministry of Justice has declared director Andrey Zvyagintsev a “foreign agent.”

18.09.2026

A non-functioning flash drive, too much walking, and reports every two hours: How the elections began

18.09.2026

The FSB has once again started summoning scholars who signed the anti-war letter in 2022 for questioning.

18.09.2026

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Meduza journalist Vladislav Gorin on the wanted list.

17.09.2026

Zhanna Nemtsova has been placed on the international wanted list

17.09.2026

Meduza has obtained the authorities’ plan to combat extremism. What has come to light from it?

16.09.2026

Ksenia Maksimova, the UK consul of the “Anti-War Committee of Russia,” has been declared wanted.

15.09.2026

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has declared a former Wagner PMC mercenary, who had criticised the Ministry of Defence, wanted.

14.09.2026

A court has banned online publication of a book about the love between a Russian and a Canadian ice hockey player.

14.09.2026

Nadezhdin and several independent media outlets have reported mass bot manipulation in Telegram channels.

14.09.2026

Yabloko candidate to miss elections due to detention. How the party is being removed from State Duma and regional elections

14.09.2026

A criminal case has been opened against Noize MC. The prosecutor’s office found his words at a concert to be “justifying terrorism.”

11.09.2026

The Ministry of Justice has removed Yevgeny Ponasenkov from the register of 'foreign agents'

11.09.2026

A developer took internal documents about FSB surveillance out of Russia. What these documents have revealed

Under the Umbrella of Extremism: How Russia Bans Ideas, People, and Imaginary Movements

Under the Umbrella of Extremism: How Russia Bans Ideas, People, and Imaginary Movements

29.07.2026

Yabloko has been allowed to participate in the State Duma elections. It is the only party in Russia with an anti-war stance.

Protests on March 29—what actually happened

Protests on March 29—what actually happened

“We went from space exploration to whitelists”