Notices by Meduza in English (meduza_en@masto.ai)

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a lawsuit seeking to transfer the assets of Sayanskkhimplast — the country’s largest producer of PVC — to state ownership.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/07/russian-prosecutors-move-to-nationalize-country-s-largest-pvc-producer

U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle has advised him not to call Vladimir Putin until the Russian president agrees to a full ceasefire in Ukraine, NBC News reported, citing two U.S. administration officials.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/trump-s-inner-circle-advising-him-not-to-call-putin-until-russia-agrees-to-a-ceasefire-nbc-news

A Russian military court has sentenced two officers to 20 and 18 years in prison, respectively, on charges of murder, torture, and desecration of the bodies of seven fellow servicemen. https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/russian-military-court-sentences-two-officers-to-a-combined-38-years-in-prison-for-murder-torture-and-desecration-of-bodies

Trump says he was “very angry” and “pissed off” at Putin for criticizing Zelensky’s credibility and threatened tariffs on Russian oil if Moscow blocks a ceasefire deal. He added that he and Putin have a “very good relationship” and plan to talk this week.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/31/trump-says-he-s-pissed-off-at-putin-and-threatens-russian-oil-tariffs-if-moscow-prevents-ukraine-deal

Russia forcibly switched children with cystic fibrosis to a treatment that’s never been tested on humans — one that’s supplied by a company with ties to Putin’s friends. The effects, parents say, were immediate and catastrophic.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/25/children-shouldn-t-pay-the-price-for-political-games

A Russian court sentenced Soviet dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison for his anti-war views today. He used his closing speech to slam Putin as “the new Hilter.”
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/21/death-to-putin-the-new-hitler

The opening ceremony of Russia’s premier animation festival this year featured a film about a baby tank dreaming of war. Meanwhile, an anti-war poet originally set to host the event was abruptly replaced before it began. The next day, he passed away.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/21/baby-t-34

Amnesty International is urging Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to “urgently reconsider” plans to withdraw from the international convention banning antipersonnel mines.

https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/amnesty-international-decries-plans-for-poland-and-baltic-countries-to-withdraw-from-antipersonnel-mine-treaty

Update: Trump said his call with Zelensky lasted about one hour. "Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs," he wrote on social media.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/trump-and-zelensky-speaking-by-phone-white-house-confirms

Zelensky has appointed Andriy Hnatov to be the new chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/17/zelensky-appoints-new-chief-of-general-staff-to-accelerate-ukraine-s-military-reforms

Romania’s Constitutional Court has denied candidate Calin Georgescu, who is accused of ties with Russia, permission to participate in the next presidential elections. (He led last December's voting.) https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/12/romanian-constitutional-court-upholds-rejection-of-presidential-candidacy-for-calin-georgescu-the-pro-russian-politician-who-won-last-december-s-vote

Moscow launched a massive attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Friday morning. “Russia continues its energy terror,” Ukraine's energy minister wrote on Facebook.
https://buff.ly/xZV7SwE

After a White House meeting yesterday, Trump ordered a pause on all military aid to Kyiv. Here’s what that means for Ukraine.
https://buff.ly/37G9eNR

The White House has reportedly asked the U.S. State Department and Treasury Department to make a list of sanctions against Russia that could be lifted.
https://buff.ly/YsmHFpr

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went on Fox News tonight and tried to salvage his nation's precarious relationship with the Trump administration. Here's how the interview went. https://buff.ly/43hDzh3

Last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the United States Cyber Command to halt any planning of actions against Russia, including offensive digital operations, multiple sources told The Record. https://buff.ly/4hQ73qN

One of the festival’s most striking pictures at Artdocfest 2025 is “Someone Else's War,” the story of two families whose sons died fighting in Ukraine after enlisting in Russia’s army, hoping to obtain Russian citizenship. Read film critic Anton Dolin's review. https://buff.ly/3XkCYY6

Last month, Russian human rights activists conducted their first monitoring mission in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began. Today, they presented their findings: war crimes and "a continuation of state terror." https://buff.ly/41bMXQN

Meduza spoke with Boris Bondarev, a former Russian Foreign Ministry official, about the significance of past Russian-American negotiations in the context of developments under the Trump administration. He also speculated on what Ukraine might do next.
https://buff.ly/4b8a3wa

Meduza has learned that Russia's preparations for today's negotiations in Saudi Arabia were a bit of "a mess." Also, Moscow could shake up its diplomatic team if and when Ukrainian representatives are involved. https://buff.ly/4i2Ph3o