Notices by Meduza in English (meduza_en@masto.ai), page 2

Following yesterday's announcement that Vladimir Putin seeks "clarification" of Russia's nuclear doctrine, Meduza weighs how much closer the president's proposed changes could bring Moscow to launching a nuclear strike. https://t.co/S3yuN9Ksy2

Ukraine’s unprecedented cross-border offensive could be a bold gamble aimed at reducing pressure near Kharkiv and driving Russian troops there back over the border.
https://t.co/ums3Sf798Q

Ukrainian forces captured the “Sudzha” gas metering station — a crucial part of the last remaining Russian pipeline still sending gas to Europe through Ukraine. Here’s what’s happened since.
https://t.co/ZiQys98RAq

Following dramatic footage of a decimated Russian military convoy, recorded more than 20 miles from the Ukrainian border, Z-bloggers say it was a HIMARS attack and want to see heads roll among the army brass for ordering such a vulnerable advance. https://t.co/r3V95tREeZ

Outage reports from Internet users across Russia indicate that the state authorities have started blocking @signalapp. https://t.co/2wiOtoqvfk

Follow our reporting for updates:
https://t.co/QlSLSe2d7C

Update: Russia’s Defense Ministry issued, then removed, a statement claiming the Ukrainian detachment attempting to break through into the Kursk region had retreated after suffering losses. Local authorities say the fighting continues and the situation at the border is “tense.” https://t.co/2AOVFmDoGN

According to observations inside Russia and Meduza's own source, the state authorities are now throttling YouTube playback speeds on many Internet connections to 128 kbps — not enough to stream videos at resolutions above 240p (12x below high definition). https://t.co/138Qk0uGAY

Meduza is pleased to be releasing a new documentary about Igor Kon, the first Soviet sexologist and a defender of equality and tolerance until his death in 2011. It will be available for free in September, but you can watch it early by supporting our work.
https://t.co/PAcF6wNTKI

Russian politicians are increasingly speaking about Joseph Stalin not as a tyrant or orchestrator of mass repressions but as a charismatic and strong leader. The Kremlin has called his veneration “the prerogative of local authorities.” From @thenewtabio:
https://t.co/nPdZMSF5Vn

Newly freed Russian opposition politicians Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin, and Andrei Pivovarov are holding their first post-exchange press conference in Bonn, Germany. Meduza shares key quotes from the event in English:
https://t.co/VC58d5UkLS

The source also reportedly confirmed that Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin would be included in the swap, as well as former Navalny associates and U.S. citizens. https://t.co/OtXoq4kQrG

Vladimir Putin issued seven classified decrees on Tuesday that could be pardons for prisoners to be traded in a possible swap, according to @istories_eng.
https://t.co/OtXoq4lohe

Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that more than doubles the Russian army’s sign-on bonus, offering new recruits $4,600 to fight in Ukraine. https://t.co/r76jPHeVCa

Update: Kevin Lik, a Russian teenager serving a four-year prison sentence on treason charges, has also reportedly been transferred out of his prison, bringing the total number of Russian political prisoners whose whereabouts are suddenly unknown to six.
https://t.co/4kEu2ukFao https://t.co/8xC4PkHgAX

Separatists in northern Mali claimed a major victory over Russian Wagner Group forces over the weekend, with a top commander and a popular military blogger among the reported dead. A Ukrainian intelligence spokesman hinted that Kyiv played a key role.
https://t.co/zo0DrB6fNi

Despite Putin’s call for soldiers who fought in Ukraine to hold “leading positions” in government, only a few have managed to run for even the lowest-level positions. @paperpaper_ru spoke with several soldiers-turned-would-be politicians to learn more.
https://t.co/foEviWYWTP

Eight cars of a passenger train derailed in Russia’s Volgograd region after the train collided with a truck that had driven onto the tracks. Around 140 people were reportedly injured.
https://t.co/lalUz1E3Sh

A man attempted to set himself on fire near Lenin’s Mausoleum on Red Square on Friday. Russian media identified the man as Vladimir Arsenyev, the head of a Defense Ministry contractor who was reportedly accused of disrupting defense shipments in 2023. https://t.co/5zDhY1aGy3

A car explosion in Moscow injured two people, including a man reported to be a Russian Defense Ministry officer. Law enforcement is investigating the incident as a potential “assassination attempt related to the victim’s professional activities.”
https://t.co/iMyrMUkEEH