Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the State Duma to approve the reappointment of Mikhail Mishustin as Russian prime minister. https://t.co/XHstaOPYdh
Meduza summarizes the findings of a new investigative report that uses hidden-camera footage recorded inside Vladimir Putin's notorious "palace" on the Black Sea. (Spoiler: It seems the president has traded gaming for praying.) https://t.co/xWjW1J9lou
The Russian authorities have denied entry to thousands of citizens of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan in the last week, human rights lawyer Valentina Chupik told @agents_media. Most of them are reportedly people who have previously worked in Russia. https://t.co/xE4TgvFDtC
After months of delay and uncertainty, the U.S. has approved funding for aid to Ukraine. To learn what effects Kyiv expects the package to have on the battlefield, Meduza spoke to Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak. https://t.co/aFtky4j4ID
Since the start of the full-scale war, Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine have killed at least 107 people and seriously injured at least 100 others, according to @verstka_media. Most of the perpetrators were recruited from prison and granted amnesty. https://t.co/M5DQq0c80I
Team Navalny’s new film on the role Yeltsin and his associates played in Putin’s rise to power has drawn mixed reactions. Here’s what firsthand witnesses to the events of the 1990s and historians who’ve studied the period had to say. https://t.co/pEq9I1bDPy
Ten months after his failed revolt, the late Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has become a cult figure among Russian teenagers. @BaikalPeople spoke with teens who count themselves among the murderous mercenary leader’s fans (and with a sociologist). https://t.co/WoP7rQyVHf
Putin’s spokesman says the Kremlin wants to stay out of the debate over a new research center named for Ivan Ilyin, a tsarist philosopher who defended Hitler and Mussolini. Putin has quoted Ilyin multiple times and called him one of his favorite thinkers. https://t.co/eIbdETyt1S
Georgian lawmakers’ discussion of a bill to establish a “foreign agents” registry erupted into a physical fight on Monday when the leader of an opposition party punched the parliamentary majority leader on the parliament floor. https://t.co/paeidWtJ5Y
As Alexander Lukashenko wraps up a two-day visit to Russia, journalist Roman Chernikov explains how a shared affinity for political repression is bringing Moscow and Minsk closer together than their supranational Union State ever did. https://t.co/9qDomCZEZO
Alexander Demidenko, a Russian man who helped hundreds of Ukrainians return from Russia back to Ukraine after the start of the full-scale war until his arrest in October 2023, has reportedly died in pre-trial detention. https://t.co/AntzZmzDUN
A Chechen man who was arrested in Moscow following the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall reportedly died in police custody a few hours later. Media report that his body shows signs of torture. https://t.co/UwMSm2nX7P
Russian police have been arresting people across Russia for comments they’ve made online about Friday’s terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow. https://t.co/mPO7X7IjaO
Over a dozen Russian artists have released a 10-minute song dedicated to Alexey Navalny, complete with a music video in the style of his favorite TV show, Rick and Morty. Contributors include Zemfira and Noize MC. https://t.co/FKeIKop7pC
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Russia’s Moscow region. CNN reports that the U.S. is in possession of intelligence confirming these claims. Follow our live coverage here: https://t.co/QaKH7zZADn
The Moscow Region Health Ministry has published a list of 145 victims of the terrorist attack. Nine of those hospitalized are in critical condition. Live updates here: https://t.co/QaKH7zZADn
Amid an ongoing crackdown in response to the January protests in Russia’s Bashkortostan, investigators are piling on the charges against suspected protesters, accusing them not only of “mass rioting” but also “armed resistance.” https://t.co/nBDz0wj4CU
A region of Russia is creating a sperm bank, so men leaving to die in Ukraine needn't worry that their precious bodily fluid will go to waste. https://t.co/ZVpMHTGLZ0
About half of the 64.7 million votes recorded for Vladimir Putin in Russia’s presidential vote this past weekend were falsified, according to an analysis of election data conducted by Novaya Gazeta Europe. https://t.co/tmiUQa75hC
More than 60 people have now been detained throughout Russia, including at least 26 in Kazan and at least 12 in Moscow, according to @ovdinfo_en. https://t.co/JUBtTB9N7jhttps://t.co/SFpx1Qra0W