Moscow’s Meschansky District Court has sentenced the Russian opposition leader Ilya Yashin to 8.5 years in a penal colony for spreading “disinformation” about the Russian military. The court claimed that, in hosting a livestream on the Russian war crimes in Bucha, Yashin was motivated by “political hatred.” After the judge announced her verdict, Yashin’s Telegram channel released a post, in which the politician wrote: “we have no reason for sadness — because, friends, we have ...| Meduza
Immediately after the White House announced new sanctions against Russia on April 15, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Reports about ambassadors being “summoned” often appear in the news amid rising tensions between states. Russian ambassadors are also called to the U.S. State Department, the UK’s Foreign Office, or the foreign affairs department of any country that has diplomatic relations with Russia. But only professionals from the...| Meduza
Министерство обороны Эстонии планирует создать военную базу в Нарве, городе, расположенном на границе с Россией, сообщил начальник генерального штаба Сил обороны Эстонии генерал-майор Вахур Карус 23 апреля.| Meduza
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In recent weeks, Wagner paramilitary cartel founder Evgeny Prigozhin has begun publicly denouncing Russia’s military leadership more frequently and more furiously than ever before. In a May 5 video addressing Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov, Prigozhin released a stream of obscenities, accusing the men of letting Russians die so they could “get fat in their offices of rich mahogany.” Four days later, on Tuesday, he posted a much longer video, this ...| Meduza
Three years of all-out war has taken a massive toll on Ukraine. For villages in the Kharkiv region, more than two years have passed since Ukrainian troops pushed out occupying forces. But with Russian troops attacking along the northeastern border and pushing towards the strategic railway town of Kupyansk, the front line remains too close for comfort. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave the region and there’s a pervasive sense of exhaustion among those who stayed — one t...| Meduza
Ахматовский районный суд Грозного приговорил к пяти с половиной годам колонии Зарему Мусаеву — мать правозащитника Абубакара Янгулбаева и предполагаемого сооснователя оппозиционного чеченского движения «Адат» Ибрагима Янгулбаева. В январе 2022-го чеченские силовик...| Meduza