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Further from God. Prosecution requests 7.5 years for a preacher who sheltered men from mobilisation but was charged over a Prigozhin repost

14 September 2026, 19:00

Electric shock torture and a meeting with Victoria Roshchyna. What Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko told the court in the Kapralov family case

11 September 2026, 11:27

Russian losses in the war with Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated

248,800 deaths confirmed by September 11

11 September 2026, 9:00

Supreme Court, arrest, emigration. A Moscow couple came out to support Yabloko, survived torture, and fled Russia

10 September 2026, 19:13

Further from God. Prosecution requests 7.5 years for a preacher who sheltered men from mobilisation but was charged over a Prigozhin repost

14 September 2026, 19:00

Electric shock torture and a meeting with Victoria Roshchyna. What Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko told the court in the Kapralov family case

11 September 2026, 11:27

Russian losses in the war with Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated

248,800 deaths confirmed by September 11

11 September 2026, 9:00

Supreme Court, arrest, emigration. A Moscow couple came out to support Yabloko, survived torture, and fled Russia

10 September 2026, 19:13

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Article 7 September 2026, 15:33
Lights out. Head of Russia’s leading children’s hospice Lighthouse arrested over 2023 post mourning Ukrainian civilian deaths
Article 2 September 2026, 17:50
State of the art. A St. Petersburg court has fined Russia’s first “foreign agent” after she transformed her mandatory reports into DIY anti‑war statements
Article 31 August 2026, 20:50
Who was killed aboard the An‑26 in Crimea. Mediazona reveals the names of 27 soldiers in this spring’s military plane crash
Article 28 August 2026, 15:56
Trapped in the basement at the border. Expelled by Russia and rejected by Georgia, Ukrainian exiles refuse to return home for fear of the draft
Article 25 August 2026, 19:38
The wall. How rights defenders help Ukrainians search for relatives held in Russian captivity—and how the state gets in the way
Article 19 August 2026, 19:31
“The grain of evil ripens in the granaries of state policy”. Politician Lev Shlosberg sentenced to 11 years following a defiant stand in Pskov court
Article 17 August 2026, 16:16
“Some of us are gone in black bags, and not due to the war”. The farewell letter of Russian soldier Vladimir Podkovyrkin, forced to the front a second time
Article 14 August 2026, 14:46
Tax treason. A Russian‑born businessman, 60, flew to Russia to see his relatives; he is now charged with treason for paying his taxes in Ukraine
Article 12 August 2026, 17:31
Paring the ballot. Russia’s Supreme Court strikes Yabloko, the sole antiwar party, from the September ballot over… copyright violations
Article 10 August 2026, 20:53
Father died for a Russian passport, son got 13 years in Russian prison. How the Ukraine war and an espionage case tore up one Moldovan family
Article 4 August 2026, 19:57
HTTPState. Seven Russian banks have moved to a certificate authority run by the state, which also helps sifting through users’ traffic
Article 3 August 2026, 20:25
Treason mill. Science journalist Darya Shipacheva sentenced to 12 years in a case whose charges were never made public
Article 29 July 2026, 18:14
A threat to public safety. Two Russian news media editors fined for quoting a censorship official’s critique of “anime and Spider‑Men” notebooks
Article 27 July 2026, 19:20
Berries out of the fire. Ukrainian drone campaign repeatedly hits Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer
Article 24 July 2026, 19:56
The long grip. Ex‑journalist from a Siberian town living in Miami fined over photos and videos from anti‑war rallies and Navalny memorials in the US
Article 22 July 2026, 19:54
Teenage saboteurs. 240 minors were accused of sabotage in Russia since the start of the full‑scale war against Ukraine
Article 21 July 2026, 19:08
No income in Russia, no property deals, no passports. The new restrictions facing Russians who left
Article 20 July 2026, 21:06
The price of a grumble. Three Russians fined exactly $380 each by courts across the country for “discrediting” the army
Article 20 July 2026, 20:02
Capital gains. Moscow has Russia’s most available fuel as shortages climb elsewhere
Article 15 July 2026, 18:16
“Summonses are sent out by AI, it can’t see your sex”. Amid fears of renewed mobilisation, Russian women are receiving call‑up notices, unlawfully
Article 14 July 2026, 18:39