Russian losses in the war with Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated
203,300 deaths confirmed by March 13
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13 March 2026, 10:00
From Varys to Elon Musk and Ryan Gosling. Forged obituaries and mistakes we found while working on our Russian army losses database
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11 March 2026, 20:02
Political prisoner in Belarus, deserter in Russia. He tried to make some money, was captured by the KGB in Minsk, then found himself in the trenches in Ukraine
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10 March 2026, 12:43
Ukrainian POW fined for “discrediting” the Russian army in prison. He is serving an 18‑year sentence in Siberia
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3 March 2026, 18:34
Memory replacement. Moscow’s Gulag History Museum to be replaced by an exhibition on the “genocide of the Soviet people” Rubber‑stamping rejections. Germany turns away Russian army deserters who refused to fight in Ukraine, claiming they face only a fine back home The disappearing act. Russian outlets remove reference to 250,000 jobless soldiers returning from Ukraine “Language of demons” and a broken spine. The surreal trial of the Russian comedian Ostanin accused of “organised” joking