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Russian casualties in Ukraine.
Mediazona count, updated
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Marginalisation trumps integration.
Russia’s State Duma pushes new anti‑migrant legislation amid pressure against rights activists
1 October 2024, 19:20
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“This is kidnapping.” Russian security forces found a deserter in Astana, took him to a military base in the desert, and then to Omsk
30 September 2024, 19:59
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“I want a woman”.
How Russian soldiers harass women on trains and planes while returning from the front
23 September 2024, 20:48
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Russia’s repression replay.
Prosecutor General pushes for new review of Soviet era repression victims’ rehabilitation orders
19 September 2024, 5:58
Marginalisation trumps integration.
Russia’s State Duma pushes new anti‑migrant legislation amid pressure against rights activists
Article
1 October 2024, 19:20
“This is kidnapping.” Russian security forces found a deserter in Astana, took him to a military base in the desert, and then to Omsk
Article
30 September 2024, 19:59
“I want a woman”.
How Russian soldiers harass women on trains and planes while returning from the front
Article
23 September 2024, 20:48
Russia’s repression replay.
Prosecutor General pushes for new review of Soviet era repression victims’ rehabilitation orders
Article
19 September 2024, 5:58
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Navalny’s team accuses ex‑Yukos executive Leonid Nevzlin of orchestrating brutal attacks in new investigation. We detail the findings
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13 September 2024, 0:26
“They told me to pack for a couple of days”. Nina Slobodchikova’s account of her 12‑year sentence for transferring $50 to Ukraine
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10 September 2024, 23:13
“One said to another: ‘Ring it!’, an electric current coursed through my body, I screamed”. Anarchist Rouslan Sidiki, detained for sabotage near Ryazan, recounts torture
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6 September 2024, 21:49
“One can reduce the spread of ‘fake news’ by simply telling people the truth”. Jailed anti‑war activist Dmitry Ivanov confronts judge in court
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3 September 2024, 19:05
Mediazona turns 10. And now we need our readers’ help to survive
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2 September 2024, 18:09
“Are they made of titanium or something?” We publish pilot script of a Russian sitcom about Joe Biden’s quest to understand Russian resilience
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29 August 2024, 22:30
“Granny, why am I in jail?” Tuberculosis‑stricken schoolboy jailed for 4.5 years in the Russian Far East on “terrorism” charges
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27 August 2024, 21:39
The case of the 24. Russian prosectution requests 16 to 24 years in prison for Azov regiment POWs—Mediazona’s photo report
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21 August 2024, 20:18
Vladimir Putin claims conscripts aren’t fighting in the war, but they go missing in Kursk region in droves. Mediazona interviews their relatives
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17 August 2024, 16:22
TikTok Troops vs. Z‑Telegram. How the Akhmat battalion commander commented fighting with the AFU in the Kursk region
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14 August 2024, 19:17
“Ukraine has shown that full‑scale military operations can be launched on Russian territory.” CIT founder Ruslan Leviev on the AFU Kursk campaign
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14 August 2024, 1:32
The art of war. The Kremlin is hiding Russia’s death toll in Ukraine—a small regional museum collection helps expose it
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13 August 2024, 18:06
“Home is no longer an option”. Residents of Sudzha describe their escape as Ukrainian forces attack Russian border town
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8 August 2024, 21:57
“He looked like a skeleton.” Mediazona speaks with witness who saw pianist Pavel Kushnir before his death on hunger strike in prison
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6 August 2024, 18:02
“Yes, you’ve been brought to Lefortovo. They might charge you with treason now.” Ilya Yashin on his exchange experience
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4 August 2024, 21:52
“For Alpha Centauri, Navalny lives, unpoisoned”. An essay on the cosmic scale by political prisoner Alexei Gorinov
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24 July 2024, 23:33
The inner workings of Russian state surveillance. Two former operatives share the secrets of their craft with Mediazona
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18 July 2024, 19:17
“They made the courts an integral part of dictatorship”. Memorial’s Oleg Orlov speaks at the Moscow City Court
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11 July 2024, 15:09
Rainbow hunters. What “extremist” LGBTQ+ symbols are Russians being fined for (even if they’re right‑wing)
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1 July 2024, 20:12
Political prisoner at 15. Arseny Turbin’s journey from pro‑Ukraine student to imprisoned “terrorist”
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27 June 2024, 22:38
“Every second counts.” An Orthodox priest from Dagestan recounts surviving a second terrorist attack
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24 June 2024, 18:27
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