Mediazona

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“Spare people”. Russian MP and ex‑DPR leader Alexander Borodai caught on tape describing Russian volunteers as expendable in Ukraine war
Article 4 November 2024, 23:54
“Putin is war and poverty”. Teenager detained in Kazan over graffiti criticizing Putin may face extremism charges
Article 28 October 2024, 18:04
Phishing sites collect data posing as the “Freedom of Russia” Legion in Ukraine. Here’s how it works
Article 15 October 2024, 18:34
Navalny’s team accuses ex‑Yukos executive Leonid Nevzlin of orchestrating brutal attacks in new investigation. We detail the findings
Article 13 September 2024, 0:26
Cover me. How Lieutenant Kirill Gontarenko became the unlikely recipient of 180 tonnes of blankets on the frontlines in Ukraine
Article 6 June 2024, 20:11
Firecrackers, Telegram chats, and a relay box. Russian‑Ukrainian bartender from Moscow sentenced to 25 years on 10 charges amid torture allegations
Article 27 May 2024, 2:50
Orgies with teenagers, domestic violence, murder of father‑in‑law. The story of Nikita Semyanov, Russian “hero of the special military operation”
Article 2 April 2024, 16:46
The transporter. A Russian officer recounts the harrowing experience of delivering KIA soldiers’ bodies to their families
Article 6 March 2024, 10:40
“Your dick—where is it?” Police and special forces are raiding private parties in Russia, in search of the “international LGBT movement”
Article 23 February 2024, 14:09
Diplomatic storm over a rock band. Russia clashes with Israel after failing to secure deportation of Bi‑2 musicians from Thailand
Article 7 February 2024, 20:42
Semyon Karmanov from Siberia is unable to read and write. Despite his disability, he was pressured into army recruitment during prison term for an 80‑dollar theft, sent to war
Article 28 November 2023, 15:10
Exodus. Our report from Goris and Vayk, two Armenian towns handling the refugees from Nagorno‑Karabakh
Article 29 September 2023, 17:49
Justice is Putin behind bars. Alexander Bakhtin’s court statement, sentenced to 6 years in prison for three posts against war in Ukraine
Article 14 August 2023, 20:44
“Vanya went after you.” A Ukrainian man’s bid to rescue his mother from a captured village ends in St Petersburg arrest on espionage charges
Article 1 August 2023, 19:45
“Scent of a major war is in the air.” Russia’s State Duma extends conscription and establishes governor‑controlled militias
Article 25 July 2023, 20:07
Burning, not breaking. A story of Ivan Kudryashov’s personal fight against war and torture in detention
Article 24 July 2023, 10:03
No safe haven. Ukrainian drones reach mansions of Russian elite in Moscow
Article 30 May 2023, 21:13
The Battle for Glotovo. Unraveling the Belgorod incursion by Russians allied with Ukraine
Article 23 May 2023, 0:06
Three errors amid millions of political repression victims’ names. Nobel prize winner Memorial accused of “Nazism rehabilitation” in Russia
Article 21 March 2023, 18:05
“I’m fucking done with this army.” Russian military stunned as Mediazona tells them their secret calls from Ukraine published in the New York Times
Article 17 March 2023, 12:00
“Whoever hands me a weapon, from this weapon will perish.” An industrial welder from Chelyabinsk quit his job after his colleagues were mobilised
Article 21 October 2022, 23:38
“Don’t be afraid to stand up and speak out.” Moscow mayor’s office photographer sends anti‑war email to tens of thousands of state employees
Article 14 October 2022, 22:44
Court baiting, hunger cycling, and a fabulous blowjob. Story of the first Russian to be charged with ‘discrediting’ the army over the Ukraine war
Article 27 June 2022, 17:10
Moscow police beat and torture women after anti‑war protests
A phone recording captured details of police brutality against Russian anti‑war protesters
Article 12 March 2022, 13:09