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WEBMeduza’s daily newsletter: Friday, September 20, 2024 The uncertain future of Telegram in Ukraine, journalists confirm deaths of 70,000 Russian soldiers, and Kadyrov sends two Cybertrucks to the front. Scarred by Soviet-era nuclear testing, Kazakhstan is poised to embrace atomic energy — with help from Russia.
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WEBFeb 2, 2015 · Every day we bring you the most important news and feature stories from hundreds of sources in Russia and across the former Soviet Union. Meduza is based in Riga, Latvia. Most of the people in our newsroom moved here after resigning from Lenta.ru, when Chief Editor Galina Timchenko was fired in what we believe was an act of censorship.
30 Years since Moscow’s Monsters of Rock - Meduza
WEBOct 13, 2021 · On September 28, 1991, the Tushino Airfield in Moscow hosted the Monsters of Rock international music festival. AC/DC, Metallica, the Black Crowes, and Pantera all performed, while the metal band Electro Shock Therapy represented the Soviet Union. The event attracted a crowd of more than 500,000 people, making it the largest rock concert in the history of both the USSR and the Russian Federation.
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Who's behind Rybar? The Bell unmasks one of Telegram's most …
WEBRybar, a pro-Kremlin military analysis channel on Telegram, has been cited by the world's top news agencies, and it's easy to understand why: the channel seems to have access to a wide network of informants whose claims are difficult to ignore, if impossible to verify. But despite its influence, Rybar's administrators have remained anonymous throughout the war. In a new investigation, however ...
The ‘battle’ for Rutube Russia’s YouTube ‘alternative ... - Meduza
WEBMay 10, 2022 · Rutube is considered Russia’s main “alternative” to YouTube. As reported by Agentstvo and iStories in February 2022, the Russian authorities have been pouring money into domestic video platforms for more than a year, in an alleged attempt to create “substitutes” in case they move to block YouTube.. Rutube was created in the mid-2000s and quickly caught the attention of the Russian ...
The lives of Russia's sex workers today — Meduza
WEBFeb 9, 2019 · According to different estimates, there are between one and three million sex workers in Russia today. Compared to two decades ago, the industry also has a new look. Most prostitutes have moved indoors, finding their clients online instead of on street corners. The women are generally older (in St. Petersburg, the average age is 32), and a whopping 90 percent are mothers.
‘Born gay in the Soviet Union, living gay in Russia’ - Meduza
WEBAug 17, 2021 · In recent years, there has been a growing number of artistic ventures about the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Russia. One of them is the art project PASHA. Though he doesn’t reveal his real name or the details of his biography, the artist behind the project regularly publishes new works on Instagram under the handle @go_pasha_go. The account’s bio describes the author as an “Anonymous Artist.
Pokrovsk under pressure - Meduza
WEBAug 23, 2024 · Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military analyses are part of our commitment to objective reporting on …
Before Putin It’s been two decades since Boris Yeltsin ... - Meduza
WEBJan 2, 2020 · Twenty years ago, on December 31, 1999, Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, announced his resignation, catapulting a young Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to head of state. It was the first time in Russia’s history that a living leader left office voluntarily. Everyone who witnessed or participated in the event remembers it roughly the same way, but there are still a few things we don ...
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