Russia’s oil and gas revenues are shrinking. Meduza explains what that means for the Kremlin’s war chest. — Meduza
Low oil prices, a global glut of crude, a strong ruble, and sanctions are all weighing on Russia’s oil and gas revenues.…
How Russia’s box office smash ignited a conservative revolt — Meduza
Russia’s domestic box office has a rare smash hit. “Cheburashka 2,” this year’s sequel to the 2023 live-action film adapting…
Russian court fines anti-war protester for using Vladimir Mayakovsky’s avant-garde poetry to ‘discredit’ the military — Meduza
A court in Yekaterinburg has found an anti-war protester guilty of using a poem by avant-garde poet Vladimir Mayakovsky to “discredit” the Russian military, the…
Russia’s AI robot stumbles and falls on its face in debut appearance — Meduza
Russia’s foray into AI-powered robotics appears to be off to a rocky start. The country’s first humanoid robot to incorporate AI technology was unveiled…
‘Regulated life has won’ Fifteen years ago, Alexander Gronsky photographed Moscow’s unruly outskirts. Now he says they’re disappearing.
Fifteen years ago, Russian photographer Alexander Gronsky released Pastoral, a series of landscape photos taken on the outskirts of Moscow that depict…
No SIM city Russia’s plan to stop drones has left tourists cut off from mobile Internet — Meduza
Earlier this month, Russian telecom operators began rolling out a so-called “cooling-off period” for all foreign SIM cards —…
A disappearing act Why the Russian edition of Navalny’s memoir is missing 100 pages found in the English version — Meduza
A full year after late Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny’s memoir Patriot was published in 26 languages, a debate has flared…
‘The whole country will feel it soon’ Meduza’s Russian readers on life inside the Kremlin-approved Internet — Meduza
This fall, mobile Internet has finally begun to return to Russia’s regions after months of regular shutdowns, allegedly imposed to counter the…
‘Only Rus, only victory!’ Russian rapper Misha Mavashi was once known for corny tracks about healthy living. Now his right-wing nationalist movement is gaining steam.
Northern Man is a nationalist movement in Russia founded by rapper-turned-activist Misha Mavashi. Though it emerged just three years ago, the group has…
Consumer prices in Russia are falling. What’s going on? — Meduza
1 Prices in Russia are falling For the first time in three years, prices in Russia fell over the course of a month.…
‘Censorship turns reading into deciphering’ Nine artists confront the blacked-out pages erasing war, Putin, and queer lives from Russia’s books
Sweeping censorship hit Russia’s book industry soon after the Kremlin launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. Fearing state…
‘I’ve never seen such an extensive film of pollution’ New oil spill dumps over 10 tons of petroleum in the Black Sea, killing birds and coating Russian beaches
Late last year, two Russian oil tankers collided in the Kerch Strait, leaking thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil into…