Russia’s economic reserves ‘largely exhausted,’ development minister says — Meduza
Russia’s economic situation is more difficult now than in recent years, with a strong ruble, high interest rates, a labor shortage, and…
Russia’s psychiatric homes are a ‘meat grinder’ that swallows tens of thousands. A small band of volunteers is pulling art — and artists — back out.
Tens of thousands of Russians with psychiatric diagnoses are currently confined in state institutions, the majority of them declared legally incompetent, denied…
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…
‘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…
Russia goes offline Mobile Internet blackouts in the Nizhny Novgorod region leave residents questioning officials’ explanations and fearing lasting restrictions
In the spring of 2025, mobile Internet providers began disabling service in regions across Russia. The authorities argue that the measures…
Russian officials warn of indefinite mobile Internet shutdowns in Crimea — Meduza
Officials in Russian-occupied Crimea announced plans for extended mobile Internet shutdowns to counter Ukrainian drone attacks, marking an escalation in communication blackouts…
Russia prepares ‘white list’ of essential services to keep online during mobile Internet blackouts — Meduza
Russia’s Digital Development Ministry and telecom operators have agreed on a system that would keep essential services accessible during mobile Internet…
A brief (and incomplete) history From anti-piracy policing to banning WhatsApp, behold the evolution of Russian Internet censorship — Meduza
On July 18, the Russian authorities made it clear that they plan to block the nation’s most popular messaging platform, WhatsApp. State…
Mapping Russia’s Internet blackouts The Russian authorities keep shutting down mobile Internet. Here’s where it happens most, and how the outages are spreading.
As of summer 2025, mobile Internet shutdowns have become a routine part of life in Russia. Users are…