Category: 1. Russia

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So, you’d like to know a bit more about Meduza. Before we lose your attention, here’s the main takeaway: Meduza is the world’s largest independent Russian-language news outlet. We’ve been around since 2014, and you can find our content on…

Russian forces launched a missile strike on the outskirts of Ukraine’s Sumy on Tuesday evening, according to local officials.

Preliminary reports indicate that the Russian military struck civilian infrastructure with a ballistic missile.

One…

Grzegorz Braun was outraged by the presence of the EU flag in the building of the Ministry of Industry in Katowice.

“This is Poland, not Brussels! We will not display the emblems of organisations hostile to…

Brussels on Tuesday unveiled a long-promised plan to phase out its remaining gas imports from Russia by the end of 2027, which has so far presented a significant challenge given Europe’s continued dependence on Russian fossil…

The Kremlin said Tuesday that 29 foreign leaders will attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow later this week.

Among the attendees are Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Kremlin…

Russian authorities are considering forced cuts to federal spending as falling oil prices deplete the reserves needed to fund the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous source familiar with the preliminary…