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  Montenegro has detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the pro-war Telegram channel Rybar, along with his wife and three staff members. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/09/montenegro-detains-founder-of-rybar-one-of-russia-s-most-popular-pro-war-telegram-channels-here-s-what-we-know

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  Latvia’s public TV and radio already stopped broadcasting in Russian this year. Now parliament has passed a law that will also end LSM’s regular Russian-language web and social-media content starting Jan. 1, 2027, with only narrow exceptions. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/01/latvia-bans-its-public-broadcaster-from-producing-regular-russian-language-content-except-during-emergencies

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  Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić resigned as president 8 months early to run in the Oct. 25 parliamentary election and seek the prime minister's job. Barred from a third presidential term, he is trying to remain in power through a different office. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/28/aleksandar-vucic-resigns-as-serbia-s-president-eight-months-early-to-run-for-prime-minister-instead

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  Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, leaders of France’s far right, say no Russian threats or covert operations can push France to help Moscow achieve its war aims in Ukraine. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/20/french-far-right-leaders-marine-le-pen-and-jordan-bardella-say-they-will-not-tolerate-russia-trying-to-dictate-france-s-policies-through-threats-and-intimidation

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  Nestlé says it is weighing its options and will take “all necessary steps” to protect its rights after Putin placed its Russian assets under temporary management. Auchan says its stores are operating as usual while it seeks clarification. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/18/nestle-is-committed-to-taking-all-necessary-steps-to-protect-its-rights-nestle-and-auchan-respond-to-putin-s-decree-placing-their-russian-assets-under-temporary-management

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  United Russia’s falling ratings had prompted the Kremlin to lower its election targets. Then Putin joined the campaign, and suddenly officials were told to deliver more votes. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/08/united-russia-s-ratings-are-falling-so-why-is-the-kremlin-demanding-better-election-results-putin-joined-the-campaign

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  Russia has secretly been helping Iran develop advanced supersonic cruise missiles since 2023 under a program code-named C430L, the Financial Times reports. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/02/ft-russia-secretly-helped-iran-develop-supersonic-cruise-missiles

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  Wildberries will offer sellers insurance against damage or loss caused by terrorist attacks, sabotage, and drone strikes. The coverage applies to delivery, pickup-point storage, and returns — but not warehouse storage. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/07/russian-e-commerce-giant-wildberries-introduces-drone-attack-insurance

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  Days after anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin announced he had left Russia, Russian authorities opened an administrative case against him over an interview with Meduza. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/04/russia-opens-administrative-case-against-anti-war-politician-boris-nadezhdin-over-a-meduza-interview

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  Wildberries has banned employees from bringing smartphones into its warehouses. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/03/wildberries-bans-employees-from-bringing-smartphones-into-warehouses

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  After telling Volodymyr Zelensky the U.S. would grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles, Donald Trump now says he hasn't decided after all. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/31/i-m-not-sure-trump-casts-doubt-on-his-offer-to-let-ukraine-produce-patriot-missiles

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  Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has written a book “devoted to the metaphysics of war.” In it, he says that the Russian people bear “a great responsibility not to shirk their historical duty to be victors.” https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/29/russian-orthodox-patriarch-kirill-writes-book-on-redemptive-meaning-of-war

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  The Finnish energy company Fingrid has told Russian telecom operators it will stop maintaining the power line poles that carry fiber-optic communication lines starting in 2027, sources told Kommersant. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/29/finland-to-stop-maintaining-poles-carrying-communication-lines-with-russia-kommersant-reports

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  A young Russian actor posted a video telling Putin: "You are not my president." It hit a million views. Hours later, after his mother read the comments, he posted again, now saying he "loves the government" and respects Putin. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/29/a-russian-actor-got-up-at-4-30-a-m-to-tell-putin-on-instagram-you-are-not-my-president-hours-later-after-his-mother-read-him-the-comments-he-said-actually-he-loves-the-government

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  Ukraine has launched another strike on a Wildberries warehouse in Russia, this time in Ryazan. See photos and videos from the attack. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/29/ukraine-resumes-strikes-on-wildberries-warehouses-in-russia-see-the-attack-on-ryazan

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  Russia’s largest publishing group has fired employees who refused to work under its new censorship rules, president Oleg Novikov said. Eksmo-AST tightened them under Russia’s new laws after three Popcorn Books staff were prosecuted over queer lit. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/28/russia-s-largest-publishing-group-fires-employees-who-refused-to-censor-queer-literature

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  A Russian disinfo network already accused of meddling in U.S., German, and Hungarian elections has, for the first time, targeted a declared candidate for the French presidency, allegedly spreading fake rumors about Édouard Philippe’s health. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/24/russian-disinformation-network-storm-1516-accused-of-targeting-french-presidential-candidate-edouard-philippe-with-fake-health-claims

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  Viktor Yanukovych has been living under a fake name in Russia for over a decade, a Ukrainian YouTube investigation says. Docs show Ukraine's fugitive ex-president uses "Oleg Leonov" — his mother's maiden name — since 2014, and now lives in a Sochi estate with his partner. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/27/viktor-yanukovych-fled-ukraine-in-disgrace-in-2014-a-new-investigation-says-he-now-lives-in-sochi-under-his-mother-s-maiden-name

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  Montenegro will require Russians to obtain visas starting November 1, its government announced, ending visa-free entry. Citizens of Belarus, China, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia will also now need visas — changes officials say bring the country's policy in line with EU rules. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/27/montenegro-will-require-visas-for-russians-belarusians-and-three-other-nationalities-starting-november-1

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  The head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, acknowledged that the country’s fuel crisis has driven up inflation. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/24/russia-s-central-bank-chief-nabiullina-acknowledges-fuel-crisis-has-driven-up-prices-for-a-wide-range-of-goods-and-services

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  Russia has 22.5% more funeral companies than it did a year ago. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/24/number-of-funeral-companies-in-russia-jumped-more-than-20-in-a-year

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  Russia wants internet users to install govt-issued SSL certificates so local websites load normally in browsers like Chrome. The push comes as global certificate authorities keep revoking security credentials from Russian companies. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/23/it-s-safe-and-it-won-t-affect-your-device-russia-s-pitch-for-its-homegrown-internet-certificates

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  Ending the war between Russia and Ukraine will require “new ideas,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/23/rubio-says-ending-war-in-ukraine-needs-new-ideas-previous-proposals-unacceptable-to-kyiv

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  Winning by too much has become a concern for the Kremlin. Facing falling support for Vladimir Putin and United Russia, officials have lowered the ruling party's State Duma election target from 55% of the vote to 45%, fearing a bigger victory could look implausible. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/23/as-support-for-putin-slips-the-kremlin-lowers-the-ruling-party-s-election-target-amid-fears-a-landslide-victory-would-look-suspicious

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  The U.S. will begin licensed production of Ukraine's Magura sea drones — the first time Washington has manufactured a Ukrainian weapon under license, WSJ reports. ReconCraft will produce hundreds of the drones a year, scaling to thousands. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/22/u-s-company-reconcraft-to-build-ukraine-s-magura-sea-drones-under-first-of-its-kind-license

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  Over the weekend, Ukraine attacked two warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace. Early estimates show that the sellers’ losses are far greater than those of the marketplace. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/22/ukraine-s-strike-on-russian-retail-giant-wildberries-warehouses-may-have-cost-sellers-at-least-150-billion-rubles

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  Zelensky has begun studying candidates to replace armed forces commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. Bloomberg counts 11 names on the list; UP reports most of its army sources are betting on Joint Forces commander Mykhailo Drapatyi to get the job. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/21/zelensky-reviews-11-candidates-to-replace-ukraine-s-commander-in-chief-oleksandr-syrsky-bloomberg-reports

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  Gulagu-net, one of the most prominent groups documenting torture and abuse inside Russia's prison system, has shut down. The reason isn't only Kremlin pressure — its founder cites harassment and infighting within the Russian opposition itself. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/20/gulagu-net-the-russian-prisoner-rights-group-announces-it-is-shutting-down

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  Ukraine's top general, Oleksandr Syrsky, broke his public silence to answer critics blaming him for the ouster of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and the protests that followed. Syrsky denied any personal conflict with Fedorov. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/20/i-didn-t-know-we-had-a-conflict-sorry-if-i-caused-offense-ukraine-s-military-chief-syrsky-says

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  When a schoolgirl from Russia’s Tula region made an anti-war picture in art class, the police turned their attention to her family. Her father was later sentenced to two years for “discrediting” the army. Now both have been granted asylum in France. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/17/france-grants-asylum-to-alexei-moskalev-the-russian-father-jailed-over-his-daughter-s-antiwar-drawing-and-his-daughter-masha