For 30 years, the deceptively named Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) was defined by its larger-than-life founder, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. A bombastic ultranationalist, Zhirinovsky openly espoused expansionist views and demonized the West long before…

Across the country, Russians frustrated by factory emissions, dilapidated housing, and pollution are turning to the president for help. After their complaints to prosecutors, local officials, and police go unanswered, they record public video appeals to Vladimir…

“No,” Meduza’s 10th anniversary art exhibition, is on view at Berlin’s Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien gallery through July 6. The project brings together artists and journalists to reflect on the major themes that have shaped the past decade — from dictatorship…

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering imposing new sanctions on Russia as early as this week, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Talks between the European Union and the United States on coordinating efforts to crack down on sanctions evasion by Russia have ended in failure, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on May 26, citing an internal document from Germany’s Foreign…

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has filed a lawsuit over forged versions of its covers, it announced on its website Monday.

Russia has begun sending military ships to escort tankers from its "shadow fleet" in the Gulf of Finland, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen said in a new interview with the news agency Yle, calling the move unprecedented.

During a meeting with Russian business leaders on Monday, Vladimir Putin called for foreign IT companies that continue operating in Russia while allegedly working against its interests to be “strangled.”

U.S. President Donald Trump is “seriously considering” lifting all restrictions imposed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, on Ukraine’s military operations, the Kyiv Post reported on Tuesday, citing two Western officials.

The Russian government has long used entertainment as a tool of propaganda, but its investment in pro-Kremlin content has surged since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. One of its latest productions is a TV series based on the memoir of Maria Butina…

In 2020, students across the United States participated in a destructive TikTok trend that involved vandalizing school bathrooms. This week, a cadet school in the Russian city of Saratov became the center of a different online craze in which students perform…

In late May 2025, several Russian public figures — including presidential adviser Anton Kobyakov — claimed that legally speaking, the Soviet Union still exists and that the breakup of the USSR by its constituent republics violated international law. At Meduza’s…

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Tuesday that Moscow will retaliate for recent Ukrainian drone attacks on targets inside Russia. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised Kyiv's own “symmetrical response” should Russian attacks…

A visitor to the Moscow Zoo tried to poison several lynx and leopards, General Director Svetlana Akulova announced in a statement on May 27, after a routine inspection revealed “scattered pills of unknown origin” in the animals' enclosures. Surveillance cameras…

A former Moscow State University professor died by suicide on May 27 after scammers stole his life savings. Seventy-eight-year-old Boris Boyarintsev reportedly sold two apartments to raise more than 50 million rubles ($623,000), which he then transferred…

Russia is building power lines in occupied parts of Ukraine, apparently in an effort to connect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to its own power grid, The New York Times reported, citing a new report by Greenpeace.

The Ukrainian military targeted multiple Russian regions, including the Moscow region, in a major drone attack on Tuesday night, according to local officials.

U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled that he is losing patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin, though no decision has yet been made about next steps, Politico reported, citing several U.S. officials.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, AFP reported on Wednesday.

Late last night in a small town in Russia’s Irkutsk region, a 17-year-old attacked his acquaintances with a knife, killing four teenagers and injuring four others before reportedly setting fire to the dacha where they had gathered to celebrate a birthday.…