A second car explosion was reported in Moscow yesterday. No one was hurt, but Russia’s Investigative Committee says the target was an employee of a “scientific and industrial enterprise.”
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Russia has banned Luca Guadagnino's 2017 Oscar winner "Call Me by Your Name" along with "Love, Simon" and "Kill Your Darlings." A St. Petersburg court ruled all three films carry "destructive ideology" and generate interest in LGBTQ relationships. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
A car that exploded in Moscow’s Konkovo district on June 9 belonged to an employee of a scientific and industrial enterprise, the Russian Investigative Committee said.
As of today, the war in Ukraine has lasted as long as World War I. What, if anything, does a conflict fought a century ago have in common with today’s battlefields?
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Franz Roubaud’s panoramic painting The Siege of Sevastopol has been “virtually destroyed” in a Ukrainian drone strike, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol.
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Ukraine struck a military plant in Cheboksary, while a drone attack set an oil refinery on fire in Samara.
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Finnish-American satellite operator ICEYE supplies Ukraine with battlefield imagery. Last month, four Russian military satellites maneuvered within 13 km of ICEYE-X36. Moscow has called such assets "legitimate targets." meduza.io/en/cards/fou...
A city outside Moscow has seen two senior Russian officers killed in car bombings in 14 months: Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik in April 2025 and, multiple sources say, Damir Davydov, head of Russia's Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, today. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Russia’s Communist Party won’t field former deputy Valery Rashkin as a candidate in the upcoming State Duma elections. He lost his seat in 2022 after police found a dead moose in the trunk of his car.
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Russia's State Duma passes fines for websites that still allow logins via Google or Apple — three years after banning the practice without setting any penalty. Businesses now face fines of up to 700k rubles (almost $10k). meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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At the start of 2026, Russia’s war in Ukraine surpassed World War II in length. As of June 10, the war in Ukraine has lasted as long as World War I — 1,568 days. Of course, a regional war of the 21st…
Franz Roubaud’s panoramic painting The Siege of Sevastopol has been “virtually destroyed” in a Ukrainian drone strike, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol.
A car bomb killed a senior Russian defense official outside Moscow early Tuesday, June 9. Around 5:30 a.m., a BMW X3 exploded near Koldunova Street in Balashikha’s Aviatorov neighborhood as the…
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Last month, four Russian military satellites — Kosmos-2610, Kosmos-2611, Kosmos-2612, and Kosmos-2613 — altered their orbits and moved toward ICEYE-X36, a radar satellite that has been supplying data…
Ukrainian drones and missiles struck Russian regions and occupied Crimea overnight on June 10. Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense forces shot down 326 drones.
Russia’s Communist Party (KPRF) will not field former deputy Valery Rashkin as a candidate in the upcoming State Duma elections, sources told the Russian business daily Vedomosti. Rashkin’s candidacy…
Russia’s State Duma passed, on second and third readings, legislation that will fine website owners who allow users to log in using foreign services such as Google and Apple.
Oleg Terlyakov, a senior official at Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal media regulator, said at a meeting with IT industry representatives that his agency had successfully blocked Telegram. When…
