Just listened to @storyevtime.bsky.social & Maria Kuznetsova talking to @onthemedia.bsky.social about their book! Sharp analysis of how authoritarian practices can seep into a democracy so quickly that people lack the language to describe what's happening. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
🇺🇦 Zelensky’s letter includes stats on Russia’s military losses: “We know that 63 percent of your battlefield losses are killed, while only 37 percent are wounded. In the 21st century, no army can afford such a ratio. And the share of those killed will continue to grow.”
🇺🇦 Zelensky’s letter ends with a warning that failure to end the war will force Putin to fight even harder for his own existence. “It is a fact of Russian history that you know well: when Russia grows tired, change comes.”
Russian territorial gains have flatlined, giving Moscow next to nothing to show for its consistently high losses.
But in a long war that has seen many ebbs and flows, perceptions can be deceiving, and making quick judgements can be a dangerous game.
Damn, Russia has banned the human rights group OVD-Info as an "extremist/terrorist organization." They were one of the last major outfits still inside Russia coordinating legal assistance for people facing various kinds of political persecution. t.me/Ateobreaking...
Russian language has a rich vocabulary for describing life under tyranny. Like the plain-clothed ICE officers snatching people off the streets? In Russian, they would be called "silov...
🇺🇦 Zelensky publishes an open letter calling on Putin to end the war: “Whatever you may say about NATO, geopolitics, or the Russian language, this war is your personal choice — a war without a real cause. That is how history will remember it.” www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vidk...
Our Russian KIA estimate now includes a new category: 90,000 soldiers declared dead by court order, many without a body ever returned.
Combined with 261,000 “regular” fatalities, that brings our total estimate with @meduza_en to 352,000 by end of 2025
en.zona.media/article/2026...
“Lada-Rus’ followers are spread across Russia’s regions, from the republics of the North Caucasus to the Far East. The majority of them are women, a clear political advantage in a country where women increasingly outnumber men. ”
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/04/t...
“We don't just oppose Putin anymore, we're at war with him,” Nadya Tolokonnikova told the Kyiv Independent during a meeting in Kyiv. “To me, (saying) anything less bold is insufficient to meet the moment.”
Eilish Hart
Росфинмониторинг внес правозащитную организацию «ОВД-Инфо» в реестр «экстремистских и террористических организаций».
For the first time this year, Mediazona and Meduza have updated our overall estimate of Russia’s losses in its war against Ukraine. Based on the Probate Registry, it puts the numbe...
Since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the information space around the war has been obsessed with this deceptively simple question, and the constant new iterations of answers to...
Almost everything about Svetlana Lada-Rus, one of the most influential opposition figures in Russia, defies conventional expectations of who a worthy opponent of President Vladimir Putin should be. M...
“We don't just oppose Putin anymore, we're at war with him,” Nadya Tolokonnikova told the Kyiv Independent during a meeting in Kyiv. “To me, (saying) anything less bold is insufficient to meet the mom...
🔴🇷🇺 NEW: Security measures of unprecedented severity have been instituted in the Kremlin in recent weeks as Russian President Vladimir Putin anticipates a possible coup or assassination attempt.
Read more: www.occrp.org/en/news/secu...
