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Apr 21, 2025Apr 21, 2025

Russia’s Ministry of Justice names journalist as first member of fictional “international LGBT public movement”

The Russian Ministry of Justice has officially identified a participant in what it refers to as the “international…

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Apr 21, 2025Apr 21, 2025

Kyrgyz state bank connected to fugitive Moldovan oligarch suspected of sanctions evasion

In April, an order of the Kyrgyz government came into force, according to which all cross-border transfers in…

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Apr 21, 2025Apr 21, 2025

Russia’s Matryoshka disinfo network targets Moldova, bots accuse President Maia Sandu of corruption and repression

Moldovan President Maia Sandu speaks at a 18 March 2024 press conference in Chișinău. Photo: EPA-EFE / Dumitru…

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Apr 21, 2025Apr 21, 2025

Customs data reveals Russian defense companies using Israeli-made cutting tools routed through third countries

This article was originally published in Russian on April 14, 2025. Russian defense enterprises continue to use Israeli-manufactured…

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Apr 19, 2025Apr 19, 2025

Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Battles near Kursk border, “motocross season” near Pokrovsk, drone strikes directed from Moscow high-rise

In this week’s summary: In Russia’s western Kursk Region, only two settlements — border towns Oleshnya and Gornal…

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Apr 19, 2025Apr 19, 2025

Russian academic fakes his way to Nobel-level citation index, creates global plagiarism market for scientific papers

Dmitry Bokov. Photo: Sechenov University An associate professor at Moscow’s Sechenov University has embedded himself in an Iran-Iraq-linked…

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Apr 18, 2025Apr 18, 2025

Moscow court finds The Insider’s Anastasia Mikhaylova guilty of involvement with an “undesirable” organization

The Insider’s investigative journalist Anastasia Mikhaylova has been found guilty of an administrative offense in Moscow for her…

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Apr 17, 2025Apr 18, 2025

Russia is swamped with sexual slavery cases, but law enforcement masks them with other charges

Photo by Sergey Ponomarev / Kommersant In 15 years, Russia has registered only 53 criminal cases of slave…

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Apr 17, 2025Apr 17, 2025

Putin’s favorite TV anchor exposed as citizen of Montenegro and Honduras who spends most of her time abroad

Marina Ovsyannikova, then a Channel One employee, interrupts Ekaterina Andreeva’s broadcast with an anti-war sign, denouncing propaganda about…

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Apr 17, 2025Apr 17, 2025

Putin tells family of hostages to thank Hamas for “humanitarian act” of release, says father’s murder “shouldn’t be discussed now”

In this pool photo released by Russia’s state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin is seen shaking hands with Sasha…

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