Russian police are joining the army for higher pay, leaving behind ...
WEB5 days ago · Russia’s police force is facing a critical personnel shortage. The problem predates the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but the war has greatly exacerbated it as cops have left the service for higher-paying jobs in the military. According to Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, in the fall of 2022, about 90,000 police positions were unfilled. By …
Photos and voices from Sumy, a Ukrainian border city facing
WEB6 days ago · Sumy, a Ukrainian city just 18 miles from the Russian border, has been under regular Russian attack since the start of the full-scale invasion. When Ukraine’s military launched its cross-border offensive into Russia’s Kursk region in August, the strikes intensified dramatically, as Sumy now serves as a rear base for the Ukrainian advance.
The dozens of bases that could be in Ukraine’s crosshairs if
WEB6 days ago · Last week, The Guardian, citing sources in the British government, reported that the U.K. had decided to allow Ukraine to use long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike targets on Russian territory. A few days later, The New York Times wrote that the U.S. was also set to lift its restrictions. So far, neither country has announced a decision …
Russia now has Iranian missiles. Here’s what that could mean for ...
WEB4 days ago · On September 10, Washington confirmed that Iran had transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia. With more weapons suited for hitting closer targets, Moscow can now conserve its longer-range missiles for deeper strikes into Ukrainian territory. And Western officials don’t expect this shipment to be the last. However, escalating tensions …
Gunfire breaks out in Moscow as Wildberries CEO claims husband …
WEB5 days ago · At least two people were killed in a shooting in Moscow on Wednesday after a group reportedly led by businessman Vladislav Bakalchuk tried to break into the main headquarters of Wildberries, the online retailer that his wife founded. The incident comes just two months after Tatyana Bakalchuk, Russia’s wealthiest woman, announced that …
Meduza’s daily newsletter: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
WEB5 days ago · The news in brief. 👾 A cybersecurity expert reportedly found a vulnerability in Russia’s electronic conscription summons database that allows anybody with someone’s Gosuslugi ID to grab their personal data (home addresses, passport numbers, tax IDs, pension accounts, insurance numbers, and more), though the Digital Development …
Does Putin’s order to increase the Russian army by 180,000
WEB5 days ago · This past Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree to add 180,000 soldiers to the Russian army, raising the country’s total number of active servicemen from 1.32 million to 1.5 million. This mirrors similar orders from 2022 and 2023, which increased the number of servicemen on budget payrolls by 12.5 percent and 14.7 …
America's expanding crackdown on RT and Moscow's covert
WEB6 days ago · 45 minutes. 11:16 pm, September 17, 2024. All episodes. Subscribe. America's expanding crackdown on RT and Moscow's covert influence operations. 00:00 45:26. Last month, the FBI raided the homes of Scott Ritter, a former United Nations weapons inspector and critic of American foreign policy, and Dimitri Simes, a former …
Meduza’s daily newsletter: Thursday, September 19, 2024
WEB4 days ago · The news in brief. 📣🏌️ Russia’s Education Ministry has proposed removing golf and cheerleading from schools, calling them “foreign practices” out of step with the nation’s “historical experience and traditions and moral and ethical standards”; 🏭 Putin announced plans to increase Russia’s UAV production tenfold by the end of the year (last year, the …
Meduza’s daily newsletter: Monday, September 16, 2024
WEB6 days ago · The news in brief. 🚫 Meta bans RT from its platforms following U.S. allegations that the outlet engaged in election interference and covert intelligence operations; 🩺👋 Doctors Without Borders ends work in Russia after Justice Ministry removes local affiliate from federal NGO registry; 🔑⛓️ Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardons 37 …