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Kremlin orders media to stop reporting Putin’s slumping approval

The Kremlin has ordered state and pro‑Kremlin media not to report on Vladimir Putin’s declining approval ratings, as internet restrictions tighten, independent Russian outlet Meduza reported on April 24.

25 April, 12:36 AM

Russian universities use "carrot and stick" tactics to pressure students into war

70+ educational institutions across 24 Russian oblasts, including occupied Crimea, have been identified as active participants in a campaign to recruit students for contract military service in Ukraine, independent outlet Echo wrote on March 2.

3 March, 08:10 AM

Russia’s first humanoid 'Aidol' fails its first walk - video

Moscow hosted the unveiling of Russia’s first humanoid robot built on artificial intelligence - the much-touted Aidol had barely reached the stage when it fell.

12 November 2025, 12:07 PM

Dozens of drones attack Moscow; Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports suspend flights - video

Moscow, the capital of Russia, came under mass drone attack, the city mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on his Telegram on Oct. 26.

27 October 2025, 09:16 AM

Wildfire getting closer to Putin’s Gelendzhik palace — media

A fire near Russia’s Krasnodar Krai Gelendzhik, sparked after a drone attack, continues to spread, the flames are now just one kilometer away from a winery linked to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, The Insider wrote on Aug. 29.

29 August 2025, 03:02 PM

Russian major killed in grenade blast in Stavropol

Two men, including Stavropol’s first deputy mayor Major Zaur Gurtsiev, were killed in a grenade explosion in the Russian city, Russian Agentstvonews reported on May 29.

29 May 2025, 11:46 AM

Second night of UAV attacks causes panic and airport closures in Moscow - video

Explosions could be heard overnight across Moscow Oblast, as air defense systems operated in the area, local media outlets wrote early on May 29.

29 May 2025, 08:16 AM

Moscow’s 'peace' vision: only unarmed observers in Ukraine - Russian MFA

A peace agreement could include the presence of “unarmed observers, a civilian mission” in Ukraine to monitor the implementation of “certain aspects of the agreement or security mechanisms", Russian Deputy FM Alexander Grushko claimed on March 16.

17 March 2025, 05:45 PM

Drones strike Russian port city of Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai

Explosions rocked Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, overnight, amid reports of a drone strike targeting the city’s maritime trade port, Russian Telegram channel Astra wrote on Feb. 26.

26 February 2025, 08:46 AM

Ukrainian orphan commits suicide after forced deportation to Russia

Eighteen-year-old Oleksandr Yakushenko, forcibly taken from a foster home near Kherson to Russia in 2022, died by suicide while living with an adoptive family in Krasnodar Krai, Russian outlet Vazhnyye Istorii wrote on Dec. 24.

24 December 2024, 01:10 PM

Kremlin media fabricates border breakthrough in Sumy Oblast

Russian propaganda presented its neutralized sabotage and reconnaissance group as a breakthrough in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast on Dec. 10, Special Operations Forces (SSO) reported on Telegram on Dec. 16.

16 December 2024, 01:05 PM

Russian airbase targeted in Ryazan Oblast, no casualties reported

Explosions shook the Dyagilevo area of Ryazan Oblast, home to a local military airbase, Russian Telegram channel Astra wrote early on Dec. 4.

4 December 2024, 08:02 AM

Latvia blocks 17 websites spreading Russian propaganda

Latvia’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) has restricted domestic access to 17 websites for spreading Russian propaganda, the country’s official publisher Latvijas Vēstnesis announced on Oct. 23.

23 October 2024, 08:28 PM

Fire erupts near Azov Port in Russia's Rostov Oblast after explosions - Russian media

An explosion rocked the port city of Azov in Russia's Rostov Oblast, sparking a large-scale fire there, local Telegram channels wrote on Sept. 23.

23 September 2024, 09:55 AM

Explosions and fire at military airfield in Russia's Volgograd Oblast after drone attack - video

A fire broke out at the Marinovka airfield near the Russian city of Kalach-on-the-Don in Volgograd Oblast after a drone attack, explosions were heard, Russian Telegram channels wrote early on Aug. 22.

22 August 2024, 09:00 AM

Ukrainian forces reportedly seize key gas station in Russia's Kursk Oblast

Ukrainian forces seized the Sudzha gas station in Kursk Oblast, Russian Telegram channels, including Rybar, reported on Aug. 7.

7 August 2024, 06:40 PM

Russia bans 81 European media outlets in retaliation for EU restrictions on Russian propaganda outlets

The Kremlin has banned access to 81 European media outlets from its territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on June 25.

25 June 2024, 08:45 PM

EU agrees to ban several Russian propaganda outlets

European Union ambassadors have agreed to ban the broadcasting of several Russia-controlled media outlets in the EU, RFE/RL correspondent Ricard Jozwiak reported via Twitter on May 15.

16 May 2024, 01:28 AM

Putin’s ‘elections’ marked by unprecedented falsifications, dubbed most dishonest in country’s history

The “presidential election” in Russia was the most unfair in Russian history as the falsifications were on an unprecedented scale, which is why it is impossible to establish the number of fake “votes”, Russian opposition publication Meduza claimed.

20 March 2024, 03:20 PM

Prigozhin’s body double reportedly killed in Ukrainian southern front

One of the alleged doubles of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, Ruslan Yunusov, reportedly died at the end of January in the war against Ukraine, the Telegram channel Agency.News reported on March 7.

8 March 2024, 04:05 PM

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