meduza.io.botImagined common enemies. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service dreams of an alliance with Washington against ‘Eurofascism’
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/19/imagined-common-enemies
‘A blueprint for building Putinism’. Kremlin official Alexander Kharichev pens new policy essay hailing Russians’ self-sacrifice and reverence for state authority
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/19/a-blueprint-for-building-putinism
Trump threatens to ‘take a pass’ and abandon peace deal efforts in Ukraine. ‘We’re just gonna say you’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people.’
Trump threatens to ‘take a pass’ and abandon peace deal efforts in Ukraine. ‘We’re just gonna say you’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people.’
President Donald Trump has echoed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s warning that America is poised to abandon its diplomatic efforts in Ukraine if Moscow and Kyiv can’t show progress in the near future. “There’s no specific number of days, but we want to get it done,” Trump told reporters on Friday. “If for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we’re just gonna say you’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people, and we’re gonna just take a pass. But hopefully we won’t have to do that.”
Russian officials float initiative to offer military enlistment to failing university students instead of expulsion
Russian officials float initiative to offer military enlistment to failing university students instead of expulsion
Officials in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region have recommended military service as an alternative to expulsion for failing students in a scheme that would offer academic leave instead. Earlier this week, an independent student union published a letter from the regional Education Ministry addressed to the president of Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg.
Russian governor hires priest to bless office with holy water after predecessor is arrested for embezzlement
Russian governor hires priest to bless office with holy water after predecessor is arrested for embezzlement
A day after his predecessor was arrested for embezzlement, acting Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein had his office blessed by an Orthodox priest. “Recent developments have made it clear how deeply sinfulness has taken root within these walls,” Khinshtein wrote on Telegram.
Russia says it will no longer observe moratorium on strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Russia says it will no longer observe moratorium on strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced the end of Russia’s 30-day moratorium on strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. “At present, there have been no further instructions from the supreme commander-in-chief, President Putin,” Peskov told reporters on Friday.
Beijing rejects Zelensky’s claim of Chinese weapons supplies to Russia as ‘baseless political manipulation’
Beijing rejects Zelensky’s claim of Chinese weapons supplies to Russia as ‘baseless political manipulation’
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told journalists on Friday that there are no grounds to support Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Beijing is supplying weapons to Moscow. “China has never provided lethal weapons to either party in the conflict and has always strictly controlled the export of dual-use goods. […] China firmly opposes groundless accusations and political manipulations,” Lin Jian said.
Trump administration threatens to walk away from efforts to broker Russian-Ukrainian peace without visible progress in next few days
Trump administration threatens to walk away from efforts to broker Russian-Ukrainian peace without visible progress in next few days
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Paris on Friday that President Donald Trump is perhaps days from abandoning his administration’s efforts to broker a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv.
‘Partisans should work with whoever they want’. Wealthy Russians have a history of funding the anti-Putin opposition. Here’s how they do it — and what’s in it for them.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/18/partisans-should-work-with-whoever-they-want
U.S. and Ukraine sign memorandum on intent to reach mineral resources deal
