Boiling oil spills onto street outside Russian refinery after drone strike ignites storage tank — Meduza
Boiling oil spilled onto a street outside an oil refinery in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, after a storage tank boiled over during a fire…
Estonia proposes barring Russian and Belarusian citizens without permanent residency from buying property — Meduza
Estonia’s Internal Affairs Ministry has drafted legislation that would bar Russian and Belarusian citizens from buying real estate…
Report: Russia’s internet regulator investigates state TV channel over host’s on-air insults directed at blogger Viktoria Bonya — Meduza
Russia’s state media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has opened an investigation into the Russia-1 television channel over an April 16 episode of the…
Kommersant reports Syria plans to convert Russia’s Khmeimim air base into military training and humanitarian hub — Meduza
Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, plans to convert Russia’s Khmeimim air base into a training and humanitarian hub, the Russian…
Hungary’s new leader outlines sweeping changes after defeating Orban — Meduza
On April 12, Hungary held parliamentary elections that all of Europe was watching. Right-wing populist Viktor Orban, who had held…
Russia’s Interior Ministry proposes banning extradition of all foreigners granted asylum in the country — Meduza
Russia’s Internal Affairs Ministry has proposed legislation that would ban the extradition of any foreigner granted asylum in Russia, regardless…
Latvia and Lithuania bar Slovak prime minister’s plane from their airspace on route to Moscow for May 9 parade — Meduza
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Latvia and Lithuania will not allow his plane to use their airspace for…
Russian police chief’s son accused of raping sleeping woman during livestream — Meduza
The son of a district police precinct chief in Yakutsk invited a young woman to his home, got her drunk, and raped her…
Russia’s Leningrad Region to deploy mobile fire groups at critical sites to counter drone attacks, staffed by reservists — Meduza
The Leningrad Region will establish additional mobile fire groups at industrial facilities and critical infrastructure sites, staffed by reservists, Governor…
Report: Telegram works without a VPN for some users in Russia, but reason is unknown — Meduza
Telegram users in Russia began reporting on the evening of April 16 that the blocked messenger had been working without a VPN…
Lithuania’s top administrative court overturns entry ban on Russian rapper Morgenshtern — Meduza
Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned the entry ban on Russian rapper Alisher Morgenshtern, the Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT…
Nearly half of Russia’s embassy staff in Hungary may have ties to intelligence services — Meduza
Nearly half of the staff at Russia’s embassy in Hungary may have ties to intelligence services, the independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo…