The Bell reports that former Russian website-blocking official Vladislav Minakov wrote nearly 90% of AIVPN’s latest release, raising questions about trust.
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Online Reviews Of A Military Recruitment Center In Omsk, Siberia, Say Local Residents Are Being Picked Up Off The Streets And Sent To War
Reviews of Omsk’s Sirius-55 recruitment center allege men were detained and pressured to sign military contracts; the accounts are not independently verified.
Poland Reportedly Suspends Major Arms Shipment To Ukraine Over Regional Tribute To Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Whose Fighters Took Part In WWII Massacres Of Poles
A source told RBC Ukraine that Poland put a major military aid package on hold after a Lviv regional tribute to the UPA drew protests.
Three Months After Ukraine Began Striking Warehouses Belonging To Russian Online Shopping Giants Wildberries And Ozon, Workers And Sellers Describe The Damage To Their Livelihoods
Workers and sellers describe lost income and disrupted deliveries after attacks hit Wildberries and Ozon facilities, according to a Meduza report.
Russian Emigrants Thought Marijuana Use Was Safe In Georgia. Now Some Are Facing Years Behind Bars.
More than 200 drug-related crimes involving Russian citizens were registered in Georgia in the first nine months of 2026, after 2025 legal changes.
Getting Into A Russian University Could Soon Come With A New Financial Hurdle For Some Students: Paying A Full Semester’s Tuition Upfront
A draft Russian ministry order would require tuition-paying university applicants to pay for at least one semester before enrollment, starting in 2027.
Catholic Archbishop In Belarus Blesses AI-generated Icon Of Carlo Acutis, The Italian Teenager Known As The Internet’s Patron Saint
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz blessed an AI-generated image of Carlo Acutis in Belarus, prompting criticism over whether it qualifies as an icon.
Websites Of Major Russian News Outlets Stop Loading After Ukraine’s Attack On Yandex Data Center
Major Russian news sites were inaccessible to some users on October 8. RBC said access had returned; a link to a Yandex data center attack is unconfirmed.
‘Anya Was Waiting For A Bullet In The Back’: Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya Exposed Torture And War Crimes In Chechnya. Twenty Years After Her Murder, Her Close Friend’s Daughter Remembers Her.
On the 20th anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder, Meduza publishes memoir excerpts recalling her reporting on abuses in Chechnya.
Russia To Double Spending On Internet Traffic Blocking And Filtering
A draft budget sets aside nearly 60 billion rubles for Russia’s internet filtering system over three years, almost twice the earlier plan.