NewsPolitical sentences in Russia in June: 145 people handed prison time, 110 verdicts announced21 July 2025
NewsNew EU sanctions hit Russia’s T-Bank, CEO of Mosfilm, and over 100 “shadow fleet” vessels21 July 2025
NewsAzerbaijan to file international claim against Russia over December 2024 crash of AZAL airliner21 July 2025
NewsPerformance of pro-Putin conductor Valery Gergiev in Italy canceled following international outcry21 July 2025
Confession“They tied me to a chair with duct tape and started torturing me with electricity”: Testimonies of Ukrainian women abducted by Russia 19 July 2025The Insider
NewsUK sanctions 18 Russian military intelligence officers from Russia’s GRU, including five previously named in The Insider’s investigations18 July 2025
NewsEU passes 18th package of sanctions against Russia — “strongest to date,” says top diplomat Kallas18 July 2025
NewsEuropol disrupts major network of Russian-speaking cybercriminals targeting Ukraine and its allies17 July 2025
NewsRussia moves to brand Latvian bread company “extremist” after alleging its founders finance the Ukrainian military16 July 2025
NewsMoscow prosecutors launch criminal case against The Insider’s Timur Olevsky over his ties to an “undesirable organization”16 July 2025
NewsRussia’s Ministry of Digital Development and telecom operators are discussing “internet shutdown rules,” pro-Kremlin media report15 July 2025
Confession“If we got captured, we’d probably be executed”: Confessions of three foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine14 July 2025The Insider
NewsPolish prosecutors say attack on Navalny ally Leonid Volkov was carried out at the behest of exiled billionaire Leonid Nevzlin14 July 2025
NewsKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defends wartime censorship, says exiled journalists are “working to discredit Russia”11 July 2025
NewsSon of Rostec deputy arrested in Spain for laundering money through scheme exposed by Sergei Magnitsky11 July 2025
InvestigationsForging ahead: Russia sidesteps sanctions to import Austrian machinery for making howitzer barrels11 July 2025The Insider
NewsRussian general nicknamed “the Butcher” for incompetent leadership declared Hero of Russia10 July 2025
NewsChairs of polling stations with low turnout and weak support for Putin more likely to be fired, Novaya Gazeta study finds10 July 2025
NewsTruck driver arrested in central Russia over drones launched from his vehicle in Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb10 July 2025
NewsRussia launches record drone attack on Ukraine hours after Trump criticizes Putin and pledges more U.S. arms to Kyiv9 July 2025
NewsThree men acting for Wagner Group convicted of arson on London warehouse that stored aid bound for Ukraine9 July 2025
NewsState corporation Rosatom announces plan to fully localize lithium-ion battery production after Russia seizes major deposit in Ukraine8 July 2025
NewsRussian propaganda group Storm-1516 is using identities of real journalists to target Moldova, Armenia, and France8 July 2025
NewsDutch and Norwegian F-35s to patrol Eastern European skies to deter threats from Russia8 July 2025
NewsPraised for border defenses in late 2024, ex-Kursk governor Roman Starovoit found dead amid corruption probes into their construction8 July 2025
NewsRussian Navy corvette escorts MoD-owned ships through Baltic and English Channel towards the Mediterranean8 July 2025
NewsMajor airports across Russia cancel hundreds of flights as passengers kept in the dark about Ukrainian drone threat7 July 2025
InvestigationsA shot from Captain Morgan: Russian firms named after English pirates are sourcing Chinese parts for Shahed kamikaze drones7 July 2025The Insider
NewsRussia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit commits suicide after being fired by Vladimir Putin7 July 2025
NewsRussia is widely using banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including chloropicrin, German and Dutch intelligence report4 July 2025
NewsReuters publishes open letter from Russian political prisoners calling for the release of ill inmates held on political charges4 July 2025
NewsDeputy commander of Russian Navy linked to Bucha war crimes killed in HIMARS strike near Ukraine border3 July 2025