What’s behind the ruble’s steady depreciation, and is the Kremlin ...
Oct 19, 2024 · On October 18, Russia’s Central Bank set the official exchange rate at 97.1 rubles to the U.S. dollar. Back in early August, the rate was just above 86 rubles, but it soon started climbing — and it hasn’t stopped since. Meduza explores what’s driving the ruble’s decline, how soon the rate might surpass 100 rubles per dollar, and whether the Russian government has the means (or the ...
Russia’s 2025 federal budget outlines record military and
Feb 15, 2024 · The Russian government has submitted its draft federal budget for 2025–2027 to the State Duma, a roughly 7,000-page document outlining projected revenues and planned expenditures. The figures exceeded earlier predictions, with 41.5 trillion rubles ($435.7 billion) allocated for next year alone — and that may not be the final amount. Moreover, a record share of the budget is classified as ...
Putin’s latest boasts of battlefield success are exaggerated — but ...
Nov 11, 2024 · Key updates as of November 9, 2024. In his speech at the Valdai Discussion Forum last Thursday, Vladimir Putin said that Russian forces had “trapped” two groupings of Ukrainian forces near the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region: one consisting of 10,000 troops and the other of 5,000. In reality, Ukraine’s forces still hold two bridgeheads on the Oskil River, which splits the crucial ...
Open-source data shows Russia’s equipment losses in Ukraine
Nov 5, 2024 · Amid an intensified offensive in Ukraine, Russia’s military is facing unprecedented equipment losses, according to data from the open-source research project Oryx, analyzed by Agentstvo.October saw the highest monthly losses of Russian armored vehicles, aircraft, helicopters, and other military assets since October 2022, …
As Telegram, WhatsApp, and numerous other web services go …
Aug 21, 2024 · Internet users in Russia reported outages affecting a wide range of online services on Wednesday, including Telegram, WhatsApp, and Skype. About an hour after the issues began, Russia’s federal censorship agency blamed the disruption on a massive DDoS attack, but digital rights activists said it bears all the hallmarks of an attempted block by the authorities.
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Falling dominoes As Ukraine’s foothold in Kursk shrinks, the …
Nov 18, 2024 · Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military analyses are part of our commitment to objective reporting on a war we firmly oppose.
120,000 dead and counting A new estimate from Meduza and …
Jul 5, 2024 · In the latest update to their list of confirmed Russian military deaths, Mediazona and BBC News Russian reported that at least 56,585 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine as of June 21. However, this list only includes soldiers whose deaths could be individually corroborated through open sources such as obituaries. In a previous investigation, Meduza and Mediazona used inheritance ...
1,000 days What open-source data tell us about the evolution
Mar 26, 2014 · November 19, 2024, marks 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. From the outset, Meduza’s analysts have been gathering and examining open-source information from the front lines to deliver accurate reports on a war the Kremlin has tried to censor. Our first report, published just three days into the 2022 invasion, included only 33 geolocated videos of Russian ...
Why is Trump’s pick for national intelligence director ... - Meduza
Nov 14, 2024 · U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he’s chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. Representative from Hawaii, as his nominee for the country’s next director of national intelligence. Gabbard, who’s been an outspoken critic of U.S. military support for Ukraine for years, would be the first Hindu and the first person of color to serve in the role if confirmed by Congress.