Meduza

Meduza is an independent Russian- and English-language news website based in Riga, Latvia, covering Russia and the world.

US Army member arrested in UK over alleged Russian spy links

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British police arrest senior U.S. Army soldier near Gloucester on suspicion of spying for Russia

Maria Shurochkina suffers serious burns in home accident

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Olympic synchronized swimming champion Maria Shurochkina suffers severe burns in Moscow fire

Russia-Ukraine peace talks begin in Abu Dhabi

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Russia and Ukraine discuss prisoners, security guarantees, and postwar future on first day of Abu Dhabi talks

Poland arrests two Ukrainians in alleged Russian spy case

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Poland arrests two Ukrainians suspected of spying and sabotage for Russia

Merz ties German EU budget support to Ukraine funding

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German Chancellor Merz threatens to block EU budget unless four holdouts — Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic — commit to funding Ukraine

Novaya Gazeta closes its Moscow newsroom under Kremlin pressure

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Novaya Gazeta closes after 33 years under state pressure as staff take down portraits of six murdered colleagues and leave their Moscow office to cries of ‘Thank you!’

Russia-Ukraine peace talks resume in Abu Dhabi

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Russia wants Abu Dhabi talks to focus on postwar European security, with Ukraine just ‘one aspect’ of broader discussions, Reuters reports

Kirishi refinery catches fire after Ukrainian drone attack

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Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Leningrad region, sparking fire at one of the country’s largest oil refineries

Ukraine war: Trump says it could end soon, with territory ceded

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Trump says Ukraine will ‘have a somewhat different shape’ once the war ends

Trump meets Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House

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‘Everyone is just going to be thrilled’: Trump promises ‘big, beautiful agreement’ to end war in Ukraine

Melania Trump urges lasting Ukraine ceasefire

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Melania Trump receives Ukraine’s Order of Princess Olha at White House meeting on Oleshky evacuation

Finnish court jails Russian captain over cable damage

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Finnish court sentences Russian captain to 3.5 years for deliberately damaging Gulf of Finland cables

Poland arrests six suspected Russian agents

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Polish authorities detain a Russian woman and five Poles on suspicion of illegally supplying weapons components to Russia