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Meduza found Russia’s unpublished anti-extremism plan on a school website. It calls for identifying ‘Russophobes’ in the military and using AI for propaganda.

Meduza found a publicly accessible copy of the unpublished “Action Plan for Implementing the Russian Federation’s Strategy ...
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Russia’s first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine begins tomorrow, with its only anti-war party barred and genuine competition all but elimi…

Voting for a new Russian parliament begins tomorrow. The State Duma elections will run for three days, from September 18 ...
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Bloomberg: Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian attack on NATO. Its military says as many as 1,000 wounded troops could need care each day.

Government agencies across Germany are inspecting the country’s infrastructure and health care system to assess how well they ...
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Moscow court frees four truck drivers unwittingly used by Ukraine in 2025 ‘Operation Spiderweb’ drone attack on Russian military airfields

The Moscow City Court released four drivers whose trucks Ukrainian security services used to launch drones at Russian ...
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Ukrainian drone attacks halted two refineries run by Russian oil giant Rosneft. Three of Russia’s six biggest diesel-producing refineries are now sharply reducing output …

Rosneft’s oil refineries in Syzran and Saratov have halted operations after Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported, citing ...
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A Russian drone strike destroyed a warehouse in Kyiv full of props from Volodymyr Zelensky’s former comedy studio, but the studio says all scheduled concerts will go …

An overnight Russian drone strike on Kyiv destroyed a warehouse storing props from the Kvartal 95 studio, the studio said.
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Ukraine’s Third Army Corps command reveals a months-old counteroffensive in northern Donetsk region. Its ultimate goal remains unknown.

The Command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces’ Third Army Corps said its forces are conducting a counteroffensive in the ...
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France picks exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’ as its international Oscar entry. The Russian-language film previously won Cannes’ Grand …

France has submitted Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film “Minotavr” (“Minotaur”) for the Academy Award for Best International Feature ...
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The U.S. Attorney General was asked whether he’d investigate Russian boxing chief Umar Kremlev’s reported financing of Trump Jr.’s wedding festivities. His response: …

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters at the White House that he had no plans to investigate Russian businessman ...
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A six-fingered Leonardo DiCaprio and the creature from Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ stuff a ballot box in this Russian PSA about AI-generated election fraud videos

The Telegram channel Voyna s Feykami posted an AI-generated video about ballot stuffing. It shows a six-fingered Leonardo ...
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EU chief proposes a European Security Council with partners including Ukraine, Canada, and the U.K. — plus a threat-alert system independent of NATO

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed creating a European Security Council that would bring ...
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Russia’s 2026 parliamentary election has no meaningful competition. Independent observers still plan to document how paper and online results diverge.

In the summer of 2026, Yabloko — the only party representing Russia’s anti-establishment opposition and one that had ...