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The Real Russia. Today.
Friday, August 19, 2022
Latest news
- 🪦 Journalists uncover the names of 5,700 Russian soldiers who died in Ukraine
- 📵 Roskomnadzor penalizes TikTok, Telegram, and others for failing to remove banned content
- 💥 Air defenses activated in Yevpatoria and Sevastopol, Crimea
- 🔒 Russia’s Gazprom to halt gas deliveries via Nord Stream 1 for three days
Feature stories
- 🛂 Explainer: Will the EU ban tourist visas for Russians?
- 🕯️ Russian crimes against civilians in Andriivka
- 🪖 A Russian brigade holds its own soldiers hostage
Will the European Union impose a visa ban on Russian tourists? (12.5-min read)
Discussion about an EU ban on tourist visas for Russian citizens is gaining momentum. In the past week alone, the foreign ministers of Latvia and Lithuania called for tightening travel restrictions, Finland decided to limit the number of tourist visas for Russians tenfold, and Denmark joined a number of other countries in advocating for an EU-wide embargo. Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine has already prompted many European countries to halt or restrict visa issuance for Russian nationals. But will the EU bar entry for Russian tourists completely? Meduza asks and answers key questions about the potential for a visa ban here.
‘They were fighting regular people’: The 17 civilians killed during the Russian occupation of Andriivka (8-min read)
In February and March, when the Ukrainian village of Andriivka was under Russian occupation, Russian troops reportedly killed at least 14 civilians; three more died as a result of shelling. After investigating the circumstances of each death, Schemes, a project from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Ukrainian Service, has released an online map charting the killings and an investigative film called “Andriivka: The Tragedy of One Village.” With permission, Meduza has published translated summaries of the victims’ stories here.
In one Russian brigade, around 700 soldiers have refused to fight. But their superiors won’t let them leave. (4-min read)
On August 15, the Russian investigative news outlet iStories released an investigation that included interviews with multiple soldiers involved in crimes against civilians in the Ukrainian village of Andriivka. After the article was published, other soldiers from the same brigade contacted the journalists to confirm the accounts, as well as to report that hundreds of their fellow servicemen are being denied their right to resign from the army. With permission, Meduza has published a translated summary of the new report here.
⚡ We’re hiring again! Meduza is looking for a news editor to join the publication’s expanding English-language edition. You can find the job description here. Tell any interested colleagues that the application deadline is Sunday, August 21, 2022.