Little victorious war A fragment of a chapter from the book “The Tsar in Person.” How Vladimir Putin deceived us all" This year, the book “The Tsar in Person” by Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin is being published in translation into several foreign languages. The authors have made additions to the new edition, which are now available in Russian in an electronic version.

“When I was studying at intelligence school, one of my characteristics was written down as a negative trait: “Reduced sense of danger.” And this shortcoming was considered very serious,” Putin said, not without coquetry, in his first biography Natalya Gevorkyan, Andrey Kolesnikov, Natalya Timakova. In the first person: conversations with Vladimir Putin, 2000 × , after which I repeated this story many times.

Society with no memory Roman Badanin’s column on the fading of Russia’s recent history 10 ноября 2025 Roman Badanin, Proekt’s еditor-in-chief The history of states is the history of people. Every story in a newspaper or on the internet is an event in the life of one or several people. How accurately we describe our history depends on how much we know about those involved.

Society without memory. Column by Roman Badanin about how the modern history of Russia is disappearing. The history of states is the history of people. Any news in the newspaper and on the Internet is an event from the life of a person, several, many. How much we know about the hero determines how accurately we describe our story.

Film about the secrets of the Chechen government A historical investigation about how Ramzan Kadyrov was brought to power and what crimes he committed in those 20 years that he controlled Chechnya. Roman Badanin, Mikhail Maglov, June 17, 2024 English Version This is the text version of the film "Project". Here, the facts and illustrations that we mention in the film/or which are not included in it are collected here.

An elaborate investor. The story of how the son of Dmitry Medvedev preferred a beautiful life to the hike to the front Roman Badanin, Mikhail Rubin and other authors of the "Project" September 23, 2022 Many people are perplexed why Dmitry Medvedev once considered liberal into the frenzied hawk of the war in Ukraine. As the project found out, a personal drama is also hidden behind this metamorphosis.

Russian oligarchs, or even more widely - rich businessmen, overwhelming majority gifted insignificants.

This week, the agency publication, which I head, published an investigation about the family of Sergei and Anna Tsivilevs. This couple has been managing the Kemerovo region and has already owed for 10 years Kolmar, one of the largest coal enterprises in Russia. The Tsivilevs found an interesting secret - they are relatives of President Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Kolokoltsev. Photo: Alexander Miridonov / Kommersant Here was an investigation of the journalists of the “project” about real estate of the native heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, possibly received from people associated with the Izmailovsky organized crime group.

"Medusa" publishes the full text of this article as a sign of support for colleagues The Government of the Chechen Republic of Medni Kadyrov (Musaeva) with her daughter and husband Ramzan Kadyrov The publication “ Project ” on Wednesday, April 7, issued an investigation dedicated to the family of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov - his wives (“first” and “second”), as well as luxurious real estate, which is issued on them.

How Russian banking regulators got rich on federal bailouts. A joint investigation by Meduza, Proekt, and VTimes. Sergey Bobylev / TASS In the spring of 2019, police in Russia arrested Colonel Kirill Cherkalin, the head of the Federal Security Service Banking Bureau’s Economic Security Department. In his home and his colleagues’ homes, officials found a record 12 billion rubles ($157.8 million).

As employees of the FSB and the deposit insurance agency were enriched on problem banks. Investigation "Medusa", "Project" and VTIMES Sergey Bobylev / TASS In the spring of 2019, Colonel Kirill Cherkalin, the head of the banking department of the FSB economic security service, was detained. Cherkalin and his colleagues found a record amount of cash - 12 billion rubles (more than in the apartments of the police colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, which were literally stuffed with money).

Investigation of how Russia is involved in the Civil War in Libya The material was prepared in conjunction with the Dossier Center and The Daily Beast In Libya, there is a Russian military contingent, led by Airborne Troops, andrei Kholzakov, follows from the correspondence of the emissaries of the “Kremlin cook” Evgeny Prigozhin.

“I will never believe that the founders do not affect the editorial policy. Well, it doesn’t happen that the editor-in-chief is sitting, and, having drunk a glass of tea, very smart thoughts come to publish some things ... ”-in these words the State Duma deputy Vladimir Parakhin justified the need to limit the participation of foreigners in Russian media two years ago. The law has been adopted and has been operating since the beginning of 2016.

Six facts about the life and business of a famous musician who, according to the Kremlin, is at the center of a new information attack on the Russian leader Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, artistic director of the St.