How deep the historical roots of chauvinism are in the Russian Orthodox Church and what forms this ideology now accepts Participants in the campaign of nationalists "Russian March", 2018. Photo: Peter Kassin / Kommersant XXXIII International Christmas Educational Readings, ending on January 31, were dedicated to the "Great Victory" - the past and the future, in which the Moscow Patriarchate believes.

Explain the researchers of the special services of the Russian Federation Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan Prigozhin press service / AP / Scanpix / Leta video message Evgeny Prigozhin, recorded in Rostov-on-Don after the capture of the city by the fighters of the PMC Wagner. June 24, 2023 Evgenia Prigozhin’s military rebellion, who rolled around the country in a day and fell silent as suddenly as it began, left behind many questions.

The key element of the prosecution against Berkovich and Petriychuk was a certain “destructive examination”. We tell who spent her Professor of the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU) Roman Anatolyevich Silantyev, who heads the only “Destructology Laboratory” in the world. Photo: social networks

The key element of the prosecution against Berkovich and Petriychuk was a certain “destructive examination”. We tell who spent her Professor of the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU) Roman Anatolyevich Silantyev, who heads the only “Destructology Laboratory” in the world.

Putin reportedly turns on FSB agency that botched Russia’s Ukraine prep Evgeny Feldman for Meduza As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its third week, President Vladimir Putin is cracking down on his favorite agency — the FSB. Journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, who have long specialized in covering Russia’s security services, report that the FSB’s foreign intelligence arm, the so-called Fifth Service, has become the target of repressions.

Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" After two weeks of the war, Russian President Vladimir Putin began repressions against his favorite department - the FSB. According to journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, the so-called 5th FSB service fell under the blow. Her leadership, according to the sources of Soldatov and Borogan, was sent under house arrest. There is no official confirmation of this information. Medusa asked Soldatov and Borogan to explain what was happening.

In society Results-2021. Arrests, arrests, arrests - and liquidation January 11, 2022 Andrey Soldatov, Irina Borogan Last year, it is impossible to call boring any way, the events developed dynamically, however, not in a very optimistic direction. And this time, not only for independent journalists and opposition politicians, but also for Russian elites.

The oldest member of the Moscow Helsinki group and cleric of the Kostroma diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church - about the main misfortune of the church and the dangers of the silence of the clergy The only priest in the current composition of the Moscow Helsinki group is the oldest human rights organization of Russia - Fr. George Edelstein approaches his 90-year line.

Protest of protest at the Building of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Prague Photo: Michala Rihova / Ctk Via Zuma Press / TASS The Czech investigation of the role of the GRU in the explosion of the ammunition depot in the village of Vrbetitsa in 2014 is striking for at least two reasons. Firstly, it turned out that the GRU officers did not stop before the organization of the explosions that claimed human lives, on the territory of the European country .

Andrei Soldatov answers the questions about Russia’s top intelligence agency that you’re too afraid to ask Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti / TASS Over the past two months, a team of reporters and researchers from multiple countries managed to identify several of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agents who tracked and possibly tried on several occasions to murder opposition figure Alexey Navalny.

Andrey Soldatov answers a shameful question about the main special service of Russia Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti / TASS Journalists and investigators from several countries of the world managed to calculate the FSB officers in a couple of months, who constantly monitored and, possibly, made several attempts on the opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The agents managed to detect because they made several elementary errors using the phone and the Internet.

Andrey Soldatov , Pavel Chikov The court of the city of Mirac The Chudovsky District Court of the city of the Chudovo Novgorod region fined a resident of the city of Malaya Visher Yuri Kartzhev for 30 thousand rubles for violation of Part 3 of Art. 20.1 Administrative Code - on disrespect for society, state symbols and authorities. This is the first case of applying the article, the amendments to which were made in the spring of 2019.

Andrey Soldatov , Sergey Shargunov Council of the Federation Council / Council.gov.ru The Federation Council on Wednesday approved the scandalously known bills of Senator Klishas, ​​“ On disrespect for power” and “ On the spread of obviously inaccurate information”. On the eve of the bills were approved by the relevant committee of the Federation Council, headed by Klishas. Caling not to adopt bills was made by the Presidential Council on Human Rights. This was reported on the Council website.

2017 was a year when it became completely clear-the old rules of the Putin’s special services developed in the 2000s came to an end. The rivalry of uncontrolled law enforcement agencies turned into feudal estates by their leaders, and the same medieval idea of ​​the “new nobility” as a Russian elite - all this ceased to be relevant.

Last year, it began under the sign of strengthening the Internet censorship, continued with repression against bloggers, and ended with American sanctions against the leadership of the GRU for hacker attacks on the servers of the Democratic Party during the presidential election campaign. At first glance, all this does not sound too happy, but several reasons for optimism in the future remain.