Kevin Rothrock, editor-in-chief of Meduza's international version, finds out how Belarusian state propaganda has changed in ten years. In the new episode of the English-language podcast The Naked Pravda, Kevin talks about this with Meduza's head of investigations Alexey Kovalyov and political analyst Alex Koksharov.In the late 2000s, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko tried to turn the country towards the West.

The German media reported on September 9 that Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a new type of “Novichok” nerve agent, more dangerous than any variation previously identified. Earlier in the month, Meduza science editor Alexander Ershov interviewed biochemist Marc-Michael Blum to find out more about how analytical chemistry is able to identify these poisons in patients and what the outlook is for Navalny’s recovery.

On September 22, law enforcement officers detained Sergei Torop. His associates call him Vissarion.