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Right-wing politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
45 minutes ago

Trump's new FBI budget targets LGBTQ+ "terrorists" to combat "gender extremism" - LGBTQ Nation

The Trump administration's NSPM-7 equates gender extremism with domestic terrorism, targeting transgender individuals and dissenting political beliefs.
#russia
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Russian officials meet US counterparts as Moscow denies aiding Iran

Russian officials visit the US for talks amid ongoing Ukraine war, signaling a potential revival of bilateral engagement despite strained relations.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Russia wants to legalize cars stolen in EU

Russia may allow registration of EU-stolen vehicles, raising concerns in Germany about increased car thefts.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Russian officials meet US counterparts as Moscow denies aiding Iran

Russian officials visit the US for talks amid ongoing Ukraine war, signaling a potential revival of bilateral engagement despite strained relations.
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 day ago

Court In Kazakhstan Finds All 19 Defendants Guilty For Anti-China Protests

The court on April 13 found all defendants guilty of inciting inter-ethnic discord following a protest in which participants demanded the release of an ethnic Kazakh detained in Xinjiang.
Social justice
#viktor-orban
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 day ago

Viktor Orban won't be the last anti-LGBTQ+ strongman to topple

Viktor Orbán's departure marks the end of a regime that promoted homophobia and misogyny while exporting its oppressive model internationally.
Europe politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable

Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary signifies a shift in global politics, challenging the notion of illiberal parties' permanence in power.
Europe politics
fromemptywheel
1 week ago

Putin's Puppet Project in Peril - emptywheel

Viktor Orbán has created a far-right network funded by Hungarian public money and Russian oil revenues, significantly impacting European politics.
Digital life
fromMeduza
1 day ago

Asian messaging apps surge 60% in Russia as Telegram faces restrictions, Kommersant reports - Meduza

Asian messaging apps gained popularity in Russia as Telegram faced restrictions, with Telega experiencing the highest growth at 160%.
London food
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

I had poked the bear right in the eye': my fight to renounce my Russian citizenship

A person renounces their Russian citizenship at the embassy, reflecting on their Ukrainian heritage and the changes in public sentiment over time.
Information security
fromArs Technica
6 days ago

Thousands of consumer routers hacked by Russia's military

Russian military hackers are exploiting consumer routers to harvest passwords and credentials for espionage, affecting thousands of devices globally.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

Russia Moves to Formalize Cryptocurrency Market With New Legislation

Russia's State Duma introduced bills to regulate crypto transactions, capping non-qualified investors at $3,730 annually and mandating tax reporting.
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

Russia labels human rights group Memorial 'extremist'

The Supreme Court's ruling stated that Memorial and its supporters are 'clearly anti-Russian in nature and are aimed at destroying the basic foundations of Russian statehood, violating its territorial integrity, and eroding historical, cultural, spiritual, and moral values.'
Russo-Ukrainian War
Europe politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

MEPs raise alarm about possible Russian interference in Hungary's elections

Hungary's elections may be compromised by Russian manipulation, intimidation of journalists, and voter coercion, prompting calls for investigation by the European Commission.
France news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Russia demands France release woman arrested for suspected espionage

The Independent provides critical journalism on various issues, emphasizing the importance of accessible reporting without paywalls.
#belarus
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Belarus' parliament outlaws LGBTQ+ "propaganda" - LGBTQ Nation

Belarus has enacted a law criminalizing LGBTQ+ propaganda, following Russia's example, with severe penalties for violations.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Belarus' parliament outlaws LGBTQ+ "propaganda" - LGBTQ Nation

Belarus has enacted a law criminalizing LGBTQ+ propaganda, following Russia's example, with severe penalties for violations.
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
2 weeks ago

Russia Bans Oscar-Winning Documentary 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin'

The film follows Talankin in his job at a school in the poor mining town of Karabash in the Chelyabinsk region, showing how the Russian government indoctrinates students with pro-war messages.
Independent films
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Nobel Prize Committee condemns Russian move to criminalise rights group

Memorial won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for documenting human rights abuses in Russia and faces designation as an extremist organization by Russian authorities.
Privacy technologies
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today | TechCrunch

Russian authorities have blocked access to Archive.today and its associated domains, citing internet censorship regulations.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Russia jails former Kursk governor in Ukraine incursion-linked graft probe

Alexei Smirnov, former governor of Kursk, was sentenced to 14 years for accepting bribes linked to inadequate border fortifications against Ukraine.
NYC parents
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Authoritarianism

The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a group of mothers whose children disappeared during Argentina's dictatorship, continue protesting weekly in Buenos Aires nearly five decades after their movement began in 1977.
#internet-censorship
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say

Russia is gradually isolating its internet from the world, impacting millions through mobile blackouts and restrictions on essential communication platforms.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

Is Russia's internet blackout also intended to help enforce conscription more strictly? - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Russia has intensified internet censorship and communications control from 2025-2026, blocking major platforms and implementing mobile blackouts while enforcing stricter conscription laws.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say

Russia is gradually isolating its internet from the world, impacting millions through mobile blackouts and restrictions on essential communication platforms.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

Is Russia's internet blackout also intended to help enforce conscription more strictly? - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Russia has intensified internet censorship and communications control from 2025-2026, blocking major platforms and implementing mobile blackouts while enforcing stricter conscription laws.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Moscow Times
1 month ago

State Duma Lawmakers Demand Clarity on Alleged Telegram Advertising Ban - The Moscow Times

Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service declared advertising on Telegram illegal, creating confusion among lawmakers who seek official clarification on the platform's legal status.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Russia designates rights group leader an "extremist" in second "LGBT movement" case in a week - LGBTQ Nation

Russia is systematically prosecuting LGBTQ+ advocacy leaders under extremism laws, with Artyom Fokin convicted and fined for organizing an illegal organization and evading foreign agent requirements.
Privacy technologies
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The Kremlin tests blocking mobile internet in Moscow

Moscow's week-long internet blackout, ordered by Russian security services, demonstrates the Kremlin's capability and willingness to implement total digital isolation as a security measure.
#ukraine
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

My phone is a brick': Russians scramble for information as data blocked

Ukrainian drone attacks have led to internet blackouts in Russia, prompting authorities to promote offline activities among citizens.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
Russo-Ukrainian War

Do Your Homework!' Democrat Rips Trump Official for Refusing to Say Whether Putin Is a War Criminal' in Fiery Hearing

Rep. Bill Keating criticized Under Secretary Thomas DiNanno for inadequate support for Ukraine and evasion on whether Putin is a war criminal.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

My phone is a brick': Russians scramble for information as data blocked

Ukrainian drone attacks have led to internet blackouts in Russia, prompting authorities to promote offline activities among citizens.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Do Your Homework!' Democrat Rips Trump Official for Refusing to Say Whether Putin Is a War Criminal' in Fiery Hearing

Rep. Bill Keating criticized Under Secretary Thomas DiNanno for inadequate support for Ukraine and evasion on whether Putin is a war criminal.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Some parents said they'd break my knees': the teacher who exposed Putin's primary school propaganda

A Russian school teacher secretly documented government-mandated patriotic indoctrination of children, creating an Oscar-nominated documentary that Russian state media refuses to acknowledge.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Russia bans LGBTQ+ rights group "Coming Out" in secret trial - LGBTQ Nation

Russia's court designated Coming Out, a prominent LGBTQ+ rights organization, as extremist, marking the first documented case following the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed the international LGBT movement.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Pro-Kremlin blogger turns on Putin, sent to psychiatric care

Ilya Remeslo publicly renounced support for Putin, citing the failing war in Ukraine and calling for his resignation and justice as a war criminal.
World news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Putin is abusing INTERPOL to 'pursue critics' such as journalists and those connected to Ukraine - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

INTERPOL is being exploited by Russia to pursue critics, journalists, activists, and others internationally, undermining protections against political persecution and neutral legal mechanisms.
#alexei-navalny
#russian-politics
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Putin 'fears a coup' plot as chaos erupts in Moscow - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Unverified reports suggest mounting tensions within Russia's security elite, potentially involving former Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, with internet restrictions in Moscow and his associates facing corruption charges.
Miscellaneous
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 month ago

Putin Signs New Measure Tightening FSB Control Over Russian Internet

Russia granted the FSB authority to order internet shutdowns nationwide or regionally, removing provider liability and centralizing control under presidential decrees.
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

France grants safe haven to anti-Kremlin couple detained by ICE

After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russia, Alexei Ishimov, 31, arrived in Paris from Seattle on Monday morning, AFP correspondents saw. His 29-year-old wife Nadezhda, a former volunteer for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was expected to arrive on a separate flight from Miami, also on Monday morning. But she did not show up at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as planned.
France news
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Put him on trial': pro-Kremlin loyalist turns on Putin in rare outburst

Pro-Kremlin lawyer Ilya Remeslo publicly denounced Vladimir Putin, calling for his resignation and trial as a war criminal, citing Ukraine war failures, economic collapse, and authoritarian corruption.
#alexey-navalny
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks ago

Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet

Russian military communications face severe disruption as SpaceX cuts Starlink access and authorities restrict Telegram, forcing troops to seek unreliable alternatives while the Kremlin systematically blocks major communication platforms.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Russia attempted to fully block' WhatsApp, Meta-owned company says

Trying to isolate over 100 million users from private and secure communication is a backwards step and can only lead to less safety for people in Russia. We continue to do everything we can to keep users connected. The move fits into the Kremlin's aim to achieve a sovereign internet an online space cut off from western technology and foreign influence, and more vulnerable to state control.
World news
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

India: Security, terrorism laws used to silence dissent

Thousands are detained under UAPA with low conviction rates, prolonged pretrial imprisonment, and an expanded definition of terrorism targeting protesters and minorities.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Russia unlikely to risk reputation failure' by intervening in Iran unrest

Moscow believes Iran's mass protests have peaked and Tehran has largely suppressed domestic resistance, blaming external forces and Western interference for unrest.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
4 weeks ago

Moscow internet shutdown after Ukrainian drone attacks signals Russia's return to Soviet-style control - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Russia is responding to Ukrainian drone attacks by restricting internet access, controlling information flow, and tightening digital controls, resembling Soviet-era information management practices.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Russia jails 15 men for life over concert hall terror attack

A Moscow court sentenced 15 men to life imprisonment for the 2024 Crocus City Hall massacre that killed 150 people, including four Tajik gunmen who carried out the attack and eleven accomplices with terrorist links.
#lgbt-propaganda-law
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 month ago

Russia Sentences 15 To Life Over Deadly 2024 Moscow Terror Attack

Shamsidin Fariduni, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Muhammadsobir Faizov, and Saidakram Rachabalizoda have been found guilty and are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment. The judge at the Second Western District Military Court in Moscow identified them as the direct perpetrators of the attack.
Russo-Ukrainian War
Europe news
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

European nations say Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with dart frog toxin

Alexei Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a rare neurotoxin from poison dart frogs, and five European countries accuse Russia and are reporting it to the OPCW.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Telegram is reportedly being slowed down and restricted in Russia

Telegram users in Russia may begin noticing service disruptions on Tuesday after Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, reportedly moved to slow down and restrict access to the app, as reported by Russian news outlet . Roskomnadzor said in a statement to RBC, translated using machine translation, that it "will continue to introduce successive restrictions" on Telegram, claiming the app is not taking adequate steps to prevent fraud and criminal activity.
Miscellaneous
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Moscow court charges streamers with LGBTQ+ 'propaganda'

Public records of the charges didn't list the content that the streaming services, which include Kinopoisk, Wink, Ivi, Amediteka, 24TV, Digital Television and Beeline TV, are accused of sharing on their platforms, as reported by The Moscow Times. The publication added that reporting from Mediazona noted several of the companies had been previously fined for streaming content that was described by Russian authorities as promoting "non-traditional" relationships and lifestyles.
LGBT
Miscellaneous
fromAxios
1 month ago

Russia accused of killing Navalny with dart frog toxin. What we know about the rare poison

Laboratory testing detected epibatidine in Navalny's samples and concluded poisoning was highly likely to have caused his death while held in a Russian prison.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Russian man prosecuted for sharing 'LGBT Propaganda' pic of Queen in drag

Moscow resident David Gevondyan, who is 22 years old, was given a fine for his post on European social media site VK. In his appeal, Gevondyan argued that he had not violated the law and that Queen's outfit choices did not constitute 'LGBT Propaganda'. According to Verstka, the court rejected his argument, noting that Gevondyan's page also showed photos of men kissing and men dressed in miniskirts. He was fined an undisclosed amount for all of the images.
LGBT
Miscellaneous
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Russia jails stand-up comic Artemy Ostani over war joke

Artemy Ostanin was sentenced to five years nine months for joking about a legless war veteran and offending Christians, convicted of inciting hatred.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Russian crackdown on Telegram app prompts rare criticism from soldiers, pro-war bloggers and officials

Russia's planned slowdown of Telegram threatens military communications and civil freedoms while promoting a state-backed super-app and seeking a more controllable, sovereign internet.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

The harrowing reality of being a prisoner of war in Russia - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Recent prisoner-of-war exchanges between Ukraine and Russia reveal widespread torture and abuse in Russian detention facilities, with survivors reporting systematic psychological and physical mistreatment throughout captivity.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

US not disputing' European assessment of Navalny poisoning, Rubio says

The US does not dispute European findings that Alexey Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine; the UK is considering additional sanctions on Russia.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

How Putin stays strong in Russia, four years into war in Ukraine

What was meant to be a swift military operation to topple the Ukrainian government and take control of the country has now dragged on for four devastating years. Russian President Vladimir Putin's promise to protect the people of Donbas, who, according to him, had been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for the previous eight years, has meant that hundreds of settlements have been wiped off the face of the Earth and millions of lives have been broken, in both countries.
Russo-Ukrainian War
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