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Anthropic isn't launching a new ban on Russian users for its Claude AI on Nov. 12. The company's block on Russian businesses and their foreign-based employees has been active since last year. A recent policy update triggered the false rumors. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Ukraine's military is carrying out a large-scale drone attack on the Russian city of Omsk. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

The Collective Security Treaty Organization has stripped Armenia of its voting rights. Armenia froze its membership in 2024, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he would welcome being expelled altogether. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Germany's far-right AfD and Left Party have called for Russia's national ice hockey team to be allowed to compete in the World Championship, which Germany will host in May. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia sent 11 representatives to the Abu Dhabi peace talks. Here's who they are. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday before meeting Zelensky in Dublin. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

A Russian teacher forced a ninth-grader to kneel and struck him during an "Important Conversations" class. He later claimed members of the pro-Kremlin Yunarmiya youth group had staged a provocation against him. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended in Abu Dhabi. The sides agreed to a prisoner exchange and reported progress on security issues, but there was no major breakthrough. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Alexander Darchiev, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., has died at 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russian pro-war military aviation bloggers say Russian pilots were killed during Ukraine's overnight drone attack on Leningrad region. Russian officials have not confirmed the reported deaths. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Ukrainian negotiator Davyd Arakhamia says peace talks with Russia have "good momentum" and could produce a deal before the New Year. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's Federal Tax Service has begun requiring companies that use the simplified taxation system to submit documents detailing expenses made with corporate cards, tax consultants and lawyers told RBC. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

An Instagram-famous bus stop in St. Petersburg has lost its "Living My Best Life" inscription. A pro-war artist replaced it with decals depicting Russian drones and a Putin quote: "Russia's borders do not end anywhere." meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Ukraine has rejected a U.S. proposal to redraw the borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in a way that would let Russia claim it had fully captured both, a Ukrainian source close to the negotiations told The Telegraph. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to ensure that electricity prices for consumers in Russia are 20 percent lower than in China, Kommersant reports. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's FSB says it arrested two Polish citizens in the Kaliningrad region on espionage charges. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's FSB is screening travelers from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at airports, checking their phones and YouTube watch histories, Ostorozhno Novosti reports. Some have been denied entry over deleted messages or even carrying a basic phone. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia's delegation at the talks in Abu Dhabi overstated the size of the territory it occupies in Donbas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Ust-Luga port overnight, sparking a fire, according to the regional governor. In the Smolensk region, two people were killed after what officials described as drone debris hit an apartment building. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia has effectively given up its effort to replace the dollar with the yuan in foreign trade because of U.S. secondary sanctions, Bloomberg reported. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

At 21, Russian soccer player Aleksey Batrakov is emerging as a breakout star for Galatasaray. Since his summer transfer from Lokomotiv Moscow, he has scored six goals, including a brace in the Champions League, and won over fans across Turkey. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

A senior U.S. Army soldier with access to confidential information, per Army counterintelligence, was arrested near Gloucester by British police on suspicion of spying for Russia. He is in custody in London. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

A pro-war writer's novel is being removed from library shelves in several Russian regions because its cover quotes literary critic Galina Yuzefovich, designated a "foreign agent" in July 2026. (Readers can still request the book.) meduza.io/en/news/2026...

A graduate of Krasnodar State Institute of Culture claims the school has a list of dances from "unfriendly" countries that are banned in thesis works, recalling students with Ukrainian dances who were nearly barred from defending them in 2022. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

In a new Zurich Opera production, director Dmitri Tcherniakov unites three unrelated Sergei Rachmaninoff operas into a single narrative. Set in an elite nursing home, the staging turns romantic tragedies into a meditation on aging and isolation. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Following the collapse of Trump's "energy truce," Kyiv has resumed strikes on Russian refineries. Reuters reports that Ukraine has disrupted 9 major plants in the past week that account for about a third of Russia's refining capacity. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Many Russian emigrants in Serbia lost access to their money when authorities suddenly revoked Alta Bank's license. The state promises to compensate clients up to 50,000 euros, but some had more than that in their accounts. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

The last tanker carrying Russian diesel to the U.S. under the Trump-Putin diesel deal has turned around. The Agioi Fanendes, carrying 40,000 tons of fuel, reversed course some 460 miles from New York and is now "awaiting orders." meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Classmates knew the Krakow shooter as a loner who drew school attacks in his notebook. Earlier this year, he used a shooting club membership to get a gun permit, eventually killing his own family and opening fire on civilians. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Following reports of a U.S.-foiled plot against Russian dissidents, Garry Kasparov canceled a Berlin trip over a possible threat to his life. He criticized European politicians for allowing the region to become a playground for Vladimir Putin. meduza.io/en/news/2026...