RUSSIAN SCANDALS

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RUSSIA NEWS , RUSSIAN SCANDALS
February 13, 2026
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Russia: Telegram being slowed to force users to MAX, but military are unhappy

Over the past year, Russia has slowed multiple social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Telegram, citing security fears, scamming, and the company’s inability to stick to Russian rules in relation to social media. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)…

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RUSSIA NEWS , RUSSIAN SCANDALS
February 12, 2026
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First came WhatsApp, then Telegram, and now Russia want to block Google

Deputy of the State Duma of Russia Andrey Svintsov has stated that blocking Google in Russia is technically possible, but Roskomnadzor may have to wait for the company to return to the country to collect the debt. However, the first Deputy Chairman of the IT…

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RUSSIA NEWS , RUSSIAN SCANDALS
February 8, 2026
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Ukrainian trace in the attempted assassination of General in Moscow – Two men arrested, one woman in hiding

Russia’s SBU stated that 65-year-old Lubomir Korba was the attempted killer who had organised the attack and traveled to Moscow at the end of December on the orders of Ukraine’s Special Services. Korba was born in the Ternopil region of Ukraine and also holds Russian…

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RUSSIA NEWS , RUSSIAN SCANDALS
January 24, 2026
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People hiding from Russian authorities increased by 37 percent in 2025

Russians and other people hiding from special services, investigations, and courts has reached a record high in the country. By the end of 2025, there were 114,408 people hiding across Russia, according to data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is almost 31,400 more…

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RUSSIA NEWS , RUSSIAN SCANDALS
January 24, 2026
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Russian wheelchair-bound resident sentenced to a penal colony for comments

An Izhevsk resident in a wheelchair was sentenced to 5.5 years in a colony for a comment made about Putin and the FSB Clique. According to a report by SotaVision, a military court in Yekaterinburg sentenced 58-year-old Alexander Krichevsky to 5 and a half years…

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RUSSIA NEWS , RUSSIAN SCANDALS
January 23, 2026
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Late night knock in Primorsky Krai by military recruiters in apartment block

Imagine being in bed at 10pm and getting a knock on the door by military campaigners asking residents to sign contracts with the Russian Armed Forces. Primosky Krai residents faced this exact issue as two men and a woman in uniforms were knocking on apartments…

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RUSSIA NEWS , RUSSIAN SCANDALS
January 23, 2026
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Humiliated and forced to sign military contracts in Primorsky Krai

Primosky Krai contract recruiters are making the news again in cases of 9 conscripts who were held on a train and forced to sign military contracts for the war in Ukraine prior to their arrival at their service locations. Parents of conscripts from the Khakassia,…