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Meduza

Russian independent/exile press, anti-Kremlin

Meduza is an independent, Russian-language news outlet run by Russian journalists in exile in Riga, Latvia, funded mainly by reader donations after losing a share of U.S. government support in 2025. It focuses overwhelmingly on Russia, Ukraine, and the war, and is openly critical of the Kremlin; it covers U.S. politics only incidentally and has no consistent editorial stance toward the Trump administration.

Owned byIndependent nonprofit media outlet, based in Riga, Latvia; founded and led by Galina Timchenko (publisher) and Ivan Kolpakov (editor-in-chief); not owned by any corporation, oligarch, or government

LeaningRussian independent/exile press, anti-Kremlin

On the administrationmostly neutral

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2.8average bias score across 10 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

3 United Russia Takes 57.83% of Party-List Vote in Russia's First Duma Election Since the 2022 Invasion
2 Russian Guided Bomb Hits Sumy Apartment Building, Killing 2 and Injuring 8
5 Ukraine's Parliament Votes 317 to Dismiss Prosecutor General Kravchenko; Zelensky Names Kovalskyi Acting Successor
2 Italian NATO Jet Downs Drone Over Lithuania, the First Such Shootdown in Lithuanian Airspace
2 EU Ambassadors Extend Russia Sanctions List for One Week After France and Slovakia Block Six-Month Renewal
3 European Commission Approves €6.1 Billion Ukraine Defense Tranche, Clearing About €2 Billion for U.S.-Made Patriot Interceptors
3 Ukraine's SBU and Military Intelligence Exchange Gunfire in Kyiv; Three HUR Officers Wounded, Zelensky Orders Dismissals at Both Agencies
4 UK Clears MBDA to Give Ukraine Classified Data on British Storm Shadow Components
2 Zelenskyy and Trump Meet at White House on Patriot Interceptor Licensing and Renewed Peace Talks
2 Russia's National Guard Proposes Adding Martial Law to Its Civil-Defense Rules; Duma Widens Contract-Service Eligibility