A Moscow court has sentenced Galina Timchenko, co-founder and CEO of Meduza, to five years in prison in absentia on charges of leading an “undesirable” organization, Mediazona reported.
The news out of Russia in 2025 has been overwhelmingly bleak.
For the third year, Ukrainians are celebrating Christmas on December 25, together with the West. Last week, Moscow rejected a Christmas truce and continued its relentless strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and civilian population.
With another year nearly behind us, it’s high time we look back at the best Russian-language reporting in 2025.
