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'Black Death Cover-up?' Scientist Dies in Siberia as Russia's Secrecy Fuels Claims of a Mystery Plague Case

A 28-year-old technician at Siberia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has died after a suspected plague infection, prompting multiple measures and questions over official transparency.

International Business Times UK · 19h ago

Russia's top-selling dog vaccine linked to spate of pet deaths across the country

State veterinary regulator confirmed batch 20 of Multican-8 contained a live Aujeszky's disease virus — typically fatal in dogs — after owners across at least 10 Russian regions reported hundreds of deaths since August.

Euronews · Sep 17

Russian teenager fined £100 for social media post insulting Taliban, report says

Court rules comment amounts to incitement of ethnic hatred

The Independent UK · Jun 16

Javascript files loaded with RATs hits thousands of victims

Hackers are targeting Russians with infostealers deployed via weaponized JavaScript.

TechRadar · Dec 3, 2024

Are Books and Brains Weapons? The U.S. Government Thinks So.

Sending user manuals, algorithms, and lines of code can be legally equivalent to exporting bombs.

Reason · Oct 27, 2024

You now need a VPN to keep using YouTube in Russia

YouTube, the last Western social media platform still available in Russia, has stopped working. Here's how to evade the block.

TechRadar · Aug 8, 2024

Russia poses as peacemaker, stepping up attacks on Ukraine’s east

Meanwhile, Ukraine rebuffs Hungary’s ceasefire plan as an independent media outlet analyses Russian war-related deaths.

Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2024

Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU

Israeli-made Pegasus cyberweapon used in hacking attempts on at least seven journalists and activists in EU

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

Russia’s book police: Anti-gay law opens new chapter as censors target literature

A new “council of experts” set up in Russia is leveraging a decade-old law against gay “propaganda” to censure books. The move marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s control of information by targeting a broad array of literature, a cultural domain that has long enjoyed a special latitude in…

France 24 · Apr 30, 2024

Russia mourns Moscow concert hall attack victims as death toll rises to 137

Search operation is still ongoing, governor of Moscow region says, amid fears the death toll of 137 may further rise.

Al Jazeera · Mar 24, 2024