For nearly 11 years, Meduza has served readers in Russia while working from abroad — a deliberate choice to stay beyond the reach of the Kremlin’s repressive laws and censorship. When Russia unleashed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Kremlin cracked down on Meduza as never before. We were forced to evacuate staff still inside the country, learn to operate as a banned...

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This article’s message, in brief: Meduza is in trouble — we’re running out of funding. We’ve already cut salaries and laid off staff, but it’s not enough. Unless we grow our base of monthly supporters from 9,000 to 15,000, Meduza as you know it won’t survive. If you live outside of Russia, please help us keep going. Dear Meduza in English readers, We wouldn’t be publishing this message if it...

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We recently invited readers from Russia to share what Meduza means to them and asked those living abroad to help support our work through donations. We’ve spent years explaining why this assistance is so crucial, and now it’s our readers’ turn! Meduza is publishing a handful of these responses, translated into English with light editing and enormous gratitude for these important and heartfelt...

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