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News — August 2025

All Able-Bodied Men From a Village in Kamchatka Went to Fight in Ukraine

Local governor awarded the village the title “Village of Military Glory”

All Able-Bodied Men From a Village in Kamchatka Went to Fight in Ukraine

Son of the Russian Chairwoman of the Federation Council Lives in Italy Despite the War and Sanctions

He transferred the family’s assets to San Marino shortly before the EU imposed sanctions against his mother

Son of the Russian Chairwoman of the Federation Council Lives in Italy Despite the War and Sanctions

Ukraine Files Charges Against Head of Taganrog Detention Center for Organizing Torture of Journalist Viktoria Roshchina

According to the Ukrainian portal Zmina.info, the case concerns Aleksandr Shtod, who has headed the detention facility since the fall of 2022

Russian Defense Ministry Is Not Combating Hepatitis C and HIV Epidemics in the Army, Says Kremlin Propaganda Bloger Kashevarova

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the number of HIV cases in the armed forces has increased by at least 20-fold

Russian Defense Ministry Is Not Combating Hepatitis C and HIV Epidemics in the Army, Says Kremlin Propaganda Bloger Kashevarova

Putin ‘Awarded’ CIA Deputy Director Gloss, Whose Son Michael Fought for Russia Against Ukraine, with Order of Lenin

IStories was the first to report the Michael Gloss story

Putin ‘Awarded’ CIA Deputy Director Gloss, Whose Son Michael Fought for Russia Against Ukraine, with Order of Lenin

The Coordinator of the Far-Right Russkaya Obshchina Accused the Court of “Destroying the Institution of the Family” After He Was Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail for Beating His Wife

The beating took place in front of the children

At Least 70 People Dead During FSB Detentions in Russia and Occupied Territories of Ukraine Since 2022

Of these, 28 were considered as Ukrainian agents by the security service

At Least 70 People Dead During FSB Detentions in Russia and Occupied Territories of Ukraine Since 2022

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In Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Migrants Will Be Required to Install an App Transmitting Their Geolocation to the Interior Ministry Starting September 1

As IStories has discovered, users complain that the app does not work

In Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Migrants Will Be Required to Install an App Transmitting Their Geolocation to the Interior Ministry Starting September 1

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Moscow to Spend 1.3 Billion Rubles on Migrant Database Upgrade Which Will Include the Ability to Collect “Genomic Data”

It is not clear whether this genomic data will subsequently be stored in the system

Moscow to Spend 1.3 Billion Rubles on Migrant Database Upgrade Which Will Include the Ability to Collect “Genomic Data”

A Special Database of Ukrainian Orphans for Adoption Has Been Created in the ‘LPR,’ Where Children Can Be Selected by Eye and Hair Color. Is This True?

In fact, this database has existed since at least 2016. It is organized in the same way as its all-Russian counterpart

A Special Database of Ukrainian Orphans for Adoption Has Been Created in the ‘LPR,’ Where Children Can Be Selected by Eye and Hair Color. Is This True?

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In the Second Quarter of 2025, 37,900 Russians Signed Contracts with the Defense Ministry — 2.5 Times Fewer Than a Year Ago

The pace of contract recruitment has fallen to its lowest in two years

In the Second Quarter of 2025, 37,900 Russians Signed Contracts with the Defense Ministry — 2.5 Times Fewer Than a Year Ago

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A Resident of the Oleshky Boarding School, Taken to Russia Against His Will, Has Returned to Ukraine

He spent nearly two years in an institution for people with disabilities, headed by the sister of Russia’s Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova. IStories previously reported on his story

A Resident of the Oleshky Boarding School, Taken to Russia Against His Will, Has Returned to Ukraine