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Politics● LowSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 5:10 PM

What does Meduza mean to readers who can’t safely support it themselves? Five people inside Russia wrote to tell you.

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Meduza [en] · Eastern Europe

Every time we ask you to support Meduza, we receive not only donations but also dozens of messages through our ”Flower Power” project from readers in Russia. They ask people in other countries to donate on their behalf and explain why access to independent news matters so much to them. For people in Russia, this is the only safe way to support Meduza. When someone on the other side of the border responds and fulfills their request, it means a great deal to them. Here are five messages that no one has answered yet. You can change that. Please read them and respond if any speak to you.

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