Svetlana Reiter is a correspondent for the independent Russian news outlet Meduza.
A new national-priority project announced by President Vladimir Putin in January aims to develop new medical technologies to counter aging. Sources tell Systema and Meduza the project is the brainchild of Mikhail Kovalchuk, a Putin insider known for his outlandish scientific theories.
Amid venomous outbursts from his father in support of the war on Ukraine, former President Dmitry Medvedev’s 27-year-old son joined the ruling United Russia party this summer. Current Time and Meduza take a look at Ilya Medvedev as he emerges from the shadows.
Media this week have reported that Russian ballet master Igor Zelensky is the longtime partner of Yekaterina Tikhonova, who is believed to be the second daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Current Time and its partners look into who Zelensky is and what the future might hold for him.
An investigation by Current Time and Meduza looks at the secretive life of the Dutch man who is believed to have been Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law -- the husband of Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria.
