{
  "id": 1514049,
  "title": "Russian pensioner fined for trying to shoot down drones with shotgun",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/russian-pensioner-fined-for-trying-to-shoot-down-drones-with-shotgun",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:58:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/17/russian-pensioner-fined-for-trying-to-shoot-down-drones-with-shotgun"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A magistrate judge in the village of Yelan, in Russia’s Volgograd region, fined a local pensioner 40,000 rubles for trying to shoot down drones on his own. The independent Russian news outlet Verstka uncovered the court’s ruling, issued in July 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}