A woman was fined for "tarnishing the Russian army” through anti-war imagery and a "provocative" tattoo.

Street artist Philippenzo, known for his anti-war murals, was detained at a Moscow airport when reentering Russia.

Work is underway to replace a Soviet symbol on a Kyiv monument with something more Ukrainian.

Sculptures of soldiers and tanks made from ground meat are making waves.

The regime feels threatened by the work of a 77-year-old St. Petersburg artist.

A director and a playwright were arrested for "promoting terrorism," for a play that criticizes how the Islamic State recruited Russian women.
 

One year on, the Russian language is changing, imbued with Newspeak and Aesopian diversions.

A new exhibit in New Jersey plumbs the ability of humor and art to fracture a totaliitarian society.

The Ukrainian city of Poltava will remove statues of Pushkin and two Soviet generals following residents' protests.

Moscow police attempted to interrupt an anti-war pianist's concert, going so far as to call in a bomb threat.

A young playwright in Tolyatti is threatened with 20 years in jail for rehearsing a play with his students.

An art group in St. Petersburg put up a sculpture criticizing Russian society's blind-sightedness on the war.