Russia's Anti-Corruption Foundation has published an eyebrow-raising investigation into one of Putin's closest allies – and his girlfriends.

A student reflects on politics and Russia's future as high school graduation nears.

Mediazona takes readers inside one of Russia's most-feared torture camps for Ukrainian captives.

Krasnodar Krai and Sevastopol declared a state of emergency after a Kerch Strait oil spill.

Verstka uncovered a survey that showed Russians are both exhausted and accustomed to the war in Ukraine.

On Christmas morning, two Russian diplomats were stopped at a DUI control in Argentina.

Russian-occupied Abkhazia faces an energy crisis that Russia seems reluctant to solve.

A statue to the founder of the Soviet secret police has been erected in Khabarovsk.

A pro-war bookshop in St. Petersburg closes, saying, "the end of the world is near."

Moscow police raided three nightclubs to "fight LGBT propaganda."

Trans people in Russia are more vulnerable than ever. How are they surviving?

Students chanting in Azerbaijani inside a Russian university are being investigated for terrorism.