Teachers are compelling schoolchildren across Russia to join a state-sanctioned youth movement. 

Schools in Belgorod are adapting to teaching near a war zone.

Kirov locals hope to recover a cat erroneously thrown off a train to St. Petersburg.  

The extent of Russia's surveillance may surprise you — and it's only getting more invasive.

Local volunteers are sending dogs to other Russian cities to avoid a new euthanasia law in Buryatia. 

Fishermen near Kaliningrad were marooned on an ice floe and rescued by emergency services. 

After a week of heavy snow, Voronezh locals painted snowdrifts with calls for the local government to finally remove them.

A 14-year-old girl from Bryansk entered her biology class and shot at her classmates, killing one and injuring 5.

A recent study finds that 56% of Russian apartment-renters have had a conflict with their landlord.

A library in Ivanovo promotes intellectual growth and independent thought, offering literature from "foreign agents."

Yekaterinburg students are decorating the city with giant phallic snow sculptures, angering authorities and residents alike.

Are people leaving villages because of their embarrassing names, or because there are no services?