A few thoughts at year-end.

Fifty years ago today, The Gulag Archipelago was published.

Popular writer Boris Akunin has been added to the Kremlin's list of terrorists and extremists.

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

Russia plans to curb alcohol consumption by 12 percent.

A viola player and music teacher's life changed forever after posting anti-war messages on social media.

Moscow bans QR codes on billboards in response to the Russian political opposition.

President Putin announced he would seek a fifth term in office in a way that surprised some.

One-fourth of Russian regions are experiencing a critical HIV situation alongside a shortage of medicine.

Estonia's Prime Minister warned residents seeking Russian citizenship that they could face deportation as a security risk.

Russian regional officials have been called upon to cope with the discontent of the wives and mothers of the mobilized.

A former Russian prime minister has been declared a foreign agent.