The Duma has approved the creation of a national messenger app to digitize the government and collect data on its citizens' chats.

In which we examine Russia's latest rhetorical shield.

A new video game published by the son of a Russian diplomat lets players test their mettle on Ukraine's battlefields.

A court in Novgorod fined a man for LGBT-linked extremist propaganda for using an absurdist meme.

Two Argentinian influencers were accused of promoting a human trafficking scheme in Tatarstan.

A band from Bashkortostan has gone viral for an electro-folk song about a Bashkir epic poem.

Putin's daughter was allegedly injured while saving soldiers in the war. An independent outlet questions the story.

The Belarusian government has listed a handful of Telegram chats used by Belarusian emigrants living in Warsaw as "extremist materials."

Russian internet users are switching to legal means for streaming media — a consequence of the war in Ukraine.

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

The Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, claims Elon Muck gifted him a Tesla Cybertruck. 

A new law will require bloggers to hand over their data.