President Vladimir Putin signed a law against LGBTQ "propaganda." Is this only a homophobic act? Or is it part of something bigger?

A colonel in the Russian army is facing house arrest for two months for taking a washing machine as a bribe.

Russian playwright Alexei Zhitkovsky has been detained for suspicion of engaging in "extremism."

Russia filed an official objection against Ukraine's case that Russia committed genocide during its invasion of its neighbor.

A regional beauty pageant winner is under investigation by Russian police after singing a patriotic Ukrainian song (on the internet).

After a five-day referendum, Putin signs a decree integrating Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk into Russia.

An employee of the international governmental organization OSCE has been sentenced to thirteen years by authorities in Russia-supported Luhansk.

Crimean wedding-goers were arrested and fined after playing a patriotic Ukrainian song at their reception.

The State Duma is considering a bill to outlaw "child-free" ideology.

After charging President Putin with high treason for the invasion of Ukraine, seven lawmakers have been summoned by the police.

Law enforcement in Samara has begun regularly using leg shackles for courtroom defendants.

For the first time, a Ukrainian court has ruled to confiscate the assets of a Russian billionaire.