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

A chess player in Dagestan allegedly poisoned her rival with liquid mercury. 

A Russian-American citizen faces 15 years in prison for treason over a donation to a Ukrainian charity two years ago. 

Russians have paid millions in fines for "discrediting the army."

A Latvian pro-Kremlin activist and his five-year-old illegally crossed the border with Russia on a small recreational watercraft.

New laws in Russia crack down on gambling.

The theater director and playwright have been in pre-trial detention for over a year on charges of "justifying terrorism." Now they've been sentenced.

Russian authorities are preparing bills to ban the "extremist ideology" about being child-free. 

The State Duma has banned Russian deputies and senators from traveling abroad without permission.

Roskomnadzor ordered the App Store to ban four VPN services. So how will Russians evade internet restrictions?

Russia is now recruiting criminal suspects into the military.

Now that Fulbright has been declared an "undesirable organization," what will happen with its current and former Russian researchers?