A psychic from Kotelnikovo defrauded a client out of R67 million.

An online retailer removed books by Dostoyevsky, Murakami, Wilde, Sorokin, and others under the "LGBT Propaganda" law.

Russian voters are eligible to win prizes for voting in the upcoming presidential election. 

An artist was arrested while fleeing to Kazakhstan for the use of prison tattoos in his artwork.

A pair of Muscovites were caught trying to sell a fake government job.

A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod faces extremism charges for wearing rainbow earrings. 

A nonprofit is assisting vegan political detainees by offering animal-product-free provisions.

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. 

For the first time, Russia has sentenced a student for spying. The 18-year-old was a high-achieving student.

Russian poets were sentenced to prison for anti-war poems.

A theater canceled a show after the playwright was convicted for "spreading fake news about the Russian army."