Chechnya is banning music that falls above or below approved tempos. 

In March 2024, Russian military courts began handing down about 34 sentences a day for unauthorized abandonment of military service.

Russian military courts saw a surge in weapons trafficking cases in 2023, marking the highest level in a decade.

What could an anti-war Russian do in the 2024 presidential elections?

A St. Petersburg tour guide has been punished for breaking locks on rooftop excursions.

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.