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."

An almost-naked party drew backlash from conservative groups, prompting an investigation and the arrest of three attendees.

Popular writer Boris Akunin has been added to the Kremlin's list of terrorists and extremists.

Estonia's Prime Minister warned residents seeking Russian citizenship that they could face deportation as a security risk.

A former Russian prime minister has been declared a foreign agent.

Russia's Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit to label LGBT Russians and their advocacy groups "extremists."

Police drew up protocols at the European University at St. Petersburg after finding books from "undesirable organizations."

Vladimir Putin pardons a convicted killer involved in the Russian war in Ukraine.