The Russian state reports that more than 5,000 vehicles confiscated from criminals have been sent to serve in the war in Ukraine.

How Russia's War on Ukraine has shattered its military education system.

Russia expands cadet kindergartens, where preschoolers train like soldiers.

The governor of the Kursk Region has announced plans for a new monument to honor a "hero" of Russia's war in Ukraine.

Inside the quiet toll of Russia's mobilization in Tomsk: a quarter dead, missing, or injured, few veterans recognized.

Weapons cases against servicemen have tripled since the Russian war in Ukraine began.

Russian lawmakers push for tougher rules amid reports of women marrying deployed soldiers to collect benefits.

A 46-year-old American who moved his family to Russia in search of “traditional values” is now serving on the front lines in Ukraine.

The Duma is considering a bill to hold conscription year-round, making it harder for Russians to avoid the draft.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claims "denazification" as a motive for the invasion of Ukraine. 

Russian police offered bonuses for recruiting criminal suspects to fight in Ukraine.

An easily-overlooked monument and museum outside Portland, Oregon, marks the site where three Soviet aviators completed the world's first transpolar flight.