A Russian citizen was fined R50,000 for listening to a song by Ukrainian artist Verka Serduchka. 

Putin has declared 2026 to be the "Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia."

Finnish workers cross the Russian border for jobs on the Saimaa Canal.

Many former soldiers say stigma and disability keep them from getting the jobs they need to carry on.

The memorial on the building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered is constantly being destroyed and replaced.

In Russia's latest efforts to boost birthrates, St. Petersburg students who have children will be paid R200,000.

The story of how a Soviet-era icon for friendship has been twisted into an icon of militarism.

Reviewing a new volume of Chekhov's earliest work, on the writer's 166th birthday.

The European Fencing Championship was moved from Estonia after Russian athletes’ visas were denied.  

An investigation revealed how a Russian intelligence network across the Baltics recruits informants and feeds data to Moscow.

A survival YouTuber has brought unusual internet attention to Yakutia.

  Russian airlines are bringing old aircraft back into service due to a shortage of more modern options.