The Independent journal People of Baikal profiled the Batrakov brothers: one who's stateside, the other on the front lines of Ukraine.

Russian teenagers become military volunteers for an idea, and to enter universities.

Russia hosts a "rival" game this month in Kazan. 

Russia is now recruiting criminal suspects into the military.

Sirens and warnings of shelling are daily occurrences in regions that border Ukraine.

The two remaining Russian visa centers in the US have been closed. 

Putin's recent trip to North Korea signifies a continued, but not surprising, turn from the West.

Now that Fulbright has been declared an "undesirable organization," what will happen with its current and former Russian researchers?

Russian college admissions are growing more and more competitive.

Russians affected by “natural changes” wrote a record number of complaints to the president.

Russian state media outlet Izvestia is celebrating ten years since the Crimean annexation with a special feature that's pure propaganda.

Nearly 200 tons of old blankets were sent to Ukraine via the Russian Post. But many have disappeared, and their recipient is elusive.