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

A new initiative will closely monitor Petersburg city employees to ensure that they do their jobs right.

Russia is increasingly using its “rehabilitation of Nazism” law to punish for minor acts near war memorials.

The General Prosecutor's office proposed sending school bullies to temporary detention centers.

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

The Russian president maintains a high approval rating despite challenges.

Pro-war bloggers are calling for a boycott of vacations in Turkey after it joined a drone coalition to aid Ukraine.

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

Russian journalists in exile collaborated with international artists on an exhibition celebrating resistance.

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

Central Asian migrants recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine may face prison at home.

Russia has become the first country to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government.