A rare species of tortoise hatches in the Moscow Zoo for the first time. 

A certain president and indicted war criminal visited occupied Ukraine.

A young playwright in Tolyatti is threatened with 20 years in jail for rehearsing a play with his students.

An art group in St. Petersburg put up a sculpture criticizing Russian society's blind-sightedness on the war.

Russian President and Indicted War Criminal Vladimir Putin had a bad day.

The Navalny film won the Oscar for Best Documentary at the 95th Academy Awards.

A Ukrainian petition calls for the renaming of Russia to Moscovia. 

The International Fencing Federation greenlit the return of Russian and Belarussian fencers to tournaments — and the Olympics.

A new hack into Russian radio and television stations reveals a vulnerable spot in the nation's airwaves.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s office declared the anti-corruption NGO Transparency International an "undesirable" organization.

The Wagner Group's new youth club sponsors pro-militaristic activities and suggests it undertakes recruitment by hypnosis.

A Crimean artist who painted a political message was beaten and forced to publicly apologize to Russian President Vladimir Putin.