The theater director and playwright have been in pre-trial detention for over a year on charges of "justifying terrorism." Now they've been sentenced.

A Moscow university hopes to create a social score system like China's. 

The Moscow Times has been declared an "undesirable" organization, throttling its distribution in Russia.

Russian authorities are preparing bills to ban the "extremist ideology" about being child-free. 

Over the past few years, Petersburgers have been noticing small pieces of fabric with skillfully made embroidery on the streets of the city.

The State Duma has banned Russian deputies and senators from traveling abroad without permission.

A popular online poet was revealed to be a political hoax. 

Roskomnadzor ordered the App Store to ban four VPN services. So how will Russians evade internet restrictions?

Russian president Vladimir Putin says that the armed forces need to shore up in case of some explosive international developments.

A man painted "No to War" on his car and his roof in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, but was investigated for "terrorism."

Posts by Russian emigres are used in state media to show the downsides of life outside of Russia. 

Sociologists spent a month living in small-town Russia to understand how Russians feel about the war in Ukraine.