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

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?

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. 

Hundreds of Russian soldiers who left their service without permission are being held in military units, beaten, and then forcibly sent back to the front.

A grassroots organization fighting for the rights of mobilized soldiers has been declared a foreign agent.

Individuals involved in political cases are now five times more likely to be sent to psychiatric hospitals for compulsory treatment.

A teacher of high-school language and literature has resigned after being denounced by a colleague.

Almost 19,000 Russians sought asylum in EU countries in 2023, marking a record high for the past seven years.

Artist Anna Dial uses updated samizdat methods to publish her "zines" and avoid censorship. 

The trial of Zhenya Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk has been postponed yet again.