The independent publication Verstka reported on a Moscow rehab center for Russian military personnel.

The Belarusian government has listed a handful of Telegram chats used by Belarusian emigrants living in Warsaw as "extremist materials."

Verstka uncovered a survey that showed Russians are both exhausted and accustomed to the war in Ukraine.

Some Russian psychologists and ex-combatants claim war has had a positive effect on people's lives.

Russian-occupied Abkhazia faces an energy crisis that Russia seems reluctant to solve.

The mayor of a small city has called for a local landmark to be dismantled. 

A Belarussian man fled Georgia after being arrested in recent anti-government protests.

Moscow police raided three nightclubs to "fight LGBT propaganda."

The Patriarch of Moscow, a close Kremlin ally, forgives a dissenting singer. 

Trans people in Russia are more vulnerable than ever. How are they surviving?

In Voronezh, police raided a bar that featured drag performers. 

Students chanting in Azerbaijani inside a Russian university are being investigated for terrorism.