Another ex-con who fought in Ukraine to get out of jail brought his criminal behavior home.

Psychologists in Russian prisons fail to support inmates and staff.

The village of Putino always turns out to vote for Putin. But now even this town has started to call for an end to war.

New laws in Russia crack down on gambling.

Ukraine has now begun recruiting from prisons — a practice which, until now, has been uniquely Russian.

Roskomnadzor has blocked the largest Russian-language fanfiction site. 

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

The Independent journal People of Baikal profiled the Batrakov brothers: one who's stateside, the other on the front lines of Ukraine.

The two remaining Russian visa centers in the US have been closed. 

Russians affected by “natural changes” wrote a record number of complaints to the president.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported dramatic increases in deportations and entry refusals. 

Disability numbers have seen a drastic increase since the beginning of the war.