From pressuring teens to abort to denying requested abortions, orphanages in Russia often mishandle pregnancy cases. 

The Ministry of Defense plans to draft 300,000 soldiers to encircle Kharkiv, Ukraine, according to independent news outlet Vyorstka.

Indian authorities uncovered a human trafficking network that tricked its citizens into fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

Women discuss their decisions to adopt a "matronymic," honoring their mothers, rather than the traditional Russian patronymic.

An online retailer removed books by Dostoyevsky, Murakami, Wilde, Sorokin, and others under the "LGBT Propaganda" law.

Immigration into Russia from Central Asian countries has slowed since the start of Russia's War on Ukraine.

A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod faces extremism charges for wearing rainbow earrings. 

A gay Chechen man forced to out himself on camera vanished after the video went viral in 2022. Now, he tells his story.

Independent sociologists have sussed out what Russians really want from their government.

Thousands of Russians have been left without heating amid severe frosts.

A school's New Years party causes a stir when a male teacher dresses up as Snow Maiden.

The BBC recorded the name of the first Russian soldier born in 2005 to be killed in Ukraine.