A new arsonist wave in Russian cities is traced to threats from online scammers. 

A statue to the founder of the Soviet secret police has been erected in Khabarovsk.

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

A small city in the Far East has erected a new monument to Stalin. 

Moscow police solved the case of a missing antique German dagger, stolen from an antique store.

Is an apartment a fair trade for a parent lost in the war?

In June 1996, a woman woke up on an overnight train arriving in St. Petersburg with no memory of who she was or why she was there...

A program paying mortgages in small towns has been unexpectedly successful. 

A teenager's single father is fighting to stop his draft after his wife was murdered.

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

A Ukrainian refugee in Russia received threatening messages from a Telegram account. Then she was arrested for terrorism.

Russia's Immortal Regiment demonstrations have petered out, reflecting a distaste for grassroots patriotism.