A funny word from a popular cartoon has become a controversial bit of  emigrant slang.

Nikita Mikhalkov says that recently created Russian film award will combat looming cultural threats from the West and promote traditional values.

A proposal has been put forward to reform the Russian jury system that imperils its purpose.

An in-depth investigation into the electronic system being used for the first time in Russia to conduct elections reveals a less-than-watertight system..

Russia is turning its war in Ukraine into video games — with state money, Kremlin narratives, and mixed results.

An initiative replaces school bells with Russian songs, but there's a dark side.

A visit by Taliban officials to a Belarusian dairy facility was erased from the web.

In accordance with new Russian laws, the owners of a cafe in the Urals had to change its name — and became famous.

Russian propaganda is reshaping Belarusian media, from war narratives to a new Kremlin-backed project designed to look independent.

The Supreme Court of Yakutia has extended the compulsory treatment of a shaman who had previously announced a march on Moscow to “drive the demon out of the Kremlin.” 

Rumors swirl about a potential new Russian mobilization, but the Kremlin's flat denials don't mean much.

Russian journalists were fined for quoting a former Roskomnadzor commission head.