A pink sign reading "How are you, still haven't given birth yet?" is the latest government effort to push women to give birth.

A woman left Russia for love. The cost: underemployment.

A trans man was sentenced to 12 years in a women's jail. Despite bullying and threats, he remains resilient.

Russian sex workers have flocked to the frontlines of Ukraine to satisfy soldiers' growing demand.

Semaglutides have landed in Russia as the country struggles with an obesity epidemic.

Russia's Anti-Corruption Foundation has published an eyebrow-raising investigation into one of Putin's closest allies – and his girlfriends.

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.