A local Russian leader opened a new kindergarten by calling on citizens to be fruitful and multiply.

Russians looking to get a little extra cash on the side can become "specific assistants." And the marketplace is booming.

Russian lawmakers push for tougher rules amid reports of women marrying deployed soldiers to collect benefits.

An Uzbek taxi driver suffered a racist attack near Moscow. Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry responded.

Russia's health care system is running out of doctors, nurses, and hospitals. Some regions have no oncologists or cardiologists.

Russia pulls hundreds of key statistics and shuts down most demographic data.

A 98-year-old veteran who moved to Russia from Latvia is the Kremlin's latest propaganda spotlight.

Russia is increasingly using its “rehabilitation of Nazism” law to punish for minor acts near war memorials.

The General Prosecutor's office proposed sending school bullies to temporary detention centers.

Russia has become the first country to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government.

A new Russian law would raise the drinking age from 18 to 21.

A LGBT rights activist asserts that homophobic groups from Russia are still persecuting her in exile in Lithuania.