The Belarusian government has listed a handful of Telegram chats used by Belarusian emigrants living in Warsaw as "extremist materials."

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.

The mayor of a small city has called for a local landmark to be dismantled. 

A Belarussian man fled Georgia after being arrested in recent anti-government protests.

Moscow police raided three nightclubs to "fight LGBT propaganda."

The Patriarch of Moscow, a close Kremlin ally, forgives a dissenting singer. 

Trans people in Russia are more vulnerable than ever. How are they surviving?

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

Students chanting in Azerbaijani inside a Russian university are being investigated for terrorism.

Four billion rubles have been allocated for those who have lost property from the Ukrainian counterattack in Kursk Oblast.

Russian immigration authorities recently deported some 20,000 immigrants, part of an ongoing immigration crackdown.