On International Homeless Animals Day, Moscow citizens attended a festival to encourage the adoption of pets from city shelters.

Ukrainian and American artists launch the project "Flowers for Hope" to encourage hope and support humanitarian funds in Ukraine.

The Estonian city of Narva, on the Russian border, quietly dismantled a Soviet memorial featuring a T-34 tank.

A working group of the Russian State Duma has compiled a list of cultural figures who have denounced the war in Ukraine. They can either "repent" or quit their jobs.

Since the annexation of Crimea in 2015, Russian authorities have been targeting Crimean Tatar activists.

Latvia's legislature has ruled Russia a "terrorism-supporting state" for its attacks on civilians in Ukraine.

“[This report] does not mean that Amnesty International holds Ukrainian forces responsible for violations committed by Russian forces, or that the Ukrainian military is not taking adequate precautions in other parts of the country. We must be very clear: nothing of the actions of the Ukrainian military, which we have documented, in any way justify Russia's violations.” 

                                   –  From a report released by Amnesty International

Performers from both the United States and Ukraine are invited to participate in a circus festival in St. Petersburg this fall.

Two female Russian artists discuss how their life and work has been impacted by Russia's Ukraine War.

“We must save the world not with blood, but with friendship and love.”

– A sign by Russian activist Tatyana Mateyeva

Russian prisoners with military experience are being recruited to join the fight in Ukraine.

Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov isn't a dentist. But that didn't stop him from being awarded the Russian Order of Merit for Dentistry.