Two concertgoers at a concert after one chanted “glory to Ukraine.”

The Ministry of Justice released a list of new "foreign agents." Among them is Boris Grebenshchikov, a respected founder of Russian Rock.
 

A popular singer's concerts have been canceled after being blacklisted by Russia.

An art group in St. Petersburg put up a sculpture criticizing Russian society's blind-sightedness on the war.

The Ministry of Justice has declared Zemfira a foreign agent, due to her opposition to Russia's War on Ukraine.

A mole-infused moonshine drink has burrowed through the Russian internet.

“I am asking you to include me on the foreign agents' list of my beloved country.”

– Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva, to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

A sappily patriotic pop song, "I'm Russian," gets a parody: "I'm Narrow."

A character from a 1988 Soviet animated film has taken on a new life as a 2022 internet meme.

“There was a certain girl here who was handing out some permission to paint to artists, complete nonsense. I gave her this work, and the first thing she said was that it was a very dangerous job, because if Gorbachev saw it, he would not allow the unification of Germany and that she will send it to the senate of West Berlin, which was a different country, for approval.” 

                                   –  Dmitry Vrubel, the artist behind the Berlin Wall's "The Fraternal Kiss"

Three American tech leaders, Tinder, Whatsapp, and Snapchat, are being sued in a Russian court. 

Russian event promoters have begun requiring artists to promise that they won't include political statements in their performances.