American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony. 

Ukraine has now begun recruiting from prisons — a practice which, until now, has been uniquely Russian.

Authorities spent ten times more money on barrage shelters in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast than in regions bordering Ukraine.

What drives human rights defenders inside Russia today?

Roskomnadzor has blocked the largest Russian-language fanfiction site. 

The theater director and playwright have been in pre-trial detention for over a year on charges of "justifying terrorism." Now they've been sentenced.

A Moscow university hopes to create a social score system like China's. 

The Moscow Times has been declared an "undesirable" organization, throttling its distribution in Russia.

Russian authorities are preparing bills to ban the "extremist ideology" about being child-free. 

Over the past few years, Petersburgers have been noticing small pieces of fabric with skillfully made embroidery on the streets of the city.

The State Duma has banned Russian deputies and senators from traveling abroad without permission.

A popular online poet was revealed to be a political hoax.