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Teachers are compelling schoolchildren across Russia to join a state-sanctioned youth movement. 

Schools in Belgorod are adapting to teaching near a war zone.

Tinder and other dating apps will exit the Belarussian market after Valentine's Day. How will Belarus find love?

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Republic of Bashkortostan to support a convicted activist.

Kirov locals hope to recover a cat erroneously thrown off a train to St. Petersburg.  

The extent of Russia's surveillance may surprise you — and it's only getting more invasive.

Local volunteers are sending dogs to other Russian cities to avoid a new euthanasia law in Buryatia. 

Fishermen near Kaliningrad were marooned on an ice floe and rescued by emergency services. 

A mysterious fire erupted at one of Wildberries's largest warehouses, costing billions of rubles in damages.

The Moscow Health Department is putting listening devices in doctors' offices.

The data say that, unsurprisingly, many Russians flock to warmer climes to celebrate the New Year.

Thousands of Russians have been left without heating amid severe frosts.