Women discuss their decisions to adopt a "matronymic," honoring their mothers, rather than the traditional Russian patronymic.

An online retailer removed books by Dostoyevsky, Murakami, Wilde, Sorokin, and others under the "LGBT Propaganda" law.

Immigration into Russia from Central Asian countries has slowed since the start of Russia's War on Ukraine.

A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod faces extremism charges for wearing rainbow earrings. 

A gay Chechen man forced to out himself on camera vanished after the video went viral in 2022. Now, he tells his story.

Independent sociologists have sussed out what Russians really want from their government.

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

A school's New Years party causes a stir when a male teacher dresses up as Snow Maiden.

The BBC recorded the name of the first Russian soldier born in 2005 to be killed in Ukraine.

Russians share their hopes for 2024.

An almost-naked party drew backlash from conservative groups, prompting an investigation and the arrest of three attendees.

Russia's Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit to label LGBT Russians and their advocacy groups "extremists."