After appearing in propagandistic recruitment report, Vladimir Terekhov went to the Russia's war on Ukraine on a false promise. Three years later, he deserted and fled Russia.

A political prisoner is unexpectedly released from pre-trial detention, perhaps due to a large public protest.

A Khabarovsk monument to the Soviet-Japanese War has raised tensions with Tokyo.

One of the leaders of the Russian charity movement has been charged in a criminal case. 

Russia's businessmen bought prized Western assets on the cheap. The Bell found that many have struggled to make them grow. 

Russia is turning its war in Ukraine into video games — with state money, Kremlin narratives, and mixed results.

Russia's newest combatant for the Ukrainian front is a medieval prince and saint.

A London show was cancelled after the performer was alleged to have donated to the Russian army.

An initiative replaces school bells with Russian songs, but there's a dark side.

A long word that means far more than just drone-induced shortages.

Russian propaganda is reshaping Belarusian media, from war narratives to a new Kremlin-backed project designed to look independent.

The governor of Oryol Oblast urged residents to report people with an "accent" to the FSB amid drone attacks from Ukraine.