As Russia and the world laid flowers to commemorate Alexey Navalny, mourners were arrested at home and abroad.

War transforms the image of the Soviet-era apartment building.

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

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

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. 

After a week of heavy snow, Voronezh locals painted snowdrifts with calls for the local government to finally remove them.

A 14-year-old girl from Bryansk entered her biology class and shot at her classmates, killing one and injuring 5.

A recent study finds that 56% of Russian apartment-renters have had a conflict with their landlord.

A library in Ivanovo promotes intellectual growth and independent thought, offering literature from "foreign agents."