The Wagner Group occupied Rostov-on-Don on June 24. What was it like in the city?

Russia's home-grown mercenaries have taken over Rostov-on-Don and threaten to march on the capital.

On June 4, Alexei Navalny's birthday, demonstrators took to the streets to demand his release.

A certain president and indicted war criminal visited occupied Ukraine.

An art group in St. Petersburg put up a sculpture criticizing Russian society's blind-sightedness on the war.

A Crimean artist who painted a political message was beaten and forced to publicly apologize to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A Russian shopkeeper's picture went viral after using the walls of his shop to express opposition to the invasion of Ukraine.

A female Russian motorcyclist has set a world record for riding from Magadan to Mirny across permafrost.

A new bust of Stalin has been erected in Volgograd, raising questions about the identity of the city.

Kyiv-Mohlya Academy has banned the Russian language inside the institution.

Russians across the country spontaneously mourned the victims of their country's January 14 missile attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, which crushed an apartment building.

Ukraine, parts of Russia, and cities in Latvia banned fireworks for New Year's celebrations over concerns about the war.