A new BBC podcast delves into Putin's connection to the 1999 apartment building bombings.

Three activists blocked the doors of Roskomnadzor to protest internet surveillance and were arrested.

A Moscow museum dedicated to victims of Soviet repression will be replaced by a new institution focused on what officials call "genocide of the Soviet people" during World War II.

Russian schools are returning to the Soviet system of evaluating children's behavior.

Russian authorities plan to crack down on dual citizens, adding penalties for those who fail to disclose a second passport.

In over three years of full-scale invasion, the children of Russia's political elite amassed billions of rubles thanks to the country’s high-interest key rate.

Russian authorities may be moving to block Telegram. But could the decision backfire?
 

Russian orphans have to fight in the war to access apartments they are legally entitled to.

Putin has declared 2026 to be the "Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia."

A prison that once held opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been closed. He referred to it as a "concentration camp."

Behind its Potemkin façade of stability, the Russian economy faces some real threats in 2026.

Behind the Russian nuclear briefcase: secret duties, modest lives, and strict control.