The Duma is considering a bill to hold conscription year-round, making it harder for Russians to avoid the draft.

A new initiative will closely monitor Petersburg city employees to ensure that they do their jobs right.

The General Prosecutor's office proposed sending school bullies to temporary detention centers.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claims "denazification" as a motive for the invasion of Ukraine. 

The Russian president maintains a high approval rating despite challenges.

Russia has become the first country to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government.

Party finance data from 2024 suggests Russian political parties heavily rely on public funding and opaque regional channels.

A LGBT rights activist asserts that homophobic groups from Russia are still persecuting her in exile in Lithuania.

Russia has passed a law prohibiting inscriptions in foreign languages in signs and billboards.

State-backed NGOs replace independent environmental voices in the Arctic.

The Duma has approved the creation of a national messenger app to digitize the government and collect data on its citizens' chats.

Tuva has Russia's highest birth and abortion rate. Women are buying counterfeit abortion pills online — at a high cost.