A P.E. teacher offered his university students to receive credit for three classes in exchange for voting online in the upcoming Duma elections.

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

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

An NGO aiding HIV patients was fined for not reporting its activities as a "foreign agent" after shutting its doors.

A 14-year-old child unintentionally tested the limits of playground use, resulting in two criminal charges.

The Supreme Court of Yakutia has extended the compulsory treatment of a shaman who had previously announced a march on Moscow to “drive the demon out of the Kremlin.” 

An anti-war party tried to participate in the fall elections for the State Duma.

A new analysis maps nearly 2,000 treason and espionage prosecutions in Russia.

A Russian tech entrepreneur's commitment to free speech on the internet has landed him in hot water.

Russian journalists were fined for quoting a former Roskomnadzor commission head.

Russia is effectively stripping those who have left the country of their citizenship.

The Ministry of Justice declared the Libertarian Party along with a list of journalists to its foreign agents list.