A student reflects on politics and Russia's future as high school graduation nears.

Russia prepares Ukrainian children for war against their own country.

A teenager's single father is fighting to stop his draft after his wife was murdered.

Another ex-con who fought in Ukraine to get out of jail brought his criminal behavior home.

A Ukrainian refugee in Russia received threatening messages from a Telegram account. Then she was arrested for terrorism.

Kids learn military tactics at the summer camp "Country of Heroes."

Russian teenagers continue to idolize PMC Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin, even after his death.

Russian authorities are preparing bills to ban the "extremist ideology" about being child-free. 

The Independent journal People of Baikal profiled the Batrakov brothers: one who's stateside, the other on the front lines of Ukraine.

Russian teenagers become military volunteers for an idea, and to enter universities.

Kevin Lik, an outstanding high schooler from Adygea, was convicted of espionage. His mother tells his story.

We inaugurate a series in which we ask those who fled Russia in the wake of Russia’s War on Ukraine to offer telling short stories or vignettes about their new life abroad.