Russian intelligence officers reportedly masquerade as human rights activists and filmmakers.

Russian schoolchildren will learn to operate drones in courses designed to teach "life-safety."

Journalists and activists labeled "foreign agents" by the Kremlin gathered in Berlin. 

An artist was arrested while fleeing to Kazakhstan for the use of prison tattoos in his artwork.

A pair of Muscovites were caught trying to sell a fake government job.

A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod faces extremism charges for wearing rainbow earrings. 

The anti-war music group Bi-2 was held in Thailand, and Russian officials were not too hasty to bail them out. 

A gay Chechen man forced to out himself on camera vanished after the video went viral in 2022. Now, he tells his story.

Independent sociologists have sussed out what Russians really want from their government.

A Krasnoyarsk Zoo hedgehog has predicted an early spring.

A nonprofit is assisting vegan political detainees by offering animal-product-free provisions.

A Khabarovsk gym teacher's charity provides kids with sports gear.