A VPN promising to outsmart Russia's censor has a surprising developer: a former Roskomnadzor insider who helped maintain a system policing internet blocks.

Reviewing a new linguistic guide to help Americans learn from Russia's mistakes.

Russian cartoonist Oleg Kuvaev was sentenced in absentia over a critical anti-war episode of his series “Masyanya.”

The FSB is turning arrests in propaganda. A study of 70 politically motivated cases reveals staged footage, scripted confessions, and video designed to intimidate government critics.

The first nine months of 2026 have seen a sharp increase in prosecutions for affiliation with banned organizations.

The Last Word of recently convicted dissident Pavel Syutkin.

A St. Petersburg man was arrested for writing to Putin about fuel shortage on a elevator wall.

Russia isn't known for its transparent democracy, but that didn't stop some voters from voicing their opinions through the ballot box.

Reviewing a remarkable, newly-discovered memoir by a "brilliant, sparky dynamo" at the center of things for decades. 

After appearing in propagandistic recruitment report, Vladimir Terekhov went to the Russia's war on Ukraine on a false promise. Three years later, he deserted and fled Russia.

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

A London show was cancelled after the performer was alleged to have donated to the Russian army.