Author Maria Galina declined to accept the 2025 Dar Literary Prize, sparking debate over engagement with Russian-language literature in wartime. 

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

Finland’s occupation of Karelia during WWII is being recast as a genocide.

Russian teens face terrorism charges after allegedly being paid to commit acts of sabotage.

Russians face fines and prosecution for public video appeals to Putin over environmental and social issues.

Police in arrested 10 current and former employees of Russia's largest publishing house on charges of "LGBT propaganda."

A woman was lured into attempting to kill a prominent Ukrainian activist in Kyiv.

At least 33 Belarusian dissidents have received forced psychological treatment since 2020.

A Moscow lawyer infiltrated Russian forces to serve Ukraine.

A Russian Orthodox priest was forced to pay a fine for posting a video calling for peace.

Incidents involving desecration of monuments honoring soldiers who fought in Russia's War on Ukraine are increasing.

Russia currently has 42 "cultural" figures who are political prisoners and another 176 on their way to becoming the same.