Ukraine has now begun recruiting from prisons — a practice which, until now, has been uniquely Russian.

Roskomnadzor has blocked the largest Russian-language fanfiction site. 

A Moscow university hopes to create a social score system like China's. 

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

The two remaining Russian visa centers in the US have been closed. 

Russians affected by “natural changes” wrote a record number of complaints to the president.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported dramatic increases in deportations and entry refusals. 

Disability numbers have seen a drastic increase since the beginning of the war. 

A major study finds that more than 80% of Russians want to work from home this summer.

Russian universities are restructuring higher education, creating more distance between Russian and international academia. 

A teacher of high-school language and literature has resigned after being denounced by a colleague.

Russia is locking up political prisoners at an astonishing rate. Mail is helping them survive.