Russia has become the first country to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government.

Party finance data from 2024 suggests Russian political parties heavily rely on public funding and opaque regional channels.

A LGBT rights activist asserts that homophobic groups from Russia are still persecuting her in exile in Lithuania.

Russia and Belarus celebrate a record year for trade between them in 2024. No surprise there.

Russia has passed a law prohibiting inscriptions in foreign languages in signs and billboards.

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

Russian leadership has approved a new plan for cultural policy through 2027.

American rapper Tyga performed in Moscow after Russia's three-year Hollywood drought.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has another legal name that's useful for filing taxes, avoiding sanctions, and more.

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

Russia commemorated the eightieth anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat with Ukraine war-themed parades and exhibits. And German sausages.

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