Russia is expanding its grounds for deporting foreign citizens and stateless people, having added over 20 new punishable offenses.

More than 40% of Russian libraries have been searched by law enforcement looking for banned books.

A lawyer issued a warning to the Russian population: no Satanism for Halloween.

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.

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

A proposal has been put forward to reform the Russian jury system that imperils its purpose.

A Czech citizen staged a short-lived solo protest at Red Square against Russia’s war on Ukraine.

An in-depth investigation into the electronic system being used for the first time in Russia to conduct elections reveals a less-than-watertight system..

The mother of a Russian student is under fire for exposing an updated school patch.

A P.E. teacher offered his university students to receive credit for three classes in exchange for voting online in the upcoming Duma elections.