A massive reenactment festival just before Victory Day reveals a great deal about modern Russian discourse.

A Buryat woman was attacked on a Moscow bus for speaking "her language." According to the victim, she was speaking Russian.

Fines, raids, and arrests hit Yabloko, the only legal party in Russia openly against the war in Ukraine, ahead of upcoming elections.

In January 2027, war propaganda in schools will be expanded by adding another ''patriotic" lesson to the curriculum. 

How one Ukrainian refugee family has been hindered in trying to live as Russians.

A new federal law introduced on March 1 might change the way books, including classic Russian titles, are distributed.

A Russian official threatens flower-pickers with up to 15 days in jail.

An investigation finds that the Russian army is still using Starlink in Ukraine despite restrictions, but connectivity remains fragile, worsened by Russia's own messaging limits.

Twitch banned Russian streamers for retransmitting a recruitment event for drone building by a Russian university.

An environmental catastrophe hits Tuapse following an attack by Ukrainian drones on a local oil refinery.

A war-borne word about the difficulty of opening up dark spaces.

Russia is expanding its fleet of advanced minesweepers, aiming to secure strategic waterways.