Russian authorities have sharply increased the budget for the Federal Penitentiary Service, despite previous plans to cut it.

A Russian artist has been sentenced for his "extremist" art. 

2024 set a record for most people listed as "terrorists and extremists."

An organized crime ring specializing in ticket fraud was convicted in Moscow.

A 15-year-old with tuberculosis has received a 4.5-year sentence for terrorism.

What fate awaits billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov?

Psychologists in Russian prisons fail to support inmates and staff.

A new law will require bloggers to hand over their data. 

A chess player in Dagestan allegedly poisoned her rival with liquid mercury. 

A Russian-American citizen faces 15 years in prison for treason over a donation to a Ukrainian charity two years ago. 

Russians have paid millions in fines for "discrediting the army."

A Latvian pro-Kremlin activist and his five-year-old illegally crossed the border with Russia on a small recreational watercraft.