President Putin announced he would seek a fifth term in office in a way that surprised some.

One-fourth of Russian regions are experiencing a critical HIV situation alongside a shortage of medicine.

Estonia's Prime Minister warned residents seeking Russian citizenship that they could face deportation as a security risk.

Russian regional officials have been called upon to cope with the discontent of the wives and mothers of the mobilized.

A former Russian prime minister has been declared a foreign agent.

Russian doctors signed an open letter to President Putin demanding Sasha Skochilenko's release for reasons of health.

Russia's Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit to label LGBT Russians and their advocacy groups "extremists."

A Russian 19-year-old has registered himself as a foreign agent.

The Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education is collecting personal data of students and teachers who have been in contact with foreigners.

Police drew up protocols at the European University at St. Petersburg after finding books from "undesirable organizations."

Vladimir Putin pardons a convicted killer involved in the Russian war in Ukraine.

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