China and Russia have strengthened ties, despite tensions in the financial sector. The United States is closely monitoring their activity and increasing Chinese support for Russia's war effort in Ukr…

The Insider states that its journalists have gained access to hundreds of official documents confirming that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was imprisoned in the Polar Wolf penal colony could have been poisoned.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and his generals are well aware that the first to use nuclear weapons will be damned.

The longer the war drags on, the more emboldened its participants feel—and the more perilous chance encounters with drun...

Russia plans to increase defence spending to US$142 billion, or 6.2% of gross domestic product, in 2025.

Russian TV journalist Nikolai Svanidze, who is credited as one of founders of Russian television, died in Moscow on September 12

The Russian Investigative Committee said on September 10 that a court in the Perm region sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for axing off his wife's right hand.

Russia has had significantly more women than men for decades. The country’s 2020 census found that women and girls made up about 54 percent of Russia’s population, while men made up about 46 percent. Since February 2022, this gender gap has almost certainly become even more pronounced, as more than ...

Foreign nationals serving terms in Russian prisons have been asked to write requests to serve the remainder of their terms in their homeland following two recent hostage-taking crises in Russian penitentiaries, IStories said on September 10.

This past weekend, the notoriously unpopular incumbent Governor Alexander Beglov won reelection in St. Petersburg with a decisive 60 percent of the vote. In the lead-up to the election, Kremlin strategists planned to mobilize loyal voters and stifle opposition by fielding token candidates. However, ...

A court in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on August 12 handed a suspended four-year prison term to activist Gleb Kalinychev for sending 1,899 rubles ($21.50) to late opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2021-22.

A court in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Russia's Kamchatka region in the Far East, on August 12 sentenced a local man to 10 years in prison for beating to death another man who had criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The acting governor of Russia's Far Eastern region of Khabarovsk, Dmitry Demeshin, said on August 9 that a military parade will be held next month in the region's capital, also called Khabarovsk, to mark the victory over Japan in 1945.

Ivanishvili also appears to retain a Russian company through an offshore structure, despite promising to divest from Russia. Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Photo: Imago XINHUA/Alamy stock photo)

As Vladimir Putin tightens his circle of trust, a former secret service officer has emerged as one of his closest aides.

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Fake video uses AI-generated audio of the movie star to disparage the Olympic Committee

Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin face at least two years’ jail on ‘extremism’ charges, which they deny, amid continuing crackdown on dissent

Russian surpasses compatriot Gennady Padalka after logging more than 878 days at the international space station

Courts begin convicting people displaying symbols associated with ‘LGBT movement’ designated as extremist last year

Bi-2 detained for working without permit after Phuket concert, in latest incident involving anti-war artists in country

Less than 48 hours after ‘global LGBTQ+ movement’ banned for being extremist, LGBTQ+-friendly bars were raided

Books by bestselling author Grigori Chkhartishvili, who writes under pen name Boris Akunin, removed from shelves

Church court says Aleksiy Uminsky broke his oath by refusing to recite ‘Prayer for Holy Rus’, which church has made compulsory at services

Even sham elections need to be conducted effectively – get them wrong and they can jeopardise a whole regime, says Olga Chyzh of the University of Toronto

Russia’s presidential election is a foregone conclusion, but the appearance of democracy still matters greatly to its leader

Writing on X, jailed Russian opposition leader said he was ‘still in a good mood’ after an exhausting transfer to the ‘Polar Wolf’ prison

Female-led movements are challenging the official narrative that mobilised troops are required for war against Ukraine

When Vladimir Kosarevsky was ordered to destroy gay novels, he raised the alarm instead – then went to Spain to rebuild his life

Festive tunes may be ringing out but Russians will pay more for their traditional feast and only pop stars loyal to Putin are on TV

Russia’s armed forces set to total 1.32 million after latest increase amid the continued invasion of Ukraine

Five people injured in Kyiv attack in what could be start of winter campaign to destroy infrastructure• Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates

The artist has been jailed for speaking out against the Ukraine war. When Russia is free again, we will owe her a great debt, says activist Nadya Tolokonnikova