Dmitry Volchek is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Russian Service.
Animal-welfare activists are sounding the alarm over what they describe as the massive culling of stray dogs in Sochi ahead of the Olympic Games.
Russian journalists are being questioned in a defamation case filed by Yelena Mizulina, a lawmaker known for promoting conservative moral values. An online petition urges Mizulina to undergo a psychiatric assessment.
