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The number of Russians vacationing in Crimea, the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula occupied by Moscow, has fallen by nearly half in recent weeks following attacks carried out by Kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on August 4 that introduces penalties for people who work with unregistered international or nongovernmental organizations.
A military court in Moscow has sentenced Zelimkhan Mazayev, who is wanted in the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of involvement into 2009 killing in Dubai of Sulim Yamadayev, to eight years in prison on a terrorism charge.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on August 4 that raises the maximum age for mandatory one-year military service for men to 30 from 27.
A Russian court has found imprisoned opposition politician Aleksei Navalny guilty on charges of extremism after a closed-door trial.
Journalists from the BBC and Mediazona have identified the names of 29,217 Russian military members killed in Ukraine since February 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a record number of secret decrees last month.
A verdict is expected on August 4 in the extremism trial of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who is already serving a nine-year prison sentence on embezzlement charges that he and his allies say are politically motivated.
The European Union announced on August 3 the extension of sanctions against Belarus due to its support for Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Georgia's Finance Ministry on August 2 said the exporting and reexporting of U.S. cars to Russia and Belarus was banned as of August 1.
Poland has warned that a growing presence of mercenaries from Russia's Wagner private military firm in Belarus is aimed at destabilizing NATO's eastern flank amid the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.
Irina Miroshnichenko, a popular actress in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and '80s, has died in a Moscow hospital, local media reported, citing her friends and colleagues on August 3.
The Russian Defense Ministry’s website has removed a greeting by the commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, in which he mentioned casualties among his troops in Ukraine.
The Agentstvo (Agency) Telegram channel cited investigative journalists as reporting that catering companies linked to the leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group have signed state contracts worth at least 2 billion rubles ($21.4 million) since Prigozhin led a short-lived mutiny in late June.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on August 3 approved a list of 40 apps that must be preinstalled on all computers, mobile phones, tablets, and smart TV sets as of January 1, 2024.
Takhir Arslanov, a 67-year-old retired Russian from Novosibirsk, was sentenced to three years in prison for posting anti-war comments on social media.
The Supreme Court of Russia said on August 2 that it had rejected an appeal filed by Ivan Safronov, a prominent former journalist, against his conviction in a high-profile treason case that highlighted the Kremlin's crackdown on the media and free speech.
Imprisoned Russian anti-war activist Ivan Kudryashov has been forcibly transferred to a psychiatric clinic less than two weeks after he ended his 40-day hunger strike to demand guards respect his rights.
A woman told police in Russia's Urals region of Chelyabinsk that she escaped after 14 years of being held against her will and sexually abused by the man who abducted her.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner chief who led a short-lived insurrection in Russia last month, said that the mercenary group had suspended recruitment, adding that it "continues its activities in Africa and at training centers in Belarus."
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