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Russia's Defense Ministry has confirmed for the first time that conscripts are among military personnel involved in Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Russian authorities plan to introduce a registry of people who have links with companies, organizations, or media outlets that have been officially recognized as foreign agents, another move to broaden the state's crackdown on civil society.
Several Russian ministries and other state entities have been hacked in an apparent protest over Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
The music director and principal conductor at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater has announced his resignation over pressure to take a position on the Ukraine conflict.
Thousands of anti-war protesters in Russia were detained by police on March 6 as demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine were held across the country. According to the independent protest-monitoring group OVD-Info, more than 4,800 people were detained.
Russian opposition activist and former Moscow lawmaker Yulia Galyamina has been sentenced to 30 days in jail on a charge of violating the law on public events over her attempt to organize a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russia's federal air-transport agency, Rosaviatsia, has recommended that domestic airlines with foreign-leased aircraft suspend all flights abroad, except to neighboring Belarus, from March 8.
Russian opposition activist and former Moscow lawmaker Yulia Galyamina has been detained and charged with violating the law on public events over her attempt to organize a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian lawmakers have approved a draft law criminalizing the distribution of "false news" about military operations amid a crackdown on independent media outlets covering Moscow's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Memorial International, Russia's most venerated human rights group, says police have raided one of its offices in Moscow.
Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor has blocked Facebook, the world’s largest social-media platform by number of users, in the latest broadside against freedom of information in the country as the Kremlin seeks to control the narrative about its war in Ukraine.
The popular Russian television station Dozhd has suspended its operations amid pressure linked to its coverage of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ekho Moskvy, an independent Russian media outlet critical of the Kremlin, has decided to close amid moves by the government to restrict its outreach.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has called for daily protests against Moscow's unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine, saying Russia cannot become "a nation of frightened silent people."
Lyudmila Bukhantsova was shocked to learn on social media that her son, a Russian soldier, had been captured by Ukrainian forces. He had only told her he was going on military exercises. She is now desperate for information about her son's condition.
From St. Petersburg to Siberia, Russians continue to voice opposition to their country's military invasion of Ukraine, with anti-war protests spreading to more than 50 cities on February 27.
Many Russian media outlets have been hacked, with anti-war messages being placed on their websites, as Russia continues its massive, unprovoked attack on Ukraine.
Russia's Supreme Court has upheld its previous decision to shut down one of the country's most venerated human rights groups, International Memorial, amid a continued crackdown on civil society in the country.
A group of well-known, exiled Russian public figures have created an Anti-War Committee to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials responsible after they unleashed a "fratricidal war" against Ukraine last week.
President Vladimir Putin has put Russia's nuclear deterrent forces on high alert amid escalating tensions with the West over his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
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