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Siberian journalist Maria Ponomarenko, who was detained in April and accused of discrediting the Russian armed forces with "fake" social-media posts about the war in Ukraine, has been transferred to house arrest.
Yevgeny Fotin left his wife and baby boy, Bogdan, more than 20 years ago, never to play a further role in their life. That isn't stopping Fotin from fighting to collect a share of the state compensation following Bogdan's death in Russia's war against Ukraine.
Kazakh authorities have detained journalist Yevgenia Baltatarova who is wanted in her native Republic of Buryatia in Russia for alleged distribution of false information about Russia's armed forces.
About one in five Russians say their savings have shrunk since Moscow launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February. With the war grinding on and with the dislocations caused by military mobilization, economists say it is becoming harder for average Russians to cope.
The U.S. Justice Department has charged nearly a dozen individuals with participating in illegal schemes to export sophisticated technologies to Russia and evade sanctions on Venezuelan oil.
At least 16 mobilized Russian soldiers have died in the 2 1/2 weeks since President Vladimir Putin announced a sweeping plan to get more troops to bolster the flagging Ukraine war effort. Though small, the number underscores the wider chaos afflicting the recruitment process.
The former director general and co-owner of a shopping mall that was destroyed by a fire in 2018, killing 60 people including 37 children, has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
The last native speaker of the Aleut language in Russia, Gennady Yakovlev, has died at the age of 86 in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka region.
In a tit-for-tat move, Tokyo has ordered a senior Russian official stationed in the country to leave following Russia's decision last week to expel a Japanese diplomat over alleged spying.
A court in the Far East has again extended the forced detention in a psychiatric clinic of a Yakut shaman who became known across Russia for his attempts to march to Moscow to drive President Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin.
Police in Russia's Siberian Tyva region have detained at least 27 women and dispersed a rally against the mobilization of local men for Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
A court in Russia's Far East has handed prison terms to three defendants who had been charged over a tent fire that claimed the lives of four children in 2019.
Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko, who was detained in April on accusations of discrediting the Russian armed forces with "fake" social-media posts about the war in Ukraine, says she attempted suicide by cutting her wrists to protest her pretrial incarceration.
The top manager at Russia's Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, Ivan Pechorin, has been found dead after media reports said last weekend that he fell out of a motorboat in the Sea of Japan close to the city of Vladivostok.
Russian classical pianist Polina Osetinskaya had another concert canceled in her home country after she spoke out against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Media reports in Russia say police have searched the homes of several journalists in different parts of the country, a move that may be linked to fugitive former lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov, who currently resides in Ukraine.
A court in Russia's Far East has canceled a lower court decision to prolong the forced treatment in a psychiatric clinic for a Yakut shaman who became known across the country for his attempts to march to Moscow to drive Russian President Vladimir Putin out of the Kremlin.
A court in Siberia has prolonged the forced treatment in a psychiatric clinic for a Yakut shaman who became known across Russia for his attempts to march to Moscow to drive Russian President Vladimir Putin out of Kremlin.
Activists say a massive social media campaign aims to frighten Russians into abandoning the use of VPNs, which allow users to view websites that are blocked in Russia. Influencers and regional officials have made near-identical posts as the number of blocked websites in Russia has skyrocketed.
Opposition lawmaker Khelga Pirogova, who fled Russia after a criminal case was opened on charges of "discrediting the armed forces,” tells RFE/RL she left because she could not allow her unborn child to begin life in jail. "Otherwise, I would have stayed. I was ready for interrogation and jail."
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