Tom Balmforth covers Russia and other former Soviet republics from his base in Moscow.
Some surprisingly blunt remarks trickled in on-screen as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual, carefully scripted marathon call-in program.
A Dutch-registered foundation is reportedly poised to acquire the English-language Moscow Times in a shakeup that is expected to include major staff cuts and a discontinuation of the print version after a quarter-century in the Russian capital.
A Russian priest with a taste for lavish cars has landed in the spotlight after a furious letter in his name demanded that a regional news site delete its report about his luxury SUV or face a criminal complaint.
The heavy-handed treatment of a poetry-reciting boy in Moscow has become a lightning rod issue in Russia, where some are questioning his detention by police, and others are asking why the boy's parents were allowing him to perform on the street.
Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov stepped out of the shadows with a menacing video clip attacking Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny. Navalny has challenged him to a TV debate.
The Telegram app has taken off in Russia as both a vibrant new space for blogging and a secure messenger service used by businesses, activists, and even officials, but media reports suggest the authorities may be moving to block it.
Following the conviction of a blogger for "insulting religious feelings" when he played Pokemon Go in a church, veteran journalist Vladimir Pozner has asked Vladimir Putin to clarify the apparent clampdown on religious freedom.
In the popular U.S. television series Fargo, recent episodes refer to authoritarianism and corruption in Russia and says its president uses lies as a "weapon." But on state television in Russia itself, where Fargo enjoys a cult following, you won't see any of that.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Moscow to protest the proposed demolitions of Soviet-era housing blocks in the Russian capital.
A home inhabited by Jehovah's Witnesses outside Moscow was destroyed in an arson attack, the religious organization said, citing it as the starkest example of a string of "acts of vandalism" targeting the group since it was branded as extremist by the Russian Supreme Court.
Russia's Yeltsin Center has been honored by Europe for raising questions and provoking debate about democracy and freedom of speech, but a popular director and fervent Kremlin supporter believes the presidential museum is destroying the minds of the young.
An ambitious plan to raze aging Soviet-era housing and resettle 1.6 million Muscovites in new homes was seen as a shrewd political maneuver to boost Vladimir Putin's approval ratings. But if that was the intention, it isn't going well. The plan has proved controversial -- and is sowing anger and confusion ahead of local and presidential elections next year.
Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses continue to gather nervously for worship following a controversial Supreme Court ruling that declared them extremists.
Amid an apparent Kremlin-backed effort to tar opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, his supporters are pushing back.
Russia heralded football fan chief Aleksandr Shprygin as a hero during the violence at Euro 2016 in France, but he has been sidelined as the country looks to clean up its image before it hosts the World Cup in 2018.
Military analysts say that Russia’s sophisticated air-defense systems stationed in Syria could not intercept the U.S. cruise-missile strike on a Syrian air base because they were out of range.
Thousands of people jammed into a central Moscow square next to the Kremlin in a show of solidarity with the victims of this week’s deadly subway bombing in St. Petersburg.
Chechen officials have brushed off allegations that they are targeting homosexuals in a coordinated mass campaign as a bad April Fools' joke.
Nationalist and xenophobic sentiments have been on the rise for years in Russia. Now with the authorities identifying a Kyrgyz-born Uzbek man as the lead suspect in the St. Petersburg subway bombing, migrants and activists fear a police clampdown.
A subway bombing in Russia’s 'cultural capital' shocked Russians and prompted an outpouring of solidarity.
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