The Motherland author talks about reclaiming Russia’s women, the “demented family heirlooms” of Soviet trauma, and the ...

Many Russian dissidents claim to embrace liberal values while fully subscribing to a racist view of the world.

Maria Alyokhina reveals the conditions she endured in one of the remote penal colonies where opponents of Vladimir Putin face ...

An Italian opera house has cancelled performances by a Russian singer seen as close to President Vladimir Putin, in a move welcomed by the Italian government.

Poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, now recovering in Berlin, told Der Spiegel magazine that he intended to return to ...

Washington’s move to prevent oil trader Gunvor from buying Russian group’s assets revives prospect of Rosneft power grab ...

The book "Political Girl" by Pussy Riot activist Maria Alyokhina describes her fight for a free Russia and her resistance to the Putin regime — which ultimately culminated in her spectacular escape in ...

The EU has dramatically reduced the number of visas it has granted to Russians since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, suspending a key visa facilitation agreement ...

In the 10 months since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, U.S. federal immigration agents have begun carrying out frequent raids of American cities in search of people to deport. Twice over the ...

The recent introduction of the messaging app Max is the Kremlin's latest effort to tighten control over Russia's digital ...

Apti Alaudinov, commander of Chechnya’s “Akhmat” special forces unit, has once again landed in the middle of a political-media scandal — this time not with fringe Z-bloggers but with Kremlin-friendly ...

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that after President Trump’s breakthrough deal in the Middle East, he should take a similar approach with ...