Technology | 2026-01-30
Russia mandates three-year storage of all private messages
From texts to video calls, a new law gives the state long-term access to Russians' digital lives.
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As the war drags on, Russia moves to anoint Putin as 'Great'
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Russian authorities set data requests record at Yandex
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One Ukrainian village keeps an ancient tradition alive
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In Gagauzia, Russia rebrands influence as a fight for autonomy
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Russia's war economy drives civilian industry back to the 1990s
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Mariupol's dead are being dug up for development
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Russia's war in Ukraine marks the end of the secure harbor The strike at Novorossiysk showed that distance and layered defenses offer little protection in Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Why higher wages aren't bringing security to Russians Surveys show incomes are rising, but financial planning horizons are collapsing as inflation and war distort everyday life.
Society | 2026-01-19
Russia plans 'military tourism' in occupied Donbas
As basic services lag, Russian-installed officials are promoting 'military tourism' in the ruins of occupied Donbas.
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UN reports surge in civilian deaths, rights abuses in Russia's Ukraine war
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Kyiv endures wartime winter as Russia's invasion matches WWII length
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Loss and laughter: war medics heal in west Ukraine mountains
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The machinery of silence: Russia's record-breaking year of treason trials
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Soviet children's song 'discredits' Russian military
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A school killing shows the cost of Russia's anti-migrant rhetoric
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A war of words: Moscow's push to divide Poland and Ukraine
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US seizes Russia-flagged tanker in sanctions enforcement
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Latvia could dismantle railways to Russia to block future threats
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Exiled Russian artists turn childhood songs into anthems of defiance
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North Korean POWs in Ukraine seeking 'new life' in South
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On dangerous ground, Belarus builds a factory for Russia's war
In light of ongoing peace initiatives, how likely is it that the Russian war in Ukraine will reach a negotiated resolution in 2026?
Politics | 2026-01-05
Russia to punish exiles by freezing their lives from afar
A new State Duma package would cut off banking, property rights and consular help for Russians convicted of 'political' offenses, even if they never return home.
Society | 2025-12-26
A Crimean Tatar family that refuses to disappear
Politics | 2025-12-23
