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In recent years, Russian officials and activists have increasingly begun talking publicly about banning abortion, ending its coverage under government health insurance, limiting access for minors, and imposing other measures to make getting the procedure more difficult. So far, there are few real restrictions in place, but the...

On the night of January 13, 2020, the Russian Vladislav Kanyus brutally murdered his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend, Vera Pekhteleva. For hours, neighbors listened to Pekhteleva scream in agony and repeatedly called the police, but by the time officers arrived, she was dead. Kanyus was sentenced to 17 years in prison, while the...

"Our colleagues welcomed the initiative, and as of today, all private clinics in Crimea have officially notified the region’s health ministry of their voluntary refusal to provide pregnancy termination services,” says Konstantin Skorupsky, the head of the ministry.

Human rights lawyer Alyona Popova posted a message from the Rostov Regional Prosecutor’s Office to Pekhteleva’s parents on Telegram. According to the document, the Russian president issued the pardon on April 27, 2023....

Vladimir Putin’s campaign for his fifth term in office will not draw attention to the war in Ukraine. Instead, it will “focus on foreign affairs” by criticizing Western countries in Putin’s speeches and propaganda materials. The Kremlin hopes this approach will portray Putin as the man responsible for turning Russia into...

On October 15, during a talk show appearance on the state news channel Russia 1, kawmaker Andrey Gurulyov said that 80 percent of Russians trust Vladimir Putin and that “the remaining rot should be either isolated or destroyed in some way.”

Pussy Riot has released a new music video called “Swan Lake.”

A series of anti-Semitic incidents across the North Caucasus has drawn condemnation from the North Caucasus Coordinating Center for Muslims, while Dagestan Governor Sergey Melikov attributed the actions to “false information” spread by “outside provocateurs.”

Relatives of Marina Yandiyeva, a 28-year-old woman from Ingushetia who fled the republic in early October with help from the human rights group Team Against Torture, are threatening to kill Magomed Alamov, a lawyer for the group, and his family if Yandiyeva does not return home within a week, according to Team Against Torture...

The Finnish police are investigating the damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline, which runs between Finland and Estonia, as an act of sabotage. During the preliminary investigation, investigators discovered that the Sevmorput Russian nuclear-powered container ship and the Newnew Polar Bear vessel, belonging to a Chinese...

The move comes as some pro-government outlets have enthusiastically been reporting on crimes committed by Russians who have returned from fighting in the war in Ukraine, including mercenaries and former convicts who received amnesty in exchange for going to war. “Crime always brings good traffic, and mentioning the special...

Alexander Demidenko’s wife, Natalia, told journalists that her husband was briefly brought to their home on October 20 and that she saw numerous bruises on his body. She said that police and Chechen Special Forces officers searched the apartment and confiscated a laptop.

According to the Telegram channel VChK OGPU, state investigators consider the following statement from the clip published on YouTube in April 2022 und to contain “disinformation”:...

According to a report, law enforcement officers first put the men coming out of the mosque on a bus under the pretext of checking their documents. However, after several hours of waiting, they were taken to the military enlistment office in Lyubertsy.

“We’re still working on the film”, Verzilov says. “But it’s now a side task for me, it’s very much on the back burner. And it’s clear that now my role, my contribution, is of a completely different nature.”