RFE/RL's Russian Service is a multi-platform alternative to Russian state-controlled media, providing audiences in the Russian Federation with informed and accurate news, analysis, and opinion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s administration has recommended placing people inside ministries, government agencies, and state-owned companies to spread the Kremlin's political agenda among employees -- a move that harks back to Soviet times -- amid concern over fraying support.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has admitted that one crew member died and 27 are missing as a result of a fire on the Moskva missile cruiser last week.
The name of the Prague street in front of the Russian Embassy has been changed to Ukrainian Heroes Street and a bridge nearby has been renamed in honor of a Ukrainian soldier.
A court in Moscow has fined a man for wearing blue-and-yellow shoes because they were seen as a statement of support for Ukraine even though he was only out shopping.
A Russian court has ordered pretrial detention for prominent Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian Army, his lawyer said.
A fire at the Russian Defense Ministry's Research Institute in the city of Tver, 180 kilometers northwest of Moscow, has killed six people.
A court in Moscow has changed the remainder of a one-year parole-like sentence handed to a leading member of Pussy Riot protest group, Maria Alyokhina, to actual prison time saying she violated the terms of her punishment.
A former top manager at Russian gas giant Novatek, Sergei Protosenya, his wife, and his daughter have been found dead in a rented villa in Spain, local media reported on April 21.
Cyprus says it will strip its citizenship from four more Russian billionaires as the European Union member continues to pull passports from those who have fallen under the bloc's sanctions over Moscow's unprovoked war against Ukraine.
A Russian sports coach spoke out against the war in Ukraine and twice tore down a pro-invasion "Z" sign from the door of a school in the Siberian village of Buryatia. Valery Yakovlev said he didn’t like children being "programmed” with pro-war symbols.
A court in Moscow has rejected an appeal by the independent radio station Ekho Moskvy against moves by the government to restrict the broadcaster's reach, which led to its decision to close.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has bestowed an honorary title on a brigade accused by Ukraine of committing war crimes in the town of Bucha.
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added several journalists, including some who have collaborated with RFE/RL, and two LGBT rights activists to its registry of foreign agents.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has asked the government to increase funding for troop funeral services and tombstones.
Authorities in Russia's Bryansk region bordering Ukraine have accused Kyiv of shelling the Russian town of Klimovo and allegedly causing casualties, while the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine rejected the accusations.
Cyprus has started the process of stripping citizenship from four Russian billionaires and 17 members of their families.
Russian media say Monotype Imaging, the U.S. company that owns several of the most popular fonts used on computers, has blocked access to its catalogue for users in Russia amid ongoing international sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Amnesty International has called on Russian authorities to open to the public the ongoing trial of Ivan Safronov, a prominent former Russian journalist accused of high treason in a case widely considered to be politically motivated.
The European Union has blocked cars registered in Russia and Belarus from entering the bloc, Russia’s Federal Customs Service said.
Russia's media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has blocked two more independent media websites amid a crackdown over coverage of Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Load more
