Putin has signed legislation allowing reservists to be sent to “special training” to protect critical infrastructure. What does that mean?

#OpEd To endorsing "holy war" and living in luxury, the actions of Russia's religious elite are miles from the spiritual values they profess, writes Lucy Ash.

Four people were killed and three others injured when a private helicopter crashed in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, authorities said Friday.

Russian investigators have opened a criminal case into the suspected murder of a St. Petersburg couple who went missing in the United Arab Emirates in early October, as media reported Friday they were kidnapped and killed after being held for ransom.

More than a dozen so-called Russian Houses have been established in major cities across Africa in recent years. These institutions are a key element of Russia’s diplomatic and cultural outreach to non-Western nations, an effort that critics claim amounts to spreading pro-Russian propaganda.

The Kremlin has had to dismiss reports that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had "fallen out of favor" with Putin amid speculation that his diplomacy led to the cancellation of planned peace talks between Moscow and the U.S. over Ukraine.

The European Union will no longer issue multi-entry visas to Russian citizens residing in the country. The decision was taken to allow the bloc to conduct “close and frequent scrutiny of applicants to mitigate any potential security risk,” Brussels said in a statement.

Mass inspections of freight shipments on Russia’s border with Kazakhstan have halted a significant share of imports and could soon lead to shortages of consumer goods, importers and entrepreneurs warn.

Swiss commodities trader Gunvor has withdrawn its $22 billion bid to acquire the overseas assets of Russia’s Lukoil after the U.S. Treasury Department said it would block the deal and branded the firm a “Kremlin puppet.”

More than a dozen Russian House cultural centers have opened across the continent in recent years, and more are on the way.

Media reported that the 20-year-old student was reported to the FSB by his internet provider after he allegedly viewed banned materials online.

Russia will phase in its plan for a value-added tax (VAT) hike for small businesses over time after entrepreneurs warned that abrupt changes could devastate the sector, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced Thursday.

Tatiana Kim, the founder of online retailer Wildberries and Russia’s wealthiest woman, and her ex-husband Vladislav Bakalchuk have finalized a settlement in their high-profile divorce proceedings, a Moscow court said Thursday.

#OpEd Sanctions should try to weaken the social base that supports Putin, not reinforce Kremlin claims of Russophobia toward ordinary people by blocking access to Revolut, argues Ilya Yashin.

"It’s easy to fall into the narrative that ‘you shouldn’t worry about Ukraine or Belarus, just enjoy your comfortable life.’ ... But if you don’t help Ukraine and Belarus now, you could be next," the Belarusian opposition leader said.

President Vladimir Putin has elevated at least 24 relatives to government positions or jobs in state companies, likely a record number for Russian rulers over the last 100 years, the independent investigative outlet Proekt reported on Thursday.

A court in the Russian city of Perm has sentenced a local street musician to 60 hours of community service for holding an outdoor concert in support of the detained St. Petersburg street band Stoptime, activists reported Thursday.

Alexander Ovechkin scored his 900th career goal at the Washington Capitals' game against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. Earlier this year, the Kremlin claimed the NHL star's record-breaking 895th career goal as its own propaganda victory.

Mass inspections of freight shipments on Russia’s border with Kazakhstan have halted a significant share of imports and could soon lead to shortages of consumer goods, importers and entrepreneurs warn.

The strikes targeted energy sites as far away as the Kostroma region, where one of Russia’s largest electricity producers appeared to have been hit.

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Museums dedicated to the Kremlin’s “special military operation” have become increasingly widespread in Russian schools. School war museums are being opened in both the capital Moscow and in regions that have been most affected by mobilization.

“If the United States or other treaty participants conduct such tests, then Russia must also take appropriate actions,” Putin warned.

Putin ordered his top officials to draft proposals for how resuming nuclear tests could work. Boris Bondarev argues that the Kremlin's nuclear saber-rattling is all about messaging, not battlefield advantages.

Russian soldiers, who enjoy high salaries and social benefits, have become popular suitors for some women. But women suspected of marrying a soldier for money rather than love can increasingly expect to become a target of widespread vitriol online.

Fuel exports from the Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse have been suspended, and its local oil refinery has stopped processing crude after a Ukrainian drone strike damaged infrastructure, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Southern Russia’s Saratov region has become the latest federal subject to reduce enlistment bonuses for soldiers signing military contracts, with one of its most populous districts slashing payments even further.

Authorities in at least 15 Russian regions are recruiting residents into a new mobilization reserve to guard strategic infrastructure, including oil refineries targeted by Ukrainian drones.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday appointed senior antitrust official Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of the Tver region more than a month after the post was vacated.

Early morning Ukrainian drone strikes damaged oil pumping stations in the Yaroslavl region north of Moscow, local authorities said Wednesday.

Russia’s Federal Security Service said Wednesday it had detained a Moscow resident on suspicion of treason for allegedly sharing the personal data of opposition members with an unspecified NATO country’s intelligence service.

A court in the northwestern Russian city of Pskov has sentenced opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 420 hours of community service on charges of failing to comply with “foreign agent” rules, the Yabloko party said Wednesday.

Despite government promises to revive car manufacturing, Russia’s auto industry is floundering in the face of tough competition from China, weak domestic demand and poor export prospects.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a law moving the military toward a year-round conscription model starting next year.

#OpEd Moscow's blind patriotism and shunning of anything foreign means Russians will have to pay higher prices for less effective medication, warns Tatyana Rybakova.

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday instructed the Russian government to develop a roadmap for the long-term production of rare-earth minerals as Moscow seeks to capitalize on rising global demand for the metals.

In an interview with MT, the Belarusian opposition leader in exile warns that the West can no longer afford to ignore Belarus — for the sake of its own security.

North Korea has sent about 5,000 construction troops to Russia since September to help with "infrastructure reconstruction," a South Korean lawmaker said after a briefing by Seoul's spy agency.

The Italian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador over comments made by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova about the partial collapse of a medieval tower in Rome, Italian media reported Tuesday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he visited troops near the embattled city of Pokrovsk, as Ukraine scrambles to defend the logistics hub that Russia has tried to capture for months.

A Russian national charged in Poland with spying for Russian intelligence has admitted to passing information to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Polish media reported Monday, citing case files.

Ukrainian drones struck an industrial complex in Russia’s republic of Bashkortostan far from the front line, regional head Radiy Khabirov said Tuesday.

A Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Tuapse oil terminal has caused an oil spill stretching several kilometers into the Black Sea, according to a BBC analysis of NASA satellite images taken after the Nov. 2 attack.

Despite government promises to revive car manufacturing, Russia’s auto industry is floundering in the face of tough competition from China, weak domestic demand and poor export prospects.

Russia now controls 81% of the Donetsk region, which it claims to have annexed and is fighting to secure full control over.

Governor Georgy Filimonov praised Ivan the Terrible as an “expander of Russian lands” and a “symbol of the Russian world.”

#OpEd Yes, the Russian system is repressive. But imagining that Putin is behind every headline-grabbing arrest is an unhelpful distortion of how the system works, argues Boris Bondarev.

Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov Oil Refinery in southern Russia’s Saratov overnight, Ukraine’s General Staff said Monday.

Russia says it has an airline safety problem. Data analyzed by The Moscow Times suggests the issue is nuanced.

🎙️ With history teaching facing heavy political interference, Russian schools are increasingly becoming hubs of propaganda. Episode 2 of the Russia Underground podcast asks whether teachers, parents and students can push back. If so, how?