North.Realities is a regional news outlet of RFE/RL's Russian Service.
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as a close associate of President Vladimir Putin, has asked the Investigative Committee to check a report by the newspaper Fontanka about the recruitment of inmates in penitentiaries to fight in the war launched against Ukraine.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has signed a decree stripping figure skaters Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas over their participation in an event in Russia that was organized by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's wife, Tatyana Navka.
A court in Russia's far western Kaliningrad exclave has sentenced an activist to one year in prison under a controversial law that criminalizes participation in more than one unsanctioned protest within a 180-day period.
A teacher in Russia's Siberia region has been fined for "discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation" because he reacted to some anti-war social media posts with emojis.
A court in Tallinn has sentenced a man with dual Russian-Estonian citizenship for publicly raising funds and buying drones for the Russian armed forces invading Ukraine.
A court of appeals in St. Petersburg upheld a decision to extradite Belarusian activist Yana Pinchuk to Minsk, where she faces charges for protesting the disputed August 2020 election that kept authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka in power despite accusations that the voting was rigged.
A court in St. Petersburg has dropped all charges against blogger Yury Khovansky, who was charged with terrorism over a song he wrote mocking the government's response to the 2002 hostage-taking incident at Moscow's Dubrovka Theater.
St. Petersburg artist Aleksandra Skolchilenko has spent more than three months in pretrial custody for her activism against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In an interview from jail, Skolchilenko describes the conditions behind bars and tells RFE/RL why she won’t stop speaking out
A court in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, has arrested a well-known documentary filmmaker, Vsevolod Korolyov, for allegedly "disseminating fake news" about the Russian military.
Russia was once the darling of foreign automakers as demand for cars surged in the 2000s and early 2010s. Now they are pulling out following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaving factories idle and workers looking for other jobs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Ukrainian refugees arriving in Russia that they would be entitled to a 10,000-ruble payment. Many say they have been waiting months for the cash to arrive.
A Russian woman distraught about the Ukraine war posted a photograph showing Putin engulfed in flame and said he should “burn in hell.” She’s now facing fines and possible psychiatric confinement.
Speaking out against the war on Ukraine is a dangerous business in Russia, and the state is using all its powers to silence dissenting voices. RFE/RL has spoken to some Russians who, despite the risks, refused to stay silent.
Ukraine has granted citizenship to one of Russia's most well-known TV journalists and Kremlin critics, Aleksandr Nevzorov, who was labeled as a foreign agent and whose arrest was ordered in absentia in Russia last month.
A court in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, has ordered Belarusian national Andrey Russkikh to be held at a detention center for 40 days while a decision on his possible extradition to Belarus is made.
A growing number of Russians are falling afoul of new laws criminalizing criticism of the invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war.
Four women in St. Petersburg face the threat of up to 10 years in prison for allegedly "discrediting the armed forces" regarding protests against the war in Ukraine. Their cases are among about four dozen such prosecutions across Russia marking a new stage of the Kremlin's war against dissent.
Russian news agencies have cited purported Lithuanian plans to withdraw Vilnius's ambassador to Russia and shut down its consulate in St. Petersburg next month over Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Lithuanian lawmakers have unanimously adopted a resolution declaring Russia "a terrorist state" and calling Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine "genocide against the Ukrainian people."
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