As Russian authorities began to carry out their threat to crush, burn, and bury banned Western food imports, critics continued to urge them to feed the poor instead.
A former member of the punk protest band Pussy Riot is warning that jailers in Russia could be given even more authority to use force against inmates under what human rights defenders are calling the "law of the sadists."
A teacher who worked with disabled children is the latest educator fired for being in violation of Russia's so-called "gay propaganda" law.
