A Russian court has banned a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group and has labeled it as extremist in the latest step in the ...

Hundreds of young people gathered in St Petersburg to sing an outlawed song calling for Vladimir Putin to be overthrown. In a rare moment of public dissent, the crowd joined street musicians in a ...

Monument to Russian soldiers involved in military conflict against Ukraine opened near St Petersburg KUDROVO, Russia (Reuters) -A crowd of hundreds, including relatives of Russian troops, gathered ...

Russian media report at least three people killed when the military police facility in Sertolovo collapses after blast.

MOSCOW -- It takes a certain kind of bravery to protest in President Vladimir Putin's Russia, especially on the day he sends his country to war. I watched hundreds of people on a bitterly cold evening ...

ST PETERSBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A teenage Russian street musician was jailed for 13 days on Thursday after she played a banned anti-Kremlin song on St Petersburg's central avenue. Diana Loginova, an ...

Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp as it tightens control of online communication and pushes people toward a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russian Federation, August 29 (UNHCR) - It's known as the cultural capital of Russia, for its "white nights" summer festival when the sun never sets, and most recently for its football ...