LONDON, England – It has been of the most sensational stories circulating on Russian independent media channels in recent weeks - perhaps even since the war in Ukraine began. A young Russian ...

Aug. 5, 2024, update: This story has been updated to include post-release interviews with Aleksandra “Sasha” Skochilenko and her girlfriend, Sonia Subbotina. Last week’s historic prisoner swap with ...

Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began in February, the Russian president has signed laws that crack down on people in his country who protest the war and independently report on its human ...

A St. Petersburg court of appeals on July 2 extended the three-year prison term of documentary director Vsevolod Korolyov, known for his anti-war stance, to seven years, the court press service said.

If you walked into a theater showing Laura Warner’s “The Cranes Call” by accident, two things would happen. First, you’d probably assume it was a David Fincher movie for several minutes, given its ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University (THE CONVERSATION) As the chances of President ...