In 2023, as part of the effort to recruit troops for Putin's Ukrainian campaign, the Kremlin freed convicted criminal Nikolai ...

Russian heavy metal and goth music fans in Russia could face prison after Vladimir Putin banned "satanists". The Kremlin's ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorised the country's top court to outlaw the 'international satanism movement' as an ...

Officials allege that the "international satanism movement" poses a direct threat to Russia and is being funded by the West.

In a controversial move in 2023, to bolster troop numbers for Putin's campaign in Ukraine, the Kremlin released convicted ...

The organisers of a music festival in Italy have cancelled a concert featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev after days of ...

If WhatsApp is banned or and/or blocked in Russia, using a VPN will be the only way of accessing it. The stakes for ...

Russian lawmakers advanced a bill on Tuesday that would fine internet users who search online for web pages, books, artworks ...

While Russia continues to expand its list of banned organizations under the 2002 extremism law, President Putin notably ...

More than three years after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the arts remain a carefully scrutinized battlefield, with European institutions typically showcasing anti-Kremlin ...

The European Union is targeting Russia with more sanctions over its war on Ukraine. The aim is to deprive Moscow of energy ...

Russian lawmakers have approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” the latest ...