Whether a 14-year-old protester or an anti-war artist, anyone deemed critical of Putin's regime can be locked up for years in ...

In Russia, criticizing President Putin has become a criminal offense. Thousands have been imprisoned. Such political ...

Russia's Justice Ministry on Friday declared DW journalist Alexander Smirnov a "foreign agent." The ministry said that Smirnov had participated in the creation and distribution of content for "foreign ...

Controversy arose at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5 following the screening of a documentary film that attempts to humanize Russian soldiers involved in the war against Ukraine. Russian-Canadian ...

Documentaries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are nothing new. PBS, Sean Penn and the BBC have all produced substantive films in the first 2½ years of the conflict. There aren’t, however, a lot of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Jan. 18, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he constantly considers potential successors and confirmed he has a list of ...

An artist who posted stickers critical of Russia’s war in Ukraine in a grocery store has been sentenced to seven years in prison, the latest development in the Russian government’s ongoing crackdown ...