Russian influencers and public figures have issued a series of rare appeals to President Vladimir Putin, saying many Russians are afraid to speak up about problems they face and criticizing what they ...

Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to news beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.  This week, we zoom in on the North Caucasus, where two republics are grappling with catastro...

Opinion | Women are now among the thousands of migrants from Central Asia serving in Russia’s military, including on the front lines in Ukraine.

BRUSSELS — Russian units’ loss of access to Starlink has allowed Kyiv to push back on Moscow’s advances and make gains in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, a senior NATO official said.

Yury Ushakov wanted Spanish ham and porridge made with low-fat milk.

A Canadian television series about a romance between two rival professional hockey players has become a surprise hit with Russian viewers despite Moscow’s sweeping repression of LGBTQ+ people and a ba...

Russian and Ukrainian media recently reported that Ramzan Kadyrov, who has ruled the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya for nearly two decades, may be suffering from kidney failure and has been explo...

As the United States deployed warships and submarines to the Caribbean and escalated strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug-smuggling boats in recent months, President Nicolás Maduro appealed to a power...

Residents of the town of Valdai in Russia’s Novgorod region said they neither heard nor saw signs of a large-scale drone attack overnight on Monday despite official claims that nearly 100 Ukrainian dr...

Merry Christmas and welcome to Regions Calling, a newsletter by The Moscow Times shedding light on life beyond the Russian capital.  For this final newsletter of the year, we asked our special corresp...

It looked like Arkady Volozh’s days at the top of the Russian tech world were over.

Opinion | The Ukraine war peace plan proposed by the Trump administration has, unsurprisingly, triggered a storm of reactions across the press, social media and among experts.

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.

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Nearly four years after Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine, St.

It started with an innocuous call by the Central Bank to choose the design of Russia’s new 500-ruble (about $5) note dedicated to the North Caucasus Federal District.  It ended in a spat between Chech...

Opinion | The removal from the air of a second American comedian since President Donald Trump was elected in the United States should send chills down the spine of every journalist who worked in Mosco...

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Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, The Moscow Times’ weekly newsletter on developments beyond the Russian capital.

This August marks five years since protests in defense of the Kushtau mountain in the republic of Bashkortostan, one of the few successful grassroots protests in Russia’s modern history.  The Moscow T...

Opinion | Yesterday, Derk Sauer, founder of The Moscow Times, passed away.

Artist and activist Daria Apakhonchich was one of the first people in Russia to be labeled a “foreign agent,” a status that forced her into exile and allowed her to turn routine government paperwork i...

“Whether perfect [in meeting ecological standards] or not…we simply don’t need…a mine.

Activists are appealing to Russian doctors to protect abortion rights for women as authorities across Russia continue to clamp down on access to the procedure. “Don’t take part in propaganda.

US president encouraged Ukrainian leader to step up deep strikes on Russia

Opinion | As I descended the steps of the plane that had landed in the southern resort town of Sochi, I saw an FSB officer standing in front of me.

Opinion | Welcome to the latest edition of Regions Calling, a weekly newsletter by The Moscow Times bringing you insights and analysis on life and politics beyond Russia’s capital.

Can an ordinary person in Russia be imprisoned for sharing a book sold in bookstores?

The Kremlin is struggling to respond to the Israel-Iran conflict after it failed to anticipate the outbreak of hostilities, leaving it powerless to support a key ally, four sources in Russia’s foreign...

A military court in southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region sentenced Nadezhda Rossinskaya, an anti-war activist who helped Ukrainian refugees, to 22 years in prison on charges of treason and terrorism,...

Opinion | Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Moscow Times’ Regions Calling newsletter, your weekly guide to the key trends and events shaping life and politics in Russia’s regions.

KYIV, Ukraine — At least 14 people were killed and nearly 100 more injured overnight, officials said, as Russia launched one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months.

An adventure game based on the Russian folktale "Vasilisa the Beautiful". A scary story about the journey to the mistress of the forbidden forest for magical powers.