Since the letter doesn’t appear in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, when Russians use the symbol online, whether by changing the letter that makes the z sound in Russian–which looks more like a ...

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion of Ukraine, the letter Z has popped up on Russian tanks, trucks and cars, on a gymnast’s leotard, in a formation of terminally ...

A tank emblazoned with a "Z," pictured in a separatist-held area of Donetsk. The "Z" symbol has also cropped up among members of Russia's lower house of Parliament, the Duma.