She got slammed against her bathroom door and beaten up for refusing her husband sex. He got off with a small fine.

Freed in a major prisoner swap, Aleksandra Skochilenko said “the values of freedom of speech, of peace, could be more ...

An 18-year-old Russian street musician jailed for nearly two weeks earlier this month for playing a banned anti-Kremlin song ...

The town centre of St Petersburg was filled with a rare display of dissent against Russian President Vladimir Putin this ...

Noted Russian opposition activist Vitaly Ioffe was killed in the northwestern city of St. Peterburg, a relative told RFE/RL on September 17. Russian media also reported about Ioffe's killing, citing ...

Restrictions on publishers and sellers have grown more severe. Volumes are being pulled from shelves or redacted like secret documents, but bookstores remain important sources of community.

Dubbed “Doctor Death,” Maxim Petrov was a respected emergency physician in St. Petersburg, Russia until 1997, when his ...

Monument to Russian soldiers involved in military conflict against Ukraine opened near St Petersburg KUDROVO, Russia (Reuters) -A crowd of hundreds, including relatives of Russian troops, gathered ...

Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat to national security.