As the number of political prisoners in Russia grows, aid organizations are trying to help them fund daily essentials behind bars, pay legal fees and take care of their families.

Maria Alyokhina reveals the conditions she endured in one of the remote penal colonies where opponents of Vladimir Putin face ...

Co-founder of protest and performance-art group describes Russia’s descent under Putin into dictatorship and war ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany will consult its NATO allies about how to respond to findings by a German military ...

Relations between Russia and the European Union are rapidly deteriorating, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, ...