We tell you what will change in the lives of Russians Photo: Ramil Sitdikov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA From March 1, 2026, new laws come into force in Russia. The state is tightening control over the Internet, businesses are ordered to use only Russian on signs, only Russian-made cars will remain in taxis, and films that are considered contrary to “traditional values” will not be allowed to be rented.

Lyudmila Vasilyeva after laying flowers at the Solovetsky Stone, a monument to the victims of political repression in the Soviet Union, on the 11th anniversary of Boris Nemtsov's murder. Photo: Bumaga People in the Russian capital have been laying flowers at the site of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on the 11th anniversary of his death, independent news outlet RusNews reported on Friday.

Since the fall of 2025, Russian government agencies, universities and state-owned companies have spent more than 66 million rubles on integrating their ecosystems and PR into Max, New Europe found out after studying the State Procurement website. The most expensive contract (11.9 million rubles) appeared in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The local government procurement center has created a tender for the implementation of MFC services in Max.

Together with orientalist Ruslan Suleymanov, we answer the main questions about the conflict A Pakistani army soldier on the border with Afghanistan near the city of Chaman, February 27, 2026.

Members of Russia’s Finno-Ugric ethnic minorities discuss their reasons for joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine A member of the AFU’s NORD unit on combat training manoeuvres in Ukraine, July 2024. Photo: Combat Group NORD Finno-Ugric peoples have historically inhabited large swathes of modern-day Russia, having a particularly strong presence near the country’s border with Scandinavia.

Islam and Orthodoxy will be united by war, said Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov in a new book. Patriarch Kirill unexpectedly agreed with him Apti Alaudinov in Lugansk region, Ukraine, February 20, 2024.

Russian conscripts stand in line at a recruiting station in Moscow. Photo: EPA / Sergei Ilnitsky Russia’s Defence Ministry is actively attempting to recruit students at over 70 universities and technical colleges across Russia to serve in the war in Ukraine, according to an investigation published by Berlin-based independent media outlet Echo on Thursday.

Photo: Alexey Kostylev / Instagram The former editor-in-chief of the propaganda publication Readovka, Alexey Kostylev, was sent to a pre-trial detention center until April 25 in the case of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona reported this. The prosecutor said that the founder of the publication stole a billion rubles for the supply of UAVs. According to RBC sources, Kostylev was detained on February 25.

New cases were opened against already serving political prisoners Nikita Uvarov and Arseny Turbin. How re-harassment works Photo: Yuri Kochetkov / EPA Dozens of political prisoners in colonies are being re-prosecuted: in the past two weeks alone, two such criminal cases have appeared. Those at risk are politically persecuted people who do not admit guilt.

A group of children have a morning walk in a park in Moscow, Russia, 2 November 2020. EPA / YURY KOCHETKOV The Russian authorities have rebranded Important Conversations, a key tenet of Kremlin propaganda taught in schools throughout the country, as Good Games for kindergarteners, independent media outlet Agentstvo reported on Thursday.

Photo: Telegram channel of Alexander Volobuev Security forces detained Alexander Volobuev, a deputy of the legislative assembly of the Altai Territory from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, who was serving in a military unit near Moscow. The first secretary of the regional party committee and State Duma deputy Maria Prusakova spoke about this. She noted that the reasons for the detention are unknown.

Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA Iran rejected US demands for a nuclear deal at talks in Geneva on February 26, The Wall Street Journal reports , citing sources. According to the publication, during the meeting, US presidential special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner demanded that Iran destroy three nuclear facilities - in Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan - and transfer all remaining enriched uranium to Washington.

Is it possible to transfer the Donetsk region to Russia without a fight? Donbass News interviewed experts Ukrainian soldiers in armored vehicles move along a road closed with special nets to protect against drones, near the front-line Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 14, 2026. Photo: Tommaso Fumagalli/EPA For more than ten years, Russia has been trying, but failing, to capture the entire Donetsk region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hosts a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, 18 February 2026. Photo: Zelensky / Telegram The next round of US-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will “most likely” take place in Abu Dhabi in early March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday after Ukrainian and US officials met in Geneva.

Comments created using ChatGPT. Photo: OpenAI ChatGPT has blocked a group of accounts associated with the Z-channel “Rybar”, OpenAI said in a report on abuse of its AI models. It follows from the document that the blocked accounts translated and generated content that later appeared in the Rybar telegram channel. Publications created using ChatGPT.