People hiding from Russian authorities increased by 37 percent in 2025

Russians and other people hiding from special services, investigations, and courts has reached a record high in the country. By the end of 2025, there were 114,408 people hiding across Russia, according to data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is almost 31,400 more…

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Penza oil refinery burns for a second day after Ukrainian attack

Fire burned through an oil depot in the Russian city of Penza following a Ukrainian drone strike on the night of January 23, reported Penza Oblast Governor Oleg Melnichenko. Videos from Russo-Ukrainian channels Exilenova+ and Astra appeared to show a fire in the PenzaNefteProdukt oil…

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Corrupt court officials have property confiscated in Russia

Russian courts confiscated the property of the former chairman of the Rostov Regional Court and her family members as state revenue, following a conviction for accepting bribes on December 22, 2025. Elena Zolotareva attended the Pervomaisky District Court to hear a civil case on the…

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Russian wheelchair-bound resident sentenced to a penal colony for comments

An Izhevsk resident in a wheelchair was sentenced to 5.5 years in a colony for a comment made about Putin and the FSB Clique. According to a report by SotaVision, a military court in Yekaterinburg sentenced 58-year-old Alexander Krichevsky to 5 and a half years…

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Ukraine retaliates in Kherson which sadly killed 3 medics

Russian-appointed Governor of Occupied-Kherson Saldo reported that the Ukrainian forces had struck a medical vehicle in the Goly Pristani district of the Kherson region. “A three-person brigade tried to break through to a seriously ill person in an area where the enemy is constantly hunting…

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Late night knock in Primorsky Krai by military recruiters in apartment block

Imagine being in bed at 10pm and getting a knock on the door by military campaigners asking residents to sign contracts with the Russian Armed Forces. Primosky Krai residents faced this exact issue as two men and a woman in uniforms were knocking on apartments…

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Humiliated and forced to sign military contracts in Primorsky Krai

Primosky Krai contract recruiters are making the news again in cases of 9 conscripts who were held on a train and forced to sign military contracts for the war in Ukraine prior to their arrival at their service locations. Parents of conscripts from the Khakassia,…

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Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod cuts power and causes casualties this morning

Russia has deployed a lot of air defences and electronic warfare equipment in Belgorod, which is responsible for disabling some drones causing them to fly into residential buildings, while other claims of falling debris are often claimed by Governors. This morning a man was injured…

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Corruption case against Former Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Vladimir Region

Former Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Vladimir Region Valery Medvedev has been arrested and charged in a criminal case of receiving a bribe of a particularly large scale, but the details of the case hasn’t been disclosed, although Medvedev…

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Prison sentence in absentia for Domestic Violence Advocate

Domestic violence advocate Svetlana Anokhina, who founded the Marem group, helping women from the Northern Caucasus who have suffered from domestic violence, has been handed down a verdict in absentia. Dagestani native Anokhina was sentenced by the Sovetskiy District Court of Makhachkala in absentia to…

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