A criminal gang in Russia been accused of stealing recruitment payments for homeless people they forced to sign on to fight in the war in Ukraine. The scam in the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions ...

The number of homeless and neglected children increased in Russia in 2025. Police identified more than 57,000 such minors, which is 2.1% more than a year earlier. This is the first increase in this ...

A rare public protest erupted in Russia’s Kursk Oblast this week as local families confronted officials over the sudden end of financial support meant to help them rebuild their homes, Meduza and The ...

As the fierce winter drags towards an end in Russia’s second city of Saint Petersburg, Eduard Okuniyev is counting himself lucky to still be alive. For six years he has been living rough on the ...