With his 13-year-old daughter already confined to am orphanage, Alexei Moskalyov, made a dramatic escape rather than face two years in prison for posting antiwar views online.
The arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and prosecution of a Russian dad spotlight Vladimir Putin's willingness to disregard global norms and squash dissent at all costs.
Russia authorities labeled the bombing a terrorist attack and released a video of a 26-year-old antiwar activist who admitted giving a figurine to Maxim Fomin, who was killed.
Alexei Navalny, a leading Russian opposition figure, is suffering from a mysterious stomach ailment and may have been poisoned, his press secretary said.
Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Wagner Group boss, has shared videos of dead fighters before, but his open rage against military officials in the graphic video was unusual.
Boris Akimov, Russia's leading locavore, now runs an inn and restaurant in a village and hopes his country might find redemption in farming, foraging and, especially, homemade food.