Russian journalist detained for posts criticizing the military, lawyer says

A journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has been arrested in Khabarovsk on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military. Read More

With Russian opposition exiled, Berlin becomes center of anti-Putin protest

BERLIN — As Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of the late opposition ... the Russian Embassy in Berlin to vote in the presidential election, a group of young Russians holding anti-Vladimir Putin posters ... Read More

Who is Vladimir Kara-Murza? The new face of Russia’s anti-Putin resistance

Mr Kara-Murza was one of a small number of opposition politicians who remained active in Russia after ... given the previous month in the Arizona House of Representatives, where he said Putin ... Read More

How wishful thinking from the West enabled Russian authoritarianism

US President Bill Clinton, in a picture taken 14 January 1994 in Moscow, touches the arm of Russian President Boris Yeltsin during their joint press conference after successfully concluding the ... Read More

Putin's Opposition: Dead, Jailed Or Exiled

Opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, 42, was jailed last April for 25 years, the harshest sentence so far for speaking out against the war. He was charged with "treason" after using a speech ... Read More

Russian Science Today

A version of this article appears in the December 1, 1956 issue of Science News. Love our Health & Medicine stories? Our coverage would not be possible without the generous support of subscribers ... Read More

Science News celebrates 100 years

Here is a collection of stories and efforts that celebrate the last century of science, Science Service and Society for Science — and, of course, Science News. A century after our founding ... Read More

Putin ensures no competition after anti-war rival blocked from Russian elections

Vladimir Putin ... Russian leader after alleging that more than 15 per cent of the signatures he gathered are flawed. It is a strong signal from the Kremlin that it won’t tolerate any public ... Read More

Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for the prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space

Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space. Read More

5 Scenarios for Russia After Putin’s Next Term

And that’s all the more surprising given that ... scenarios that Russia might (or might not) experience by the end of Putin’s next term in 2030. Why It Might Happen: As the anti-communist ... Read More

Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing Putin’s war in Ukraine – they have nowhere to go

Five officers and one soldier who deserted the Russian military have given ... Putin and his war,” Sverdlin said. "But that’s not true.” Farhad Ziganshin, an officer who deserted shortly ... Read More

Putin’s opposition: Dead, jailed or exiled

Opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, 42, was jailed last April for 25 years, the harshest sentence so far for speaking out against the war. He was charged with “treason” after using a ... Read More