Russia’s Interior Ministry has opened its first investigation into a breach of the recently expanded law against so-called "LGBT propaganda," State Duma Deputy Alexander Khinshteyn announced on ...

In his flat in central St Petersburg, he shows me the exhibits from his short-lived LGBT museum - Russia's first. He opened the exhibition to the public in September last year but had to close it ...

Russian teenagers who are HIV-positive face discrimination and serious psychological stress. Quite a few, however, are ...

"Let me remind you that this publishing house is one of the leading promoters of LGBT literature in Russia," he said. Popcorn Books was not immediately available to comment. The new law ...

“Anyone running away from their family in the [North] Caucasus -- it doesn’t matter if it is a young man or a woman -- is never completely safe, even outside of Russia,” Ukhmanova told RFE ...

TikTok’s handling of misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hasn’t been fully effective, however. The company in March said it would cut off new content originally in Russia in ...

By Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons-Neff Russia is massing hundreds of thousands of troops and stepping up its bombardment, perhaps signaling the biggest assault since the start of ...

The war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The battle in the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is growing ...

A law enforcement officer stands guard during the LGBT community rally "X St.Petersburg Pride" in central Saint Petersburg, Russia August 3, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov Jan 10 (Reuters ...