As tension with Russia escalates, institutions near the border are checking their security systems and considering their evacuation plans

The 63-year-old injured war veteran spoke to Russian news outlet E1, which describes the incident as a tragedy not a comedy

She has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for “propaganda of Nazi symbolism” after posting an image featuring swastikas on Instagram

Joseph Sywenkyj's series Wounds documents the aftermath of the armed conflict in the Donbas region

Yulia Tsvetkova, a LGBTQ activist-artist, is facing pornography charges for posting body-positive drawings

Ivan Volkov's work in Marsovo Pole is thought to be a comment on poor street maintenance in the Russian city

Marat Guelman was designated a "foreign agent" by the Russian government last month, a label that comes with hefty restrictions

International Memorial documented the crimes committed under Stalin's Great Terror and its sister organisation Memorial Human Rights Centre chronicled today's abuses

Masha Alekhina and Lucy Shteyn, who have previously served prison terms, were sentenced to 15 days following charges of "propaganda of Nazi symbolism"

Viktor Bout was handed a 25-year sentence in the US in 2010 for conspiring to sell weapons to FARC, Colombia's largest rebel group

Court has ordered the arrest of Viktor Yelizarov after more than ten former pupils came forward with allegations against him

The lucrative award is divided between 16 recipients and funded by the Moscow city government

Hani Rashid says he was ghosted by the Moscow city government

Plus, Warhol’s Catholicism and Moscow’s new museums

Sanaa architects masterplan turns 1920s site in Moscow into vast exhibition space and library

Ancient artefacts were on loan to Amsterdam museum when Crimea was annexed in 2014

Aishat Kadyrova marked her appointment by announcing an exhibition in the Chechen capital of historic weaponry from the State Hermitage Museum

Restrictions will come into force between 30 October and 7 November after cases reached highest-ever level since start of pandemic

NFT is based on the art collective’s court sentencing documents and recalls their 2012 Punk Prayer performance in Moscow’s Russian Orthodox cathedral

The outspoken museum chief is leading the St Petersburg ticket of United Russia, the pro-Putin ruling party, in national parliamentary elections this weekend

Since the annexation in 2014, Russia has been persecuting the Tatar population and appropriating monuments

Rita Flores is the most recent member of the feminist collective to have been sentenced

The Russian museum had to overcome country's stringent restrictions on cryptocurrencies

Newly reopened 18th-century Church of the Transfiguration, topped with 22 domes, is said to have been built without a single nail

Former mall in Norilsk will provide 8,500 sq. m of space for art

His film Petrov’s Flu has been nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival

The 27-year-old activist is demanding that her criminal trial be held in public

In a long-running legal battle, the Shchukin Gallery seeks the return of five paintings worth $63m that the gallery says were taken by a Russian financier