TV Rain, Russia’s only independent TV channel, has been slapped with a “foreign agent” designation by the Kremlin. But these journalists won’t go down without a fight.

Russian state media was quick to fawn over a clip of reported Taliban members enjoying bumper car rides. But the next day, it claimed the group had burned the amusement park down.

Divisions over lockdowns and vaccinations have been exacerbated by the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-controlled separatists in the east of the country.

Kyiv is planning a selloff of more than 3,000 state companies reminiscent of the ’90s rush in Moscow, but officials tell The Daily Beast that all Russians are banned.

A Russian marketing firm used “Planet of the Apes” memes to try and discredit Western-made COVID-19 vaccines.

All signs indicate that the highly controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline agreement is to blame.

A Moscow court has put Lyubov Sobol under house arrest for 18 months for a rally it says violated COVID rules. She tells The Daily Beast that confinement isn’t going to stop her.