Demonstrators clashed with security officials, in rare violent backlashes against police. Source link

Over 700 people were arrested at protests across the country on Saturday, rights groups said. Source link

Referendums begin in occupied Ukraine and activists speak of a climate of fear in Russia over the military call-up. Source link

One man, who did not want to be named, told the BBC's Rayhan Demytrie he had grabbed his passport and headed to the border, without packing anything else, immediately...

The Moscow prosecutor's office on Wednesday warned that calls on the internet to join unauthorised street protests, or participation in them, could incur up to 15 years in jail....

The deputy head of Russia's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said early on Tuesday that holding votes in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk - also known as Donbas...

The Russia-backed mayor of the eastern city of Donetsk blames Ukrainians for the blasts that killed 13. Source link

Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva condemns the Ukraine war, in solidarity with her showbiz husband. Source link

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe is aiming to defend his UCI Road World Championships title in AustraliaThe French Cycling Federation has defended its decision to fly its men to the Cycling...

In his first public comments about Ukraine's recent successes, Putin says he is in "no hurry". Source link

Touring the city, we see many shelled and blackened buildings. Across the road from the damaged city council building, a few dozen people stand in a quiet queue in...

World leaders are intensifying diplomatic efforts to stop a full-blown war. Source link