Residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities are finding that their smartphones have been dumbed down amid an unprecedented shutdown of the mobile internet.

Moscow, Russia - February 2025. This video explores Moscow, showcasing a side that is often unseen and not covered by media ...

The Kremlin‘s tightening grip on Russian life has a new target: the country’s most popular messaging app, Telegram.

Facing digital surveillance, bribes, humiliation and street harassment, Kyrgyz taxi driver Alym never has an easy life in Russia. "We have to pay, pay, pay for everything," the 38-year-old father of ...

Civilians gather to receive drinking water distributed by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in Mariupol on May 27, 2022, after the seaside city in eastern Ukraine fell to Moscow's troops. (AP ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In war-torn Ukraine, her family considers her a traitor. In tightly controlled Russia, her life is defined by solitude. A ...