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In Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion has met setback after setback. But its effect at home has been very different.

Many of the activist groups and rights organizations that sprang up in the first 30 years of post-Soviet Russia have met an abrupt end, while nationalist groups have taken center stage

Individual freedom and human rights have declined sharply in Russiaover the past decade and at an accelerated pace under PresidentVladimir Putin. The United States should attempt to stem thisdecline by promoting a diverse freedom agenda, strengthening publicdiplomacy, expanding U.S.-Russia student exchanges, and bolsteringdemocracy-promotion efforts in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, andAzerbaijan.

The self-styled Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Tuesday (12 July) opened an embassy in Russia, one of only two countries to recognise the breakaway statelet in eastern Ukraine, and defended its right to impose capital punishment. DPR Foreign Minister Natalia Nikonorova said the territory's use of the death penalty - which it has handed down […]

(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.)