Hello and welcome to Regions Calling by The Moscow Times, a newsletter spotlighting Russia’s regions and ethnic republics.

Religious and ethnic tensions in Russia Over 200 ethnic minority communities live in Russia, which spans eleven time zones and is home to some 144 million people. Some of these communities have been ...

The Kremlin paints a picture of a society united by war, but underneath, frustration is festering as all avenues of ...

Don’t even think about not having children. If you’re Russian. Russia’s parliament is considering legislation to outlaw “a conscious refusal to have children.” The State Duma lower house bill proposes ...

For only the second time, Russia used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is ...

Proposed legislation in Russia to prosecute those deemed to be promoting a "child free" lifestyle has sparked an angry response online. Russian opposition figure and rights defender Nikolai Kavkazsky ...

Russia said Ukraine struck a hotel and cafe where civilians were seeing in the New Year in a Russian-controlled part of the ...