Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov has been released from house arrest after 20 months of detention and announced his return to work.

Russian authorities have cancelled a youth theatre play for promoting “hatred against men and non-traditional family relations”.

The Tagansky Court in Moscow, Russia upheld the ban of the rapper Husky´s clip Judas as legal.

A blogger from Tajikistan says he has received threats for the past year and was attacked in Moscow in front of a police officer.

Schoolchildren’s drawings depicting same-sex couples have been seized by Russian police and checked to see if they propagate “non-traditional values”.

A family discussing artworks at the state-owned Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow has been caught up in the gallery's crack down on illegal guided tours.

Statues of naked men and women were covered with blankets to avoid ‘hurting the feelings’ of Russian Orthodox priests visiting a university in Russia.

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike since 14 May to demand the release of 64 Ukrainians held in Russia on political grounds.

Nine members of Teatr.Doc were detained by Moscow police officers who suggested that the members appeared as though they were using drugs.

The European Court of Human Rights has criticised Russia for its “exceptionally severe” treatment of Pussy Riot after its 2012 performance in Moscow.