Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he is suing his maximum security prison for not giving him winter boots, as temperatures in Russia drop below freezing. 

"I am suing my colony and demanding to be issued winter boots," Navalny said on Twitter. 

The 46-year-old is serving a nine-year sentence outside Vladimir, a town

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Monday denied the Kremlin was considering a second wave of mobilization to further bolster Russian forces in Ukraine.

"There are no discussions about that," Peskov told reporters in a call, according to the state-run TASS news agency.

The Kremlin denial of another round of mobilization came amid increasing

The director of a children's play has claimed that its run at a Siberian theater was canceled just days after it began due to audience allegations that its content amounted to "gay propaganda," local media reported on Sunday.  

The incident in the city of Novosibirsk came as lawmakers in Russia's State Duma are debating legislation extending an

The New York Times said Sunday it has verified footage showing captive Russian troops being killed by Ukrainian forces as experts remain divided on whether the grisly episode constitutes a war crime or an act of self-defense.

At least four drone and cellphone videos of the incident emerged between Nov. 12-17 as Ukraine recaptured the village of