July 16, 2025 No More Summers in Turkey? Pro-war bloggers are calling for a boycott of vacations in Turkey after it joined a drone coalition to aid Ukraine. Business Cities & Towns Int'l Relations Politics Russians Abroad Travel War Russia File
July 15, 2025 Law, Order, and War Contracts Russian police offered bonuses for recruiting criminal suspects to fight in Ukraine. Law Military War Russia File
July 14, 2025 The "No" Exhibition Russian journalists in exile collaborated with international artists on an exhibition celebrating resistance. Art Dissent Journalism Russia File
July 13, 2025 The Chkalov Flight: Almost Lost to Time An easily-overlooked monument and museum outside Portland, Oregon, marks the site where three Soviet aviators completed the world's first transpolar flight. History Military Travel Russia File
July 09, 2025 Hired to Fight, Jailed Back Home Central Asian migrants recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine may face prison at home. Int'l Relations Military War Russia File
July 08, 2025 Welcome to Moscow, Taliban! Russia has become the first country to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government. Government Int'l Relations News Politics Social Issues Russia File
July 07, 2025 Fiction Stranger Than Life Modern Russian literature is leveraging a science fiction trope to rewrite history. History Literature Military Pop Culture Russia File
July 06, 2025 Waiting 21 Years for Tipples? A new Russian law would raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. Food & Drink Law Social Issues Russia File
July 02, 2025 Budget Money, Party Power Party finance data from 2024 suggests Russian political parties heavily rely on public funding and opaque regional channels. Government Politics Regions Russia File
July 01, 2025 The Persecution Doesn't Stay at Home A LGBT rights activist asserts that homophobic groups from Russia are still persecuting her in exile in Lithuania. Dissent Government Politics Russians Abroad Social Issues Russia File
June 30, 2025 Does Russian Literature Need Support? Author Maria Galina declined to accept the 2025 Dar Literary Prize, sparking debate over engagement with Russian-language literature in wartime. Dissent Language Literature Russians Abroad Russia File
June 30, 2025 Russia's Forgotten Female Poet Karolina Pavlova struggled to find literary acclaim as a woman in the 19th century, but her work endures. Language Literature Women Russia File
