News and readings of note from all around Russia.

Just outside St. Petersburg, a small, ancient ethnos comes to terms with its history, its language, and with its inevitable end.

Work in the mines, play on the slopes. This is the life of some sun-starved youth in the Arctic. Oh, and they also ski/snowboard off buildings.

A carjacking museum, Soviet statues, and Hollywood letters: let's take a closer look at one of Russia's best-hidden gems, the city of Barnaul. 

Rainbow pups are popping up in more than one Russian province.

Unusually warm weather brings bright yellow blossoms to the region much earlier than normal.

With abnormally cold weather in Yakutsk, Russian TV news channels have been promoting the city's Kingdom of Permafrost and annual ice sculpture competition.

A man in Ufa got help for paying off his debts thanks to a classy photo-shoot.

Pack your bikinis and speedos: it's time for Russian winter!

A bus driver in Kaliningrad has become internet-famous after video surfaced of them changing gears with what looks like a mop.

Hooligans struck a collection of over 200 snowmen in the town of Kaluga, an act of gruesome vandalism.

This week, stealing a ridiculous amount of butter leads to punishment; Chechen nepotism knows no bounds; and Russians hope for an end of the pandemic (don't we all?).