Тридцать лет назад, незадолго до своей смерти, Игорь Тальков (1956-1991) написал песню-крик души о своей многострадальной родине — СССР. Эта песня, к сожалению,  до сих пор очень актуальна в России и не только...

Russian scientists are researching the cause of a massive die-off of marine life off the coast of Kamchatka in October.

This week, politicians are caught red-handed; surrogate motherhood and gambling are (apparently) the same; and Putin isn't as hip with the youth as you'd think.

A police chief in Novosibirsk has been convicted of corruption charges after accepting Caucasian dumplings as brides.

This week, Lada outdoes itself; emergency services fall short; and cows (and men) finally get the appreciation they're due.

What’s the deal with this governmental agency with the weird name?

This week, the Russian army gets new toys; a university administrator doesn't quit while he's ahead; and Lukashenko keeps doing his thing, much to our chagrin.

Russian airline Pobeda is under investigation for making our inner 14-year-olds giggle.

“A man caught the pillow. As it later turned out, it was the driver of the Tomskoe Pivo [Beer] enterprise, and he tried to hastily hide it in his car… The driver was detained.”

– A source in Tomsk region’s law enforcement on the latest developments in the arrest of the town’s mayor

The position of mayor in the Far East town of Magadan is apparently so undesirable that no one wants the job.

Moscow Region's Ecology Ministry tells residents not to smile at foxes.

How one sparsely-populated region in Russia's Far East became a hotbed of protests in 2020.