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A little-known holiday brings to the fore well-known debates about Russian politics.

This week, eagles rack up data bills while Putin pontificates about AI and a restaurant operator starts Meatless Mondays.

In which we visit the weird world of the homegrown Russian Buzzfeed.

All of Twitter’s a stage for the Russian Foreign Ministry to promote its view of World War II.

News and brief items from around Russia.

Summer starts with flies, without ice cream

Check out five of the best up-and-coming Russian indie bands of 2018 and 2019.

Khabarovsk artist Tomin creates mind-bending, universe-tilting videos. We tracked him down to find out how he does it.

Welcome to our four-million-word website. We got here with your help.

Ever wonder what we don’t publish? Well, here it is. The scraps on our cutting room floor, and last week’s fourth-best story – all collected in one wonderfully semi-interesting place.