On this day in 1564, one of Terrible's most trusted confidantes defected. But they kept in touch.

This week inventiveness takes on coronavirus, men need red meat, and Victory Day is the pandemic's latest casualty.

This little-known treaty actually set the stage for the devastation of Europe that was to come.

30 restored T-34 tanks have arrived in Moscow and now await Victory Day.

In this week's Odder News: post-Soviet leaders propose innovative treatments for coronavirus, phone chargers go bad, and Russian buyers have an opening in the European real estate market.

If Russia has its way, NATO training would be postponed. Not because of coronavirus, but to preserve the memory of the dead of World War II.

Russia's "Echelon of Victory" train-borne museum prepares to educate this spring.

This week's Odder News: Belarus, the "Switzerland of the East," quiet hours, and tank-fueled wedding proposals.

Tuesday was 75th anniversary of the start of the Yalta Conference, the first step in rebuilding the post-War world.

Military reenactors mark the 76th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad with plenty of pyrotechnics.

Asya Lisina created a beautiful and somewhat surprising cover for the current issue of Russian Life. We asked her to explain herself...

Pavel Lungin’s controversial film Братство is nothing new, but its political context is — and that’s what makes it so dangerous.