A herd of camels, released by an 83-year-old pensioner, is wreaking havoc in Astrakhan region.

This week, Russia's government grapples with the ins-and-outs of distance learning, the Ministry of Economic Development is nonplussed by the effects of coronavirus, and we know what side of the bread a shipbuilder's head's butter is on.

This beautiful film from YETI on an enviro-tourism effort to save Steelhead in Kamchatka is our video of the week.

When environmentalists sounded the alarm this time about a spill of diesel fuel from a power station reserve tank near Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, the government response was uncharacteristically serious.

Half a century ago, the profession of geologist was both popular and revered in Russia, shrouded in a halo of romance and adventure. We see what it is like today, first-hand.

An excerpt from a new book about a quest to find an elusive owl, in which an expedition member tells a harrowing tale of survival.

Here's a #TBT for you with some interesting variety: a poet, a pilot, and a natural disaster.

A Siberian village names a well after a Soviet hero.

A Russian city's redesigned seal sports an anatomical typo.

The nuclear research city of Sarov has been closed to outsiders since the 1940s. What is it like to live in a city with no future of opening up?

This week: Russian telecomms habits shift, a St. Petersburg entrepreneur gets crafty, and being stuck at home means more alcohol intake.

“People here usually say to me: you are different than we thought and from the way American people are shown on TV. And I am happy.” 

– Sean Quirk, an American who has been living in Tuva, Siberia for almost 20 years, and knowns the Tuvan language better than Russian