You no longer need to travel to platform nine and three-quarters to get to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; Russia now has her very own Hogwarts Express. 

Bad news for Russian language students: it looks like there might soon be some new spelling rules to memorize. 

Ever wonder about the ideal police officer every Russian citizen dreams of? Look no further!

An unusually warm fall is leading to some unusually beautiful blossoms in Sochi this year. 

As if COVID hadn't forced enough kids to learn from home, the prospect of wolf attacks are doing the same thing in the Ugra region.

St. Petersburg is a magical place, in part thanks to its feline denizens.

The digital ruble is about to be tested, so here's a crash course in how digital currency works.

An abandoned crypt found on a Russian school's property takes the phrase "bored to death" to a whole new level. 

Three young men from St. Petersburg have been detained by police for trying to ensure that the city’s stone horses aren’t left out in the cold.

 In which a Siberian Lynx is caught waiting for the bus, just like the rest of us. 

An exhibit showing off the machine gun of our favorite mustached president (alongside other artifacts from August 2020 unrest) is currently gracing Minsk's Independence Palace.

Dostoyevsky spent ten years of his life exiled to Russia's Eastern hinterlands. Beyond the Urals, there are several places that shaped Dostoyevsky and influenced many of his greatest works of literature.