From salty baths to salt caves, sanatoriums throughout Eurasia have, over the centuries, changed in form, but not in spirit. 

Online duty-free purchasing is taking over Russian airports. Rejoice, fans of designer cologne.

Two sisters lost contact as teenagers in 1942, during their evacuation from the Battle of Stalingrad. They never lost hope they would find each other.

You’ll have to pay full price for that burger.

Approximately 600 fishermen were stuck on an ice floe, despite being warned about the dangerous ice.

A Russian comedian made a joke and then decided he needed to flee the country to avoid arrest.

A former KGB agent recently claimed that many Soviet celebrities, including multiple famous actors, were agents of the “special services."

A study finds that the majority of Russians don't understand AI, just like the rest of us.

A woman was held hostage by her pet. For two days.

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

Russian banks to start testing biometric ATMs. This is probably a good idea.

Siberian sable fur was once Russia's biggest luxury export, but now we can't get enough of Instagram star Umora, the sable inspiring Russians to never look at fur coats again.