January 12, 2020 Stampede for Sales and Sweets Looks like Black Friday isn’t the only dangerous shopping day: a Kazan stampede over... bananas. Cities & Towns Economy News Russia File
January 11, 2020 The One About the Pigeon and the Hole In the latest of many "active animal" stories, we learn of a pigeon home invasion. Animals Cities & Towns Urban Life Russia File
January 10, 2020 "Kindergarten" for Senior Citizens Everyone’s a kid at Christmastime, and, beginning this holiday season, pensioners in Kostroma Oblast can be kids year-round at Russia’s first “kindergarten” for pensioners. Family Regions Russia File
January 09, 2020 Talk about Inflation! You won't believe how much a woman in Chelyabinsk is asking for her 1000R bill. Economy News The Weekly Russia File Russia File
January 09, 2020 The Giving Trees of Moscow Moscow authorities want you to stop throwing your trees in the trash: they have a plan to re-gift them to the city and the environment. Environment Moscow Russia File
January 08, 2020 The Irony of Weather Desperate times, and the need to create a festive atmosphere, call for desperate measures. Environment Moscow Urban Life Russia File
January 07, 2020 A Very Russian Christmas For a few Muscovites, Christmas came early, in the form of free Metro rides. Holidays Transportation Russia File
January 06, 2020 Mystical Mystery in Chelyabinsk Museum Is a meteorite fragment from the 2013 Cheyabinsk incident attempting to phone home? Not clear. But Stranger Things are definitely afoot. News Space Russia File
January 05, 2020 Okunevo: Place of Power The Siberian village of Okunevo is a "place of power." For literally hundreds of years, people have visited here, convinced that the lake has healing power, among other things. Customs Religion Travel Russia File
January 04, 2020 Iconic Tagging Artist Aleksandr Tsypkov and a handful of other artists feel everyone, not just church-goers, should be able to see religious art. So naturally they are tagging bridges and underpasses with "iconic" images. Art Moscow Russia File
January 01, 2020 Happy New Year! Enjoy Your Bath! Russian Life wishes you a happy new year, complete with movies and marriages. Holidays News Russia File
December 29, 2019 Snowboarder v. Snowbird Snowboarder and filmmaker Igor Popelyukh was enjoying himself off-piste at Sheregesh Ski Resort in Kemerovo Region when a large grouse got seriously pissed off. Animals Humor Sports Russia File