Mikhail is the director of a book store that has been operating in St. Petersburg since 1926.

Curious about vodka stats? Russia's Research Center for the Federal and Regional Alcohol Markets has you covered.

Russia is taking on violence against pets.

Russian priests in Sverdlovsk Oblast are upset that they could start seeing local license plates numbered 666, a number often associated with Satan.

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.