A look at the extraordinary life and legacy of James L. Patterson, who recently passed away at 91. 

A new video game published by the son of a Russian diplomat lets players test their mettle on Ukraine's battlefields.

Russia commemorated the eightieth anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat with Ukraine war-themed parades and exhibits. And German sausages.

A band from Bashkortostan has gone viral for an electro-folk song about a Bashkir epic poem.

Russia currently has 42 "cultural" figures who are political prisoners and another 176 on their way to becoming the same.

A Russian artist has been sentenced for his "extremist" art. 

Sasha Skochilenko shared details of her life in detention. 

Over the past few years, Petersburgers have been noticing small pieces of fabric with skillfully made embroidery on the streets of the city.

An exhibit backed by a close associate of the Kremlin claims, erroneously, to show paintings newly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. 

Artist Anna Dial uses updated samizdat methods to publish her "zines" and avoid censorship. 

The trial of Zhenya Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk has been postponed yet again. 

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