Russia's election commission performed a "large-scale investigation" into tree stumps used as polling places. Only (?) three cases were found.

"Kakov nipudt pakaru!" The classic 1990 movie Hunt for Red October had a $30 million budget. Apparently none of that went towards Russian language coaches.

When you are deep in the woods, enjoying a day of raspberry picking with friends, anything is possible.

A herd of camels, released by an 83-year-old pensioner, is wreaking havoc in Astrakhan region.

The Kremlin said that the president's dirty laundry is not for sale on the internet.

The cover of this issue of the magazine is the final of a series of four seasonal images we commissioned from Asya Lisina. We asked her to explain how she went about crafting this image.

A woman returns to the village of her birth and an unlikely and fateful connection ensues.

As summer begins, a Russian doctor explains how to combat "weather pains."

This delightful animated short by Anton Dyakov is our video of the week that we had a hard time waiting to share...

A Russian city's redesigned seal sports an anatomical typo.

No matter what Russia does, it can’t seem to dam up the flood of Anglicisms.

The Belarusian President followed his own coronavirus advice, Pomeranian in tow.