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.

Putin's comparison of coronavirus to medieval nomadic invaders has tickled the internet.

Would Putin really release lions into Russia’s streets?

Russia's president discovers ancient pottery, goes spearfishing, and visits a coronavirus hospital.

After President Vladimir Putin admitted he wouldn't mind resetting his constitutional term limit, a new meme was born.

In this week's Odder News: Putin's smartphone habits, Russian homophones make a headache for the police, and a coronavirus serenade.