“These people do not go to relax in other resorts, they settle in neighboring hotels: the more restrictions are imposed on legal business, the more it plays into the hands of those who work in the dark.”

– Natalia Stambulnikova, Chairman of the Association of Small Hotels of Crimea, warning of the ominous nature of coronavirus restrictions that impede tourism.

The St. Petersburg city government has threatened to prevent traditional celebrations of VDV Day by turning off its fountains. Such grinches.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, especially when it comes to one's name on a ballot.

A new village police station, unveiled with much pomp, occupies what appears to be a repurposed corrugated metal shed.

A Russian zoo will open its very first exhibit to allow the observation of hibernating bears, but will it allow the bears to get some good shut-eye? 

While most Russians aren't known to shy away from free shots (vaccine or otherwise), one administrator is under investigation for selling documents sans immunizations.

Youthful tourism ambassadors might be coming to a Russian region near you.

After sixty years of going by another name, New York, Ukraine, is back in action.

A policeman had a bright idea for how to use his money to help his native village. 

St. Petersburg hosts one-eleventh of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament this summer.

With a bucket of paint and a dream, this Russian pensioner did what city officials wouldn't, but she may have had to cross a line to do it.  

In America, people go to country clubs to escape from the drudgery they bear. In Russia, bears escape from country clubs.