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A leading Russian journalist has put together research from foreign institutions to make an interesting claim.

This week, officials make outrageous demands, maps cost a man his job, and science meets geopolitics.

“In general, yes, winter is expected not to be cold. Winter is predicted in this color - I'm even afraid to pronounce the word – pink."

– Roman Vilfand, scientific director of Russia’s Hydrometeorological Center, on the colors that will appear this winter on meteorological maps (pink means temperatures higher than norms)

Are you familiar with one of Russia’s most well-known musicians?

Recent research by HeadHunter has shown that a significant number of Russians want to move to a different region in the country.

Unexpected nude photos of Nicholas II appeared online last week, causing quite a stir, despite being more than a century old.

Putin might be a fan of Trump, but Russian zoo animals apparently aren't.

The Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, is turning a negative into a positive: breaking art world taboos by launching a major new exhibition on Russian art fakes it has unearthed within its own walls.

News from around Russia, on everything from bicycles to Bunin, from mystery graves to trolleybuses.

The extraordinary life and times of one of Russia's most important doctors.

War Communism was on the ropes in the fall of 1920. What's a dictator to do?

Superstitious Russians — 99 percent of my acquaintances — believe that any високосный год (leap year) is an unlucky year. I scoffed until 2020.