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This week: education! Tests for hopeful investors, savings for college, and learning what exactly is in sausage. 

“This is a special lightweight shoe, which is currently the lightest possible in the world, so that there is no additional load (when it is delivered to orbit).”

– Press release from Faradei shoe company, which recently developed a special shoe for astronauts

Dill on pizza? Sure, why not!

A new video surveillance system in Moscow’s metro will enable passengers to pay with a scan of their face.

A library's famous cat now resides with the big yarn ball in the sky, thanks to foul play.

A pensioner was fined for highlighting voter fraud in Russia's recent round of constitutional amendments.

This week, Lukashenko turns action hero; chocolate is serious business; and a classic Russian author is proven to be right all along.

“Alla Borisovna [Pugacheva] drank not the elixir of youth, but the elixir of happiness.”

 – A fan’s post on Maxim Galkin's Instagram account, in reaction to a new photo of the couple

September 1 is not only the start of the school year in Russia, but also a time to celebrate knowledge and wisdom.

A perfect recipe for fall, apple fritters, is offered with two variants.

What unites Khabarovsk and Minsk?

The veneration and preservation of nature are at the root of Mari culture. We get a unique inside look at their most sacred annual ritual of worship.