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Recounting a 2008 meeting with activist Alexei Navalny, before he rose to prominence.

A hospital in Kursk is under investigation after a woman awoke post-surgery in the morgue.

This week: Soviet-relic bunkers burst forth with new life; Soviet-relic vehicles get new life; and Soviet-relic apartments crack under the pressures of life.

“Thank you, I have said everything. You can shout 'Leave'.”

– Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in response to workers at the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant

The smallest ethnos in the Russian Federation is an Avar sub-culture in the Caucasus.

A recording of Viktor Tsoy’s last concert with his group Kino has recently been rediscovered.

This week: cereal jingles go viral, animal crossings save critters, and paratroopers take a swim in a fountain in celebration. Sounds pretty run-of-the-mill.

St. Petersburg saw over 2,000 attendees at its stand-up-paddleboard (SUP) festival this year, many in costume and with pets in tow.

“You risk getting an upset stomach, but there is no scientific evidence for this fact.”

- An announcement from Russia’s Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, on the incorrect way to eat melons

Be careful what QR-codes you scan in Russia, you may be opening yourself up to fraud.

Russia's iconic domestic car has been the highest-selling automobile in the last six months.

Yandex, Russia's Google almost-equivalent, is making moves to expand with products including "YaBank," "YaSafe," and "YaCash."