A deep dive into the history and philosophy behind Tetris, and the reasons why it has managed to stay relevant for so long and will probably still be in the future.

This week: Russian telecomms habits shift, a St. Petersburg entrepreneur gets crafty, and being stuck at home means more alcohol intake.

This week we have a little bit of everything: new cars, freshly-paved streets, and, of course, plenty of coronavirus.

A Russian woman makes 2 million euros through illicit means.

Russian banks to start testing biometric ATMs. This is probably a good idea.

Activists in Moscow are crowdfunding to restore century-old signs, and uncovering traces of a buzzing and eclectic merchant city.

Vladimir left the big city to set up a farm in rural Lipetsk Oblast. And he doesn’t regret it one bit.

A brief history of the Russian bakery, from imperial times to the Internet age.

One of Russia's wealthiest women, Natalia Filyova, together with her husband built the country's second largest airline from the ground up. She died in an air crash over the weekend.

A longtime businessman with deep ties to Russia considers the passing of a true friend, in the context of deteriorating US-Russian relatins.

An assemblage of crafters, knitters and felters talk about what it means to be a small producer in Russia.

The thing about national economies is that they are international.