Culture & Customs

A new tool, created by an independent publication, tracks what exactly is being censored on Russian streaming services.

Russian cartoonist Oleg Kuvaev was sentenced in absentia over a critical anti-war episode of his series “Masyanya.”

The Russian government banned the import of a selection of Georgian drinks for not meeting safety standards.

Famed Russian TV hypnotist Anatoly Kashpirovsky, known for his mass healing shows, died at 87.

An expedition sent Russian humanities scholars to provincial cities, from which they were expected to return with a “philosophical master plan" for the country’s ideological development.

Nikita Mikhalkov says that recently created Russian film award will combat looming cultural threats from the West and promote traditional values.

Young Yegor just wants to start school off on the right foot.

An employee accused a former soldier in Russia's war on Ukraine of sexual harassment at a military recruitment office.

A new social media trend contrasts Russian reality with slick election marketing.

A P.E. teacher offered his university students to receive credit for three classes in exchange for voting online in the upcoming Duma elections.

A political prisoner is unexpectedly released from pre-trial detention, perhaps due to a large public protest.

An NGO aiding HIV patients was fined for not reporting its activities as a "foreign agent" after shutting its doors.