Culture & Customs

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.

City folk and country folk share their various ways of relaxing.

Where to stream Soviet and Russian films worth watching.

Russia's newest combatant for the Ukrainian front is a medieval prince and saint.

A London show was cancelled after the performer was alleged to have donated to the Russian army.

A 14-year-old child unintentionally tested the limits of playground use, resulting in two criminal charges.

In accordance with new Russian laws, the owners of a cafe in the Urals had to change its name — and became famous.

How digitization and a fear of those in power turned Russians into perfect victims for con artists.

The governor of Oryol Oblast urged residents to report people with an "accent" to the FSB amid drone attacks from Ukraine.