Culture & Customs

June 22, 2020, marks the 79th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia that changed the course of WWII and, perhaps, history itself.

VKontakte has partnered with a modern art museum to allow amateur artists to submit items for a virtual exhibit.

This week we have grants for bride-stealing, anthropomorphic cakes, prisoners (and guards) walking on glass, and important advice for your next trip to Chelyabinsk.

“This is a good deed, one of the great opportunities to pay attention to people who need special support and attention, and, if necessary, help, especially in the current difficult epidemiological situation.”

– Advisor to the Governor of the Rostov region Anton Alekseyev on the online project “Smotri pesni” (“Watch Songs”)

Russia-watchers sometimes encounter the idea that Moscow is the "Third Rome." But where does this idea come from, and what does it mean?

The newly-released 2020 Global Peace Index has some surprising findings.

Russian pop experimentalist Kate NV had her video voted the #1 best music video of May by Pitchfork.

These astronauts are taking chess to the next level—the cosmos!

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s famous book is being made into a movie. Here's the trailer.

This week's Odder News features monuments for dead villages, ancient memes, and a mirror for Putin.

As summer begins, a Russian doctor explains how to combat "weather pains."

This delightful animated short by Anton Dyakov is our video of the week that we had a hard time waiting to share...