Culture & Customs

Grudinin shaves the ‘stache, the other election results are in, and New Zealand struggles to offend Russia.

Putin has again been elected president. This post was originally written/aired in November 2007. Apparently, it still seems relevant.

Nukes get names, a truck becomes a camera, and an old church gets a fresh look.

Adults want kids to vote, kids want Leonardo DiCaprio to soak himself, and Leo wants fewer video games on TV.

Maria Zakharova, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Information and Press Department, sits down to talk with Russian Life about what it means to be a woman in a position of influence.

On the Soviet tradition of making do, and spending long evenings around the table drinking tea and eating cake. Like Bird's Milk cake, this issue's recipe.

Of late, more and more Russians are getting involved in historic reenactments, attempting to recreate battles on the land in Russia where they originally occurred.

Over the 70-year lifespan of the “most equal and democratic nation” known as the Soviet Union, just a handful of women rose to the rank of ambassador. A few more have attained this level since 1991, yet diplomacy in Russia remains largely a male preserve.

A rather adequate look at the rise of "adekvatny" and "neadekvatny" in colloquial speech.

Who, what, where, and why: the kerfuffle over a few aviation cadets and their posting of a slightly racy video online. And how average Russians rose to defend them.

Things worth knowing on the travel front.

On International Women's Day, our Children of 1917 project, and a colleague who will be missed.