Culture & Customs

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill will send letters to pregnant women in 16 regions to dissuade them from receiving abortion care.

The notoriously pr-Kremlin rock star Shaman has filed trademarks for alcoholic beverages, household goods, and sex toys.

Russian companies are experiencing a shortage of foreign workers.

A leaked list names celebs who are "banned" in Russia. 

The Russian State Duma is proposing extra taxes for people without children. 

A teenager's single father is fighting to stop his draft after his wife was murdered.

Russians are flocking to the Far East in growing numbers.

Wives of men mobilized in September 2022 protested for their loved ones in front of the Ministry of Defense.

A State Duma member is proposing a professional standard for writers. 

The Russian state has given more than five billion rubles, or $56 million, to some 35,000 residents in Kursk who have lost property due to Ukraine's counterattack on Russian soil.

Russian school curricula this year is less international and more militaristic. 

An investigation by Russian regulators finds that nearly a quarter of all "gluten-free" foods contain gluten.