Culture & Customs

Open-pit mining continues while locals face both unemployment and worsening pollution.

Alina Kabaeva has been accused of influencing the roster of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team.

A massive reenactment festival just before Victory Day reveals a great deal about modern Russian discourse.

A Buryat woman was attacked on a Moscow bus for speaking "her language." According to the victim, she was speaking Russian.

How one Ukrainian refugee family has been hindered in trying to live as Russians.

Twitch banned Russian streamers for retransmitting a recruitment event for drone building by a Russian university.

A blogger uploaded a video message to Putin, saying people were afraid of him. Two days later, she thanked him.

Two criminal cases are active for “insulting” images of the Russian Easter cake on social media.

A Russian figure skater made a striking performance against domestic violence.

Alexei Tolstoy's grandson, along with four people and a Tatar advocacy group, was declared a foreign agent on the same day.

Moscow Metro passengers ride in style on themed trains. 

The Russian president is seeing some of his lowest approval ratings in decades, and that's according to state media.