Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos recently announced plans to shoot the first artistic film from space, despite a similar announcement from NASA earlier.

"Kakov nipudt pakaru!" The classic 1990 movie Hunt for Red October had a $30 million budget. Apparently none of that went towards Russian language coaches.

Looking back at the life and work of the legendary filmmaker, and how views of him have changed over time.

A recording of Viktor Tsoy’s last concert with his group Kino has recently been rediscovered.

A touching, short, CGI animated film looks at 20 years in the life of a Russian orphan.

This week, mammoths are ripe for the picking; fishy business practices turn violent; and a TV show is labelled a bad influence on Russian families.

A street in Kyiv is being renamed in honor of a journalist who helped expose Soviet Ukraine’s deathly famine.

An Armenian-Russian producer is the first Russian producer to be nominated for an Emmy, for his documentary Hate Among Us.

“This dish is eaten in almost every home. I don’t understand Russian people’s tastes at all.”

- Chinese blogger on herring under a fur coat, one of six items he listed as unusual Russian dishes

The reboot of a classic Russian cartoon features some modern updates.

In our video of the week, something from the realm of scifi: A Russian drone operator encounters a UFO, then must decide what is real and not.

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