The Russian presidential administration is trying to align culture with the war effort.

Intrepid travelers can now visit the fabled sites of Russian folklore. 

Roskomnadzor has blocked the largest Russian-language fanfiction site. 

The theater director and playwright have been in pre-trial detention for over a year on charges of "justifying terrorism." Now they've been sentenced.

Russian authorities are spending more on the production of fantasy films than on war films, according to a recent study.

An exhibit backed by a close associate of the Kremlin claims, erroneously, to show paintings newly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. 

Russians describe the 90s in three words.

In academia, how do Russians and Americans view one another?

Chechnya is banning music that falls above or below approved tempos. 

A century after it first opened, the Jewish Museum in Moscow recreated an exhibit of Jewish avant-garde artists from Chagall to Shterenberg. 

A psychic from Kotelnikovo defrauded a client out of R67 million.

A playwright and a theater director were arrested for a play criticizing ISIS. After months in jail, they spoke from their defendants' glass box.