A St. Petersburg municipal politician has resigned after the discovery of an underground casino in his apartment.

They could not have been more different, but both these Vladimirs had a huge impact on Russian history.

“For now I’m going skiing for a couple days, I’ll return and will work."

– Dmitri Medvedev, on his relaxation plans now that he’s no longer prime minister.

Yury Luzhkov, who died in December from complications during routine heart surgery, is difficult to pin to a particular pantheon of Russian political figures.

Brezhnev’s traffic ticket goes on sale, Crimea shows up in Astrakhan, and a man gives an all for his cat.

A little-known holiday brings to the fore well-known debates about Russian politics.

"Russia's strict state, with a harsh, or, more exactly, cruel law enforcement system... has raised a generation of citizens to match."

Asya Lisina created a beautiful and somewhat surprising cover for the current issue of Russian Life. We asked her to explain herself...

News on travel, protests, Balashikha, a crooner, and the growing loan bubble.

On September 28, 1989 – just a few months after Boris Yeltsin's triumph at the Congress of People’s Deputies – the police found a muddied and wet Yeltsin near a dacha community outside Moscow.

“Mother Russia” is much more than a stereotype. Everyone has opinions on it, Russian rock musicians included.

As opposition protests rock Moscow, we look at how contemporary artists have interpreted the actions of Russia's riot police.