Quotes, quips and asides spoken by those in the know (and not).

A longtime businessman with deep ties to Russia considers the passing of a true friend, in the context of deteriorating US-Russian relatins.

Russian law enforcement had a busy week, from taking on the ~high~ seas to putting rich jerks in their place.

What’s more surprising, fake feminists or fish with bad teeth?

To selfie or not to selfie? That is the question, or at least one of the questions, addressed this week.

The weather in Russia this week was chilly with a hint of thaw, at least regarding science and political relations.

Climate change is destroying Russia and people still want to duel, but at least someone’s getting free pizza.

Falling from a Russian sky near you: airplanes, bags of money, and well-timed lightning bolts!

Who really killed the Romanovs? Read about the survivors of the royal household.

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov is on the 15th day of a hunger strike in a northern-Siberian prison. Anton Dolin explains how Sentsov's case is a sad miscarriage of justice, and what one can or cannot do about it.

What goes up must come down: tales of flags, currencies, and seaworthy laundromats.

Grudinin shaves the ‘stache, the other election results are in, and New Zealand struggles to offend Russia.