“The share of completely non-cash customers who use a bank card but do not withdraw cash from an ATM for a month is steadily growing. Now it is 39%, which is 5 percentage points higher than before the pandemic.”

– Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank, on the growing number of clients who are not using cash at all

Yandex.Food releases fascinating data on the most popular foods for takeout this year.

This week is full of surprises: Moscow schools train future journalists; cars branch out into new materials; and vodka exports decline, which is maybe less surprising than you'd think.

A Russian non-profit economic organization recently forecasted a way for Russia to achieve better GDP growth: fire ineffective workers.

This week, puddles get the spotlight, weapons become instruments, and the life of a sausage tycoon ends abruptly at the business end of a crossbow.

This week, officials make outrageous demands, maps cost a man his job, and science meets geopolitics.

This week, we've got math olympiads, economic data, and exploding permafrost.

This week, education is worth fighting for; corrupt officials go for all-or-nothing; and Lenin's mausoleum makeover is cancelled.

This week: education! Tests for hopeful investors, savings for college, and learning what exactly is in sausage. 

News, quotes, and tidbits from all around Russia.

Some of Russia's less-traveled regions are hoping to grow a booming ecotourism sector.

This week Russians get diet advice, the president of Belarus gets kicked out of a neighboring country, and even cats aren't excused from social distancing.