Russia's new head of drone warfare has no military background, but lots of experience in plumbing.

A Moscow professor was sentenced to three years in prison for adding Ukrainian songs to his Vkontakte playlist.

Surviving the testy waters of morality and ethics, with some tips on language and idioms.

Items of note, including a Last Word by a teacher who was in the wrong place at the wrong time; reversing the course of a river; book sales; statistics; and more.

How mothers raise children under censorship and propaganda -- and what it does to the minds of parents and kids.

What our reviewer has been reading lately, and what it has gotten him thinking about.

Moscow's Museum of Victory has created a temporary exhibition highlighting how the Russians of the Second World War celebrated New Year.

Two retirees from occupied Zaporizhzhia were convicted of treason by Russian courts for making donations to the Ukrainian Army.

In Zabaikalsky Krai, a serviceman who tracked down deserters has been killed.

Ukrainian soldiers recreated a famous classical painting to playfully showcase their resistance to Russian invasion.

Thousands of Ukrainians are having their homes in Mariupol stolen from them by the Russian state.

The Russian state reports that more than 5,000 vehicles confiscated from criminals have been sent to serve in the war in Ukraine.