A female Russian motorcyclist has set a world record for riding from Magadan to Mirny across permafrost.

A new bust of Stalin has been erected in Volgograd, raising questions about the identity of the city.

Kyiv-Mohlya Academy has banned the Russian language inside the institution.

Russians across the country spontaneously mourned the victims of their country's January 14 missile attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, which crushed an apartment building.

Ukraine, parts of Russia, and cities in Latvia banned fireworks for New Year's celebrations over concerns about the war.

An airport in Anapa is selling a flight experience that promises everything but the travel.

Russia is looking for 52,000 new cops to serve in territories recently taken from Ukraine.

"We hope and pray that you return alive and healthy [and] that you return victorious, having defended the security and independence of our country."

– Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin,
announcing the end to mobilization in the capital.

The Russian military has assured local governments that they don't need to worry about canceling New Years' festivities because of the mobilization and conflict in Ukraine.

Ukraine continues to press forward in its major counteroffensive against Russia, recapturing villages and towns along the way. 

Protests erupted across Russia after Putin announces mobilization.

The iconic and wacky Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod turns 160 this month.