Police search for perpetrator guilty of killing an entire herd of horses in a deadly rivalry between farmers. 

The Rostov Oblast puts new limitations on the behavior of wedding-goers.

A high-school biology teacher wasn't expecting officials of the Russian Orthodox Church to be so vocal about a recent lesson.

Fiscal sanctions may be devastating for an economy, but food sanctions are a punch to the gut.

Russians put mayonnaise on everything. Even robberies, apparently.

Our bimonthly roundup of news on Russia most others missed.

"Since I am also a lawyer, I can act as an attorney for Father Christmas, and remind the plaintiff that Father Christmas fulfills wishes and gives gifts only to good girls and boys. Let him analyze his behavior and, perhaps, find something that has prevented Father Christmas from presenting him with gifts for the New Year holidays. This will be the main line of defense."

–  On December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to defend Father Christmas after a St. Petersburg lawyer sued the gift-bringer.

A Krasnodar man, sentenced to serve time for theft, marked his release by doing what he does best.

A man disturbed the quiet slumber of the dead while looking for a place to catch himself forty winks.

Ever wonder about the ideal police officer every Russian citizen dreams of? Look no further!

"In connection with the incident, the State Hermitage was forced to apply to the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg with a statement to conduct a prosecutor's check and assess the actions of a citizen for possible violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation, including in terms of public insult to the memory of the Defenders of the Fatherland.”

– Press Service of the St. Petersburg Hermitage, announcing it would be reviewing an artist’s behavior for potentially insulting the veterans of the Patriotic War of 1812.

On December 12, 1801, 23-year-old Tsar Alexander I issued an ukaz. This particular decree was not something historians have considered extremely significant in the scheme of Alexander’s reign, but it merits attention for a few reasons.