December 29, 2021 Courting Father Christmas "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. Holidays Humor Law Quote
December 06, 2021 A Premature Celebration A Krasnodar man, sentenced to serve time for theft, marked his release by doing what he does best. Cities & Towns Law Social Issues Russia File
November 22, 2021 A Comfy Place for Eternal Sleep A man disturbed the quiet slumber of the dead while looking for a place to catch himself forty winks. Law Regions Social Issues Russia File
November 17, 2021 Neater, Braver, Smarter, Stronger Ever wonder about the ideal police officer every Russian citizen dreams of? Look no further! Holidays Humor Law Russia File
November 03, 2021 Make Not War Art "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. Art History Law St. Petersburg Quote
November 01, 2021 The Timid Path 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. Agriculture History Law
November 01, 2021 Outsmarting Smart Voting For the first time since 2016, and the first time since the momentous constitutional changes of 2020 allowing President Putin to run for two more presidential terms, Russia has elected a new parliament. Government Journalism Law Media
October 08, 2021 Dressed to Kill Their Careers There are worse fashion blunders than white socks and a self-tying tie, but the chief prosecutor’s office of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Territory might disagree. Humor Law Regions Russia File
September 24, 2021 Chess, the Most Dangerous Game A normally quite peaceful board game took a violent turn in Krasoyarsk. Culture Law Social Issues Russia File
September 22, 2021 What's Worse: Unsympathetic Aliens or Interfering AI? "The App Store portal: who regulates it? Artificial intelligence, people from Mars?” – Andrei Klimov, seeking to understand what’s going on behind the scenes with Apple’s App Store on September 17. Government Humor Internet Law Politics Quote
September 14, 2021 Bee the Change In Chelyabinsk, for the first time, an agricultural enterprise is under legal heat for the mass killing of bees. Animals Environment Law Russia File
September 01, 2021 Nine Lives of Crime While that face might look sweet and innocent, recent allegations against Pushok the cat claim otherwise. Animals Law Rural Life Russia File