This year's Victory Day parade was a sight to behold⁠— and we might be seeing its effects for the next 16 years.

This week's we feature a smattering of things that are somewhere they shouldn't be, including drugs, tanks, mammoths, kids, and (of course) Lenin.

This week we have grants for bride-stealing, anthropomorphic cakes, prisoners (and guards) walking on glass, and important advice for your next trip to Chelyabinsk.

Police officers in Russia are showing their support for a jailed community leader.

A Russian man has been arrested for selling alcohol out of his apartment window.

The extraordinary life of the advocate Lev Kupernik.

A Russian woman makes 2 million euros through illicit means.

Something virtually unprecedented happened this winter: five Russian policemen were arrested and charged with framing up an innocent man.

Moscow police have finally arrested a traffic-ticket fugitive.

What would you rather visit: a cathedral or a distillery?

Discussion in Russia about domestic violence has gotten more serious over the past few years, and a showdown seems to be on the horizon.

"Russia's strict state, with a harsh, or, more exactly, cruel law enforcement system... has raised a generation of citizens to match."