Desperate times, and the need to create a festive atmosphere, call for desperate measures. 

Artist Aleksandr Tsypkov and a handful of other artists feel everyone, not just church-goers, should be able to see religious art. So naturally they are tagging bridges and underpasses with "iconic" images.

Pie not in the sky, vampires against anti-vaxxers, cooks for cats… not to mention self-improvement in advance of the New Year

Activists in Moscow are crowdfunding to restore century-old signs, and uncovering traces of a buzzing and eclectic merchant city.

News on travel, protests, Balashikha, a crooner, and the growing loan bubble.

Sorry, Bulgakov – the devil didn’t come to Moscow this time, but prizes and panties did.

One hundred and twenty years ago, the first electric tram went into operation in Moscow.

Bloggers and twitterers this fall, in the lead-up to the mayoral elections, were effusive in their praise of Moscow living conditions. Was it real or staged?

If these walls could talk. The history and horror of one of the most epic construction projects of the Soviet era.

A visit to the Krutitsy Patriarchal Residence in Moscow is like walking through a portal into a time long past.

Icons have been revered in Russia for centuries, and when it comes to miracle-working icons, pilgrims will travel thousands of kilometers to seek their divine assistance. 
We look at three you can find in Moscow.

In which we look at the history of Russia through the eyes of three very different monuments in the capital: Pushkin, Dzerzhinsky & Vorovsky.