This week: Putin cracks down on smartphones, some things go online that probably shouldn't, and new coronavirus advice seeks to preserve the peace (and health).

A grassroots campaign to remember the WWII fallen goes south.

On the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, we offer two excerpts from a new translation of Viktor Nekrasov’s In the Trenches of Stalingrad.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II this May, we look back at how Soviet and Russian cinema has depicted the war.

On this day in 1564, one of Terrible's most trusted confidantes defected. But they kept in touch.

This week inventiveness takes on coronavirus, men need red meat, and Victory Day is the pandemic's latest casualty.

This little-known treaty actually set the stage for the devastation of Europe that was to come.

30 restored T-34 tanks have arrived in Moscow and now await Victory Day.

In this week's Odder News: post-Soviet leaders propose innovative treatments for coronavirus, phone chargers go bad, and Russian buyers have an opening in the European real estate market.

If Russia has its way, NATO training would be postponed. Not because of coronavirus, but to preserve the memory of the dead of World War II.

Russia's "Echelon of Victory" train-borne museum prepares to educate this spring.

This week's Odder News: Belarus, the "Switzerland of the East," quiet hours, and tank-fueled wedding proposals.