Who says Russians are cold and inscrutable? Kamchatka's new "Ministry of Happiness" seeks to spread joy and wellbeing.

Paleontologists have discovered the remains of a rabbit-like animal previously unknown to scientists.

Anton Morozov grew up on potatoes and seaweed in the hungry ’90s. He still eats seaweed every day, and now has turned many Russians onto it.
 

A recent study finds that Siberia's air quality may be worse than you'd think.

Tipping in Russia is not always the most transparent.

Karma (and alcohol) lead a man in Sakhalin Island to have an eventful 24 hours.

Russian astronauts are preparing for two spacewalks in coming months.

A recent poll finds that the vast majority of parents don't want their kids to become bloggers. Sorry, mom and dad.

A recently defeated incumbent politician has turned off the water supply in part of his district. Out of spite.

Over the past ten years, music made in Russia has become more popular.

Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos recently announced plans to shoot the first artistic film from space, despite a similar announcement from NASA earlier.

Russia's election commission performed a "large-scale investigation" into tree stumps used as polling places. Only (?) three cases were found.