June 22, 2020, marks the 79th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia that changed the course of WWII and, perhaps, history itself.

VKontakte has partnered with a modern art museum to allow amateur artists to submit items for a virtual exhibit.

Authorities are searching for a couple in Ufa who became overly physical with each other in front of a school.

Russia-watchers sometimes encounter the idea that Moscow is the "Third Rome." But where does this idea come from, and what does it mean?

St. Petersburg's deputy governor put forth a compelling reason for his city's more lax coronavirus regulations, compared to Moscow's.

The newly-released 2020 Global Peace Index has some surprising findings.

Russian pop experimentalist Kate NV had her video voted the #1 best music video of May by Pitchfork.

These astronauts are taking chess to the next level—the cosmos!

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s famous book is being made into a movie. Here's the trailer.

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has found a contemporary way to display classic works of art.

Human testing of a coronavirus vaccine is set to begin in Russia, and you, too, can fulfill your dream of being a guinea pig.

As summer begins, a Russian doctor explains how to combat "weather pains."