TWERF takes on the political this week, bringing you news of the election and the weird things that accompanied it.

Here's a suggestion for improving your Russian: watch Russian TV. But which TV? Here's a suggestion...

Putin has again been elected president. This post was originally written/aired in November 2007. Apparently, it still seems relevant.

World Cup picks, elections, and fraudulent activity all point to the same lesson this week: make your choices wisely.

On this day, 28 years ago, two naive young Americans sat down and agreed to found a publishing company together. This publishing company.

Nukes get names, a truck becomes a camera, and an old church gets a fresh look.

Adults want kids to vote, kids want Leonardo DiCaprio to soak himself, and Leo wants fewer video games on TV.

Traditional celebrations like Maslenitsa are accompanied by new ones, like Chinese New Year. The party never stops!

A Russian national tragedy is softened by stories of a skating grandmother and small children in the snow.

Punxsutawney Phil ordered six more weeks of winter for the States, but the weather is getting much weirder in Russia: record-breaking snow and locusts, to start with. 

Today, we officially put to print the book for our Children of 1917 project: Resilience: Life Stories of Centenarians Born in the Year of Revolution.

Think you know your vodka? Take this True/False quiz (just 12 items) about Russians and their vodka and see if you are right about that...