St. Petersburg is a magical place, in part thanks to its feline denizens.

The digital ruble is about to be tested, so here's a crash course in how digital currency works.

An abandoned crypt found on a Russian school's property takes the phrase "bored to death" to a whole new level. 

Three young men from St. Petersburg have been detained by police for trying to ensure that the city’s stone horses aren’t left out in the cold.

 In which a Siberian Lynx is caught waiting for the bus, just like the rest of us. 

An exhibit showing off the machine gun of our favorite mustached president (alongside other artifacts from August 2020 unrest) is currently gracing Minsk's Independence Palace.

Dostoyevsky spent ten years of his life exiled to Russia's Eastern hinterlands. Beyond the Urals, there are several places that shaped Dostoyevsky and influenced many of his greatest works of literature.

A thoroughly incomplete list of ways to scratch your Dostoyevsky itch ahead of his 200th birthday.

St. Petersburg book-lovers can relax going into the city-wide shutdown knowing that their favorite bookstores will not shut down fully; the city has added books to the list of essential items. 

Russia and Ukraine have a long history of disputes over beloved territory, to say the least… But this time, it’s Gogol.

The Moscow Regional Coronavirus Headquarters are using all the available weapons at their disposal to fight the spread of COVID-19, and they've pulled out their biggest gun yet: cat memes. 

Researchers in Novosibirsk are working to develop the world's first Russian Sign Language-to-text translator.