Are Russians giving up alcohol? Signs are pointing in that direction.

Open-pit mining continues while locals face both unemployment and worsening pollution.

A Buryat woman was attacked on a Moscow bus for speaking "her language." According to the victim, she was speaking Russian.

Twitch banned Russian streamers for retransmitting a recruitment event for drone building by a Russian university.

A blogger uploaded a video message to Putin, saying people were afraid of him. Two days later, she thanked him.

A Russian figure skater made a striking performance against domestic violence.

The Russian president is seeing some of his lowest approval ratings in decades, and that's according to state media.

Russian car thieves are remarkably patriotic.

A Bryansk man was convicted of financing terrorism for transferring cryptocurrency to a banned Russian political organization.

There's a surprising space where Russians find safe space for topical humor and how they comment on what's happening in the country. 

Farmer protests rock Russia for the first time in ten years.

In St. Petersburg, a man killed his friend thinking she was an English Spy.