Yandex.Food releases fascinating data on the most popular foods for takeout this year.

This week is full of surprises: Moscow schools train future journalists; cars branch out into new materials; and vodka exports decline, which is maybe less surprising than you'd think.

A Russian non-profit economic organization recently forecasted a way for Russia to achieve better GDP growth: fire ineffective workers.

This week, puddles get the spotlight, weapons become instruments, and the life of a sausage tycoon ends abruptly at the business end of a crossbow.

This week, officials make outrageous demands, maps cost a man his job, and science meets geopolitics.

This week, we've got math olympiads, economic data, and exploding permafrost.

This week, education is worth fighting for; corrupt officials go for all-or-nothing; and Lenin's mausoleum makeover is cancelled.

This week: education! Tests for hopeful investors, savings for college, and learning what exactly is in sausage. 

News, quotes, and tidbits from all around Russia.

Some of Russia's less-traveled regions are hoping to grow a booming ecotourism sector.

This week Russians get diet advice, the president of Belarus gets kicked out of a neighboring country, and even cats aren't excused from social distancing.

Be careful what QR-codes you scan in Russia, you may be opening yourself up to fraud.