News and brief items from around Russia.

Summer starts with flies, without ice cream

Check out five of the best up-and-coming Russian indie bands of 2018 and 2019.

Khabarovsk artist Tomin creates mind-bending, universe-tilting videos. We tracked him down to find out how he does it.

Welcome to our four-million-word website. We got here with your help.

Ever wonder what we don’t publish? Well, here it is. The scraps on our cutting room floor, and last week’s fourth-best story – all collected in one wonderfully semi-interesting place.

Bloggers and twitterers this fall, in the lead-up to the mayoral elections, were effusive in their praise of Moscow living conditions. Was it real or staged?

It's time for Russian Life to move aggressively into the digital online space. But that costs and it will take the support of readers to make this possible. Visit newrussianlife.com for more info.

Who, what, where, and why: the kerfuffle over a few aviation cadets and their posting of a slightly racy video online. And how average Russians rose to defend them.

Tracking down the meme of dark materials set in motion by the Russian president.

On how the Kremlin is handling online dissent and youth culture.

A look at Russian dreams and memes.