2024's Victory Day parade was a bit of a dud. 2025's more than made up for it.

A band from Bashkortostan has gone viral for an electro-folk song about a Bashkir epic poem.

Russia currently has 42 "cultural" figures who are political prisoners and another 176 on their way to becoming the same.

Vladimir Medinsky, a writer in Putin's inner circle, is now the head of the Union of Russian Writers.

One hundred and sixty-seven years on, a Dostoyevsky novella is seeing a resurgence in popularity. 

A Russian actor is getting major recognition in Hollywood. 

Russian children are being instilled with militant patriotism through plays, stories, cartoons, and toys.

Russian military ensembles glorify war and profit from it.

The notoriously pr-Kremlin rock star Shaman has filed trademarks for alcoholic beverages, household goods, and sex toys.

A leaked list names celebs who are "banned" in Russia. 

A State Duma member is proposing a professional standard for writers.