Three things you can find online and in real life: cats, dogs, and video games.

Why is Georgian food so popular in Russia? Turns out there's more to it than deliciousness.

Learn some proverbs and eat some blini as the Slavic world prepares to celebrate Butter Week.

Russia's Central Bank believes people's financial illiteracy and economic troubles stem from bad messaging in Russian folk tales. Could it be true?

Living on ice, the boorocracy, profiling perps, naming cities, and where smoking holds sway.

Stats on HIV, salaries, doing business, death from bad eating habits, and more.

If you want to see the majestic, historic side of St. Petersburg, yet experience an area where people actually live, you should head to Kolomna.

This week goes intergalactic with a moon colony, two jedi masters, and several unhappy taxi drivers.

Fyodor Tyutchev (whose 115th birthday is today) was endowed with genius and good luck: a great Russian poet, he was not killed in a duel or in the Caucasus.  Nor did he rot in Siberia, but instead lived until he was 70 and died in his own bed. 

We consider some of the best holiday treats, which are of course cookies, and then serve of a simple and delicious recipe.

Time got a little bit wibbly-wobbly and timey-wimey as Russia traveled to the future, to the past, and back to the present (and all in one week)!

This week gives everybody a new lease on life, whether in the form of a photo touch up, another platform for Putin, or an actual new life for a “dead” journalist.