Some statistics to illustrate recent trends in Russian society.

A hospital in Kursk is under investigation after a woman awoke post-surgery in the morgue.

The smallest ethnos in the Russian Federation is an Avar sub-culture in the Caucasus.

This week: cereal jingles go viral, animal crossings save critters, and paratroopers take a swim in a fountain in celebration. Sounds pretty run-of-the-mill.

This week, mammoths are ripe for the picking; fishy business practices turn violent; and a TV show is labelled a bad influence on Russian families.

This week, we're warned once again to be careful on the internet; priests use their powers for good; and criminals have never been so dang cute.

Russian lawmakers seek to boost the economy – and citizens' heart rates – by providing vouchers for workout classes.

This week, Spotify comes to Russia, Crimea is a hot tourist destination (like always), and three cases of corruption: one big, one small, and one straight out of a spy movie.

This week, Russia's government grapples with the ins-and-outs of distance learning, the Ministry of Economic Development is nonplussed by the effects of coronavirus, and we know what side of the bread a shipbuilder's head's butter is on.

A considering of differing Russian and American views on monuments, history, racism, and coming to terms with history

A Russian moves his family to America to avoid racism. Their experience is telling.

June 22, 2020, marks the 79th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia that changed the course of WWII and, perhaps, history itself.