To selfie or not to selfie? That is the question, or at least one of the questions, addressed this week.

Russia Weekly gets wacky with singing policemen, forbidden emojis, and flying plagues.

Fishing can tell you a lot about life in the countryside, about sickness and health, chance and Fate, to say nothing of electricity and sausage

After declensions, cases, aspect, verbs of motion, pronunciation, and all the other trials of the Russian language, there is one more thing to learn: quotes, jokes and allusions. Let's do this.

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)!

Falling from a Russian sky near you: airplanes, bags of money, and well-timed lightning bolts!

This week gives us a plethora of emotions: shame in Samara, excitement in Tomsk, and a bit of both in Moscow.

This is the crime-filled Russia you’ve always heard about, including a cat smuggling drugs and railroad theft.

Everybody receives a lift, from a stranded hiker, to the planet, to two boys who are actually doing just fine.

It was a busy week in Russia: another round of pension protests, a pilgrimage for the Romanovs, and oh, the devil is working his magic.

Shed a tear for our last World Cup TWERF, in which we finally learn about the Romanovs and feel the wrath of nature.

What’s out of this world? Russia’s performance in the World Cup, a Russian cargo ship, and showers in Samara!