This week, we bring you three animal stories: wholesome, funny, and one with a twist.

How true-to-life is a favorite Soviet movie, and what does it tell us about the Caucasus?

There are wondrous things under the sea… but don’t get in too deep over your head.

Forced to retire from the entertainer’s life at an early age, Victor turned the world into his stage.

On the eastern tip of Crimea is a mysterious, salty lake. We take you there.

This week’s TWERF will amaze you, amuse you, and possibly give you nightmares.

Both science and religion shed (northern) light on the Aurora Borealis. 

Snow leopards, cannabis, and nudity are trending in Russia.

Every year, people from all over the world convene in a small snowy town in northern Russia for the friendliest and fluffiest of sports events – started by an Orthodox nun in a wheelchair who had an idea... and a dog.

At the top of the world, in the bitter reaches of the Arctic, no man can survive without his chumwife. So why is the state cutting off their salaries?

Nikita Khrushchev’s great granddaughter, Nina Khrushcheva, and an expat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1993, Jeffrey Tayler, offer a poignant exploration of the largest country on earth.

Two bears (Bers) meet very different fates. Meanwhile, black ice gets a whole new meaning.