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“If you meet a boar, don’t approach it and don’t look it in the eye … if you meet a whole herd, stay away from the piglets.”

- Advice in a note from the Moscow mayor's official website on the appearance of wild boars in some Moscow parks

A famous Chinese artist was so inspired by his visit to the Hermitage, that he created a whole exhibit.

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

Russian grammar is tough, even for the Russians that make official constitutional-referendum ballots.

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

This beautiful film from YETI on an enviro-tourism effort to save Steelhead in Kamchatka is our video of the week.

If Russia has its way, German history students could be reading a new article by none other than the president himself.

Food-writer Anna Kharzeeva brings best Soviet recipes, spiced with hints and memories from her Jewish Grandmother. 

A Russian astronaut became the first person in the world to participate in voting from orbit.

This week: stamps honor highways, grave-diggers let loose, and Russia's cutest cop takes his leave.

“Women most often think about new breasts and buttocks, some receive such operations as a gift from their gentlemen. For men, surgery to correct the shape of the nose and ears is now popular. We took a closer look at ourselves, sitting at home, and apparently decided to improve our aesthetic appearance.”

- Plastic surgeon Dmitry Elenshleger on the popularity plastic surgery in Russia, now that the quarantine is being lifted

When environmentalists sounded the alarm this time about a spill of diesel fuel from a power station reserve tank near Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, the government response was uncharacteristically serious.