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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.

VKontakte has partnered with a modern art museum to allow amateur artists to submit items for a virtual exhibit.

In our video of the week, something from the realm of scifi: A Russian drone operator encounters a UFO, then must decide what is real and not.

Authorities are searching for a couple in Ufa who became overly physical with each other in front of a school.

On this day in 1957, Nikita Khrushchev survived an ouster vote. It gave him another 7 years in power.

This week we have grants for bride-stealing, anthropomorphic cakes, prisoners (and guards) walking on glass, and important advice for your next trip to Chelyabinsk.

“This is a good deed, one of the great opportunities to pay attention to people who need special support and attention, and, if necessary, help, especially in the current difficult epidemiological situation.”

– Advisor to the Governor of the Rostov region Anton Alekseyev on the online project “Smotri pesni” (“Watch Songs”)

Russia-watchers sometimes encounter the idea that Moscow is the "Third Rome." But where does this idea come from, and what does it mean?

St. Petersburg's deputy governor put forth a compelling reason for his city's more lax coronavirus regulations, compared to Moscow's.

The newly-released 2020 Global Peace Index has some surprising findings.

Russian pop experimentalist Kate NV had her video voted the #1 best music video of May by Pitchfork.

These astronauts are taking chess to the next level—the cosmos!