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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!

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s famous book is being made into a movie. Here's the trailer.

This week's Odder News features monuments for dead villages, ancient memes, and a mirror for Putin.

“It’s not clear how he found himself at school: maybe someone threw him out or he crawled away. As our specialist said, the python is full. Such an animal is able to swallow even a cat. And it’s a great happiness that no one was hurt.”

– Alena Shibanova, a representative from the Good Home Animal Shelter, on a two-meter python found near a school in Kineshma

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has found a contemporary way to display classic works of art.

Human testing of a coronavirus vaccine is set to begin in Russia, and you, too, can fulfill your dream of being a guinea pig.

As summer begins, a Russian doctor explains how to combat "weather pains."

This delightful animated short by Anton Dyakov is our video of the week that we had a hard time waiting to share...