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New research uncovers Russians' attitudes towards swearing.

This week, your mother turns out to be right all along; Aeroflot adapts to COVID; and the European Commission says you can get good, free movies from Russian social media.

A recent survey of the elderly finds that one-fifth of pensioners hope to supplement their income with a blog.

“Maximum conspiracy – this is of utmost importance. No one must be seen.”

– Konstantin Kudryavtsev, suspected as one of the FSB agents responsible for the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny in August, in a phone call with Navalny

Russians responded to a poll about the most popular movies of 2020, but were generally unable to determine the best ones of this year.

A Russian military aircraft designed to withstand nuclear war has met its match: burglars.

In an astonishingly brazen operation, opposition politician Alexey Navalny pulled the ultimate punk on FSB operative Konstantin Kudryavtsev, who allegedly tried to kill him.

A Moscow Zoo alligator with a rich history has been stuffed and will be on display at a Moscow museum.

There are countless interesting, Russian-related places across North America. We have used the Google Map Engine to show where some of them are.

Historic wooden buildings in Tomsk are under threat.

In which we meet Oksana, Russian millennial and cook. She shares childhood memories of a surprisingly abundant 90s, and her favorite snack: the "Jewish" zakuska.

This week, politicians are caught red-handed; surrogate motherhood and gambling are (apparently) the same; and Putin isn't as hip with the youth as you'd think.