The Tampa Bay Lightning just won the NHL championship, and there were definitely Russians involved.

Julia Frey's parents, Victor and Victoria, created beautiful feasts in the Soviet times. For Victor, it meant getting cake equipment tailor-made and becoming the best baker in town. For Victoria, it was cooking a Russian and Ukranian storm. Julia cooks, bakes and reminisces about her "great childhood" in London.

In some other Wonderland, she may have remained Alice – but when a certain Sirin heard of her plight, his messy meddling left her convinced she was Anya.

Omsk Avangard clinches Russian hockey's Gagarin Cup with some famous NHL faces.

The world's newest and youngest crypto billionaire is from Russia and goes by Vitalik.

Something you probably did not know about the last Romanov: before he ascended the throne, he got a huge dragon tattoo in Japan.

In this week's Odder News, a military band delights a kindergarten class with songs from cartoons, Russian food might be able to make it in New York, and a Moscow nurse has had enough of this pandemic.

On the life and mysteries of one of history's most famous sleeper spies, Konon Molody.

Polina Chesnakova's family moved from Russia to Georgia, then from Georgia to Ukraine, and to the US. A cookbook author and cooking instructor, Chesnakova keeps her family traditions alive through cooking and baking, and inspiring others.

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

A death in the family not only proves the maxim that you can’t go home again, but also that home is probably not what you remember it to be.

A group of friends from Russia and the former CIS states banded together to ensure a Russian restaurant stayed safe during US protests.