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In which we look at Finno-Ugric words that have made their way into the Russian Language. (Click title to download PDF.)

Dubbed the “Mother Teresa of Dagestan,” Aishat Magomedova wanted something very simple: to give the women of Dagestan access to quality health care. Apparently, she did too good a job.

The life of a street musician is not an easy one. But it is one thing to busk with a guitar or pan flute, quite another to have to set up a complex vertical xylophone made of bottles.

The Novosibirsk Zoo in Siberia announced that, for 2022, its new mascot would be chosen by a public vote. It turned into a scandal.

Excerpt from a newly published memoir, an autobiographical account of an engineer swept up into Stalin's Gulag.

In a remote corner of Siberia, the last of a family of Old Believers lives her life in a state of time out of time. With a little help from some friends.

In which we review two books: one full of poetry, another full of Putin.

In which we share a few illustrative facts and figures from the war in Ukraine.

Anyone who has experienced an unpleasant neighbor has likely faced the
problem of what to do about their children.

Zelensky's response to Putin recognizing the "independence" of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics crystallizes the ongoing conflict.

The Kremlin's unprovoked, illegal war on Ukraine will backfire. And untold millions will suffer. Silence would be complicity in this horrendous crime.

The situation in Ukraine is complex and constantly changing, so here are our top picks for where you can get the latest scoop.