There has long been anxiety about a “Chinese takeover” of Siberia. Even Lake Baikal is not immune.

“We are strengthening the protection of banknotes from the effects of harmful microorganisms.”

– On July 5, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Central Bank Mikhail Alekseev explained plans for the modernization of Russia’s bank notes

Ever been so desperate for a vacation that you're willing to go into debt? According to a new study, more and more Russians are.

“I think we're close to establishing Tesla's presence in Russia, and that would be great. And more broadly, also in Kazakhstan and neighboring regions.”

– On May 21, entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that the Tesla line would soon make it to markets in Russia, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries.

The Russian Government has invested in quite a mess!

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

Yeliseyevsky Food Emporium in Moscow closes its doors after 120 years selling groceries in a completely incongruent physical space.

A dying Soviet "monotown" in the Arctic is saved by cryptocurrency mining and online pie stores.

While some countries are considering doing away with coin money, this Russian citizen is still making the most out of their rubles and kopeks. 

After one year of pandemic, Russia's economy is looking dandy while others are on the verge of collapse. Or so says new research.

In the Soviet era, NEP had always been regarded as a strange, only vaguely understood, and not very sensible chapter in Soviet history: a pause between the heroic Civil War and the no less heroic Five-Year Plans.

RIA Novosti's annual survey, ranking each Russian region by residents' quality of life, has some not-so-surprising results.