Culture & Customs

An Uzbek taxi driver suffered a racist attack near Moscow. Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry responded.

A prominent Russian singer has caused a backlash with her return to European opera houses. 

The Bolshoi Theater has hired a tech firm to spy on its employees.

The government of Russia-occupied has adopted a new national anthem that highlights it ties to Moscow.

Russia's health care system is running out of doctors, nurses, and hospitals. Some regions have no oncologists or cardiologists.

Presidents Putin and Trump spent 6 hours in Alaska and agreed they like spending time together.

Russia pulls hundreds of key statistics and shuts down most demographic data.

Russia bans the "International Satanism Movement," demonstrating the modern interpretation of Mikhail Bulgakov's classic "The Master and Margarita."

A 98-year-old veteran who moved to Russia from Latvia is the Kremlin's latest propaganda spotlight.

Serhiy Zhadan is the first Ukrainian to win the Austrian State Prize in European Literature.

The Duma is considering a bill to hold conscription year-round, making it harder for Russians to avoid the draft.

Russia is increasingly using its “rehabilitation of Nazism” law to punish for minor acts near war memorials.