Culture & Customs

On why #metoo is not taking hold in Russia.

On the mall fire disaster in Kemerovo and how the system is doing nothing to prevent the next disaster of this type.

Featuring “poisonous” cooking oil, the finest pothole you’ve ever seen, and paper planes of protest.

Learn about the animal spies among us, get tips on how to survive nuclear war, and watch a world record get broken.

In honor of April Fool’s Day, we present you with jokes, mishaps, and fun times all around.

Grudinin shaves the ‘stache, the other election results are in, and New Zealand struggles to offend Russia.

Putin has again been elected president. This post was originally written/aired in November 2007. Apparently, it still seems relevant.

Nukes get names, a truck becomes a camera, and an old church gets a fresh look.

Adults want kids to vote, kids want Leonardo DiCaprio to soak himself, and Leo wants fewer video games on TV.

Maria Zakharova, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Information and Press Department, sits down to talk with Russian Life about what it means to be a woman in a position of influence.

On the Soviet tradition of making do, and spending long evenings around the table drinking tea and eating cake. Like Bird's Milk cake, this issue's recipe.

Of late, more and more Russians are getting involved in historic reenactments, attempting to recreate battles on the land in Russia where they originally occurred.