Culture & Customs

A State Duma member is proposing a professional standard for writers. 

The Russian state has given more than five billion rubles, or $56 million, to some 35,000 residents in Kursk who have lost property due to Ukraine's counterattack on Russian soil.

Russian school curricula this year is less international and more militaristic. 

An investigation by Russian regulators finds that nearly a quarter of all "gluten-free" foods contain gluten.

Another ex-con who fought in Ukraine to get out of jail brought his criminal behavior home.

An organized crime ring specializing in ticket fraud was convicted in Moscow.

Russian airports will begin collecting biometric data from foreign visitors. 

Psychologists in Russian prisons fail to support inmates and staff.

The village of Putino always turns out to vote for Putin. But now even this town has started to call for an end to war.

A chess player in Dagestan allegedly poisoned her rival with liquid mercury. 

Russia hosted the BRICs games back in June, and they didn't hold a candle to the Paris games.

The Russian presidential administration is trying to align culture with the war effort.