Culture & Customs

The price of coffee in Russia is at a nearly 50-year high.

Russian universities are restructuring higher education, creating more distance between Russian and international academia. 

An exhibit backed by a close associate of the Kremlin claims, erroneously, to show paintings newly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. 

Anya, a Russian influencer, took her more than 10 pets, including multiple pigeons, from Russia to Montenegro.

A teacher of high-school language and literature has resigned after being denounced by a colleague.

Russia is locking up political prisoners at an astonishing rate. Mail is helping them survive.

Women and families are fighting to bring their husbands and fathers home.

One teacher's case offers a look at how education is being altered by propaganda and fear.

We inaugurate a series in which we ask those who fled Russia in the wake of Russia’s War on Ukraine to offer telling short stories or vignettes about their new life abroad.

Two novels and a memoir that got our reviewer thinking about literature's impact.

A trans woman from St. Petersburg was forced to pull her child from school because of her gender. 

From looking for a lost cat to gathering signatures for Boris Nadezhdin, Russians find hope in their communities.