Culture & Customs

The Russian National Guard raided a mosque, forcing worshipers to enlist in the army. A finalist in a musical reality show was among the draftees.

VDNKh is set to open a "Russia" exhibition-forum inside its seventieth pavilion.

400 Russians asked to be evacuated from Gaza as Israel ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people.

Russia's Ministry of Defense is moving to allow the drafting of prisoners.

Nearly 100 years ago, an impassioned adventurer undertook a seemingly impossible trek.

The Head of the Chechen State awarded his son a medal after he extrajudicially beat a prisoner accused of burning a Qu'ran.

On Vladimir Putin's birthday, citizens across Russia commemorated the seventeenth anniversary of independent journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder.

An "extremist" Russian rapper is fined for not reporting on his activities as a "foreign agent."

A pro-war concert promised great stars on the stage, but instead had only ultranationalist poets.

A murder convict sent to Ukraine in exchange for a pardon committed a gruesome crime after returning from the war.

As COVID-19 cases rise, the Russian White House is implementing a mask mandate.

Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 35,000 Hassidic Jews went on a pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.