Culture & Customs

Vladimir Putin has recognized Ramzan Kadyrov's wife as a "Mother-Heroine."

Russians hankering for foreign alcohol can now rest easy: state ministries will oversee the delivery of international alcohol products through a parallel import system.

Even as the invasion of Ukraine continues, internal sources say that Russians are traveling once again.

Russian marriages have skyrocketed as mobilization orders rock the country.

A US Air Force plane has drawn ire for reportedly flying near a Russian base in a less-than-PG-rated path.

An airport in Anapa is selling a flight experience that promises everything but the travel.

Russian playwright Alexei Zhitkovsky has been detained for suspicion of engaging in "extremism."

The Russian government has begun instituting martial law and evacuating residents in its newly-"annexed" Ukrainian territories.

"I'm a fool. I didn't just cross the line, I erased it unintentionally... I think about every child, every mother, and every family. And I also think and suffer about every child on the other side, I dream that there would be no deaths, that children would not die. Believe me, the tear of every baby is my pain, my nightmare. I don't wish death on anyone, anyone."

– Anton Krasovsky, head of the Russian-language directorate of RT Russia

The Russian State Duma has announced that parents of three or more children can have their draft deferred.

The governor of the Moscow Region has vowed social support for those mobilized in his constituency and their families.

A plane was turned around when it was discovered that the co-pilot had been drafted.