Culture & Customs

“I am asking you to include me on the foreign agents' list of my beloved country.”

– Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva, to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

New classes are popping up in Russian schools to discuss the invasion of Ukraine.

A sappily patriotic pop song, "I'm Russian," gets a parody: "I'm Narrow."

Putin opened a new highway in Yekaterinburg Oblast, remotely.

The State Duma is considering a bill to outlaw "child-free" ideology.

After charging President Putin with high treason for the invasion of Ukraine, seven lawmakers have been summoned by the police.

After exiting Russia earlier this year, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has begun selling "Dobry Cola" across the country.

Law enforcement in Samara has begun regularly using leg shackles for courtroom defendants.

Belarus's Supreme Court has ruled that a group of former law enforcement officers who support opposition politicians is a terrorist group.

Due to scheduling conflicts, Putin was not able to attend Gorbachev's funeral.

Russia won this year's annual Tank Biathlon, for the ninth time in a row.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to pay Ukrainian refugees in Russia monthly and one-time payments.