Culture & Customs

A tank driver and a navy man are united in their feelings about war, but perhaps not as you think.

Art is a powerful realm for protest. The Ukraine War has inspired a new wave of brave works.

Tender and natural bonds can develop between strangers brought together by misfortune.

“Prone to betrayal, lies and deceit. He refused to participate in a special military operation on the territory of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine.”

– A stamp on a Russian soldier's military ID after he refused to fight in Ukraine

35 countries are calling for stricter international sports sanctions on Belarus and Russia.

Moscow is replacing the anti-war directors of the Gogol Center.

The International Platonov Arts Festival in Voronezh, has been canceled due to current political conditions.

Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov isn't a dentist. But that didn't stop him from being awarded the Russian Order of Merit for Dentistry.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country has lost approximately 400,000 tons of grain to theft by Russian troops.

Penal Colony No. 7 in Bashkiria is in the market for a "towed water banana." Exactly why is anyone's guess.

It's Time. Russian Life magazine's print edition is returning.

Russian schools have been given a billion rubles to purchase state symbols to decorate their walls.