Culture & Customs

  Russian airlines are bringing old aircraft back into service due to a shortage of more modern options.

A prison that once held opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been closed. He referred to it as a "concentration camp."

Russian churches are holding anti-abortion services, which will now become an annual event.

A review of Egana Djabbarova's powerful book about her troubled body. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated Christmas at a military church near Moscow. 

A court fined a bookstore chain for novels that contained "sexual anarchism."

A look at what dominated TV screens this past year.

Kazakhstan has been arresting citizens who are fighting for Russia in its War on Ukraine.

As of the new year, registered foreign agents are liable for a high income tax rate.

Prices for Olivier salad may be up, but its popularity remains high. 

A soldier's sentence for murder was attenuated by his participation in Russia's war in Ukraine.

A Moscow professor was sentenced to three years in prison for adding Ukrainian songs to his Vkontakte playlist.