3+ day, 16+ min ago  (599+ words) This is our new monthly language column that has taken the reins over from our long-running Survival Russian column in the magazine. Each month we focus on a word or phrase trending in Russian culture and society. In March, the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (835+ words) On March 14, 2026, a concert titled "Pokhorony Zimy" ("Funeral of Winter") took place at a club in Yaroslavl, featuring four bands performing extreme heavy music with pagan themes. During a set by the Arkhangelsk-based pagan black metal band Garmskrik, security forces…...

5+ day, 10+ min ago  (461+ words) A Russian woman recently demanded in court that there be a halt to the social media distribution of her summer dacha recipes. Remarkably, she won the case. The court ruled in her favor, saying that her work had indeed been…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (630+ words) When the film "Mr. Nobody against Putin," which deals with propaganda in Russian schools, was screened in the West, Russian official media, of course, was quick to condemn it as "Russophobic." Now that the film won the 2026 Academy Award for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (657+ words) Voloshin (c. 1884-1960) left Russia in 1918 in the midst of the civil war. Dralyuk clarifies that "Voloshin saw himself as a patriotic Russian Imperial subject but he was proud of his Ukrainian heritage and was happy to see Ukrainian culture flourish at…...

2+ week, 14+ min ago  (540+ words) In contrast, the protests by Novosibirsk farmers are not only unauthorized but also involve resistance to government actions. Protesters are demanding to see the documents on the implementation of the quarantine and are blocking the passage of tractors that have…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (463+ words) A new BBC podcast, The History Bureau, delves deeply into this important historical episode to ask a lot of questions and seek some answers, especially about the purported FSB involvement in the attacks. It's a daunting task, given the history…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (596+ words) During this year's annual Maslenitsa celebration effigy-burnings included, instead of a straw doll, several unusual objects, turning celebrations into a political performance." The tradition of burning an art-object instead of a straw "witch" was begun in 2001, with the famous Nikola-Lenivets…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (683+ words) The 2026 European Fencing Championships have been moved from Estonia to France, after Estonia declined to issue visas to athletes from Russia and Belarus. This decision may indicate a shift in restrictions on Russian athletes in international competition. "The new rule…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (753+ words) Russian drivers of luxury vehicles have been stranded after a'wave of electronic blocking immobilized their vehicles. The sudden failure of hundreds of cars has primarily affected Porsche and BMW models. The unexpected problems are due to a factory setting installed…...