Poverty in Russia — Stereotype, or Fact?
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Janna Johnsen Norwegian mainstream media often talks of “enormous” poverty in Russia. But is it that big, or so different from poverty in Norway? The internatio...
The Day Santa Came to Town
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pictures provided by Taisiya Tetyusheva Russians have their own version of Santa Claus. Here in Russia, he is referred t...
Mpemba Paradox: When Hot Meets Cold
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Aliaksandra Samovar It’s-49 in Siberia for the first time in 100 years. On this occasion, the locals decided to laun...
Near-Death Experience: Winter in Siberia
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Ajay Goyal Sharing these pictures of frozen Siberia reminded of a story from early 90s, 91 or 92 .. . The picture below is...
Love and Respect for Cats Knows no Borders
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Ajay Goyal A friend in Russia called, sad, inconsolable . Her cat died. It made me reflect on love humans have for cats. A...
Top 10 Russian Sci-Fi Movies
Reading Time: < 1 minute Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 were both influenced by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin. For you...
Cats are People too!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cats are often the perfect companion in a place where it's too cold to walk your dog.
Russian Cyberfarm
Reading Time: < 1 minute Although SpaceX is hot stuff at the moment, these fractal cucumbers deserve some attention as well.
Swimsuit-clad Skiers Break Downhill Record in Siberia
Reading Time: < 1 minute Siberians mark the end of winter by stripping down and heading for the slopes.
Russia: Fast and furious driver hangs off river fence
Reading Time: < 1 minute Driver just escapes a bath in the canal. Only in Russia.
Dutiful drove! Reindeers seen respecting road rules
Reading Time: < 1 minute Santa must have instilled discipline in this herd of reindeer. They follow road rules.
Waterspout Rising From the Sea in Krasnodar
Reading Time: < 1 minute Beachgoers in Russia were captivated by the sight of a waterspout rising above the Black Sea.
Mini Monster Truck That Can Go Anywhere
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russian Amphibian Sherp can go anywhere for just under $120,000
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A South African facing off the Russian Winter
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Alexander Hart Two things have struck me about living in Saint Petersburg, the radical daylight contrast between seasons and of course the frigid temperatures of Russia’s famous winters. My body clock still struggle...
Free Mobile Library for Moscow Metro Riders
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I first moved to Russia, one of the first things I noticed when riding the underground metro trains was how voracious Ru...
How Deep are St. Petersburg’s Metro Stations?
Reading Time: < 1 minute St. Petersburg, a city built on swampy land, spanning a network of islands, necessarily has the deepest metro in the worl...
Moscow’s Trams Feeling Cheery
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pictures provided by Cyndy Mosco The city of Moscow left no stone unturned this holiday season. Even the trams are festive.
Across Russia: Tomsk
Reading Time: < 1 minute Positive Russia Wooden lace adorns 19th century house in the city of Tomsk. Wood carvings like this are very popular acro...
Strolling Around the Winter Palace
Reading Time: < 1 minute Submitted by Andrey Protopopov Take a virtual stroll around the Winter Palace (Hermitage) during New Year. It’s rel...
Across Russia: Torzhok
Reading Time: < 1 minute A town in Tver Oblast, located on the Tvertsa River along the federal highway M10 and a branch of the Oktyabrskaya Railwa...
Felix is Always on Schedule in Pskov
Reading Time: < 1 minute Photo by Dmitry Markov Train guide Pskov – Moscow feeds Felix’s cat during a short stop in Old Russia. Accord...
Anton’s New Year Bike Excursion: St. Petersburg
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Anton Detch Snow and slush. Fuck global warming. Bars and restaurants are closed and working only for delivery. Fuck coron...
Nearly 10% of the Globe to Receive Sputnik V
Reading Time: < 1 minute Developed by state-owned Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology an...
The Underlying Message Given at Davos
Reading Time: 6 minutes Following a decade of relatively good Russian-US relations where the man wh...
How Deep are St. Petersburg’s Metro Stations?
Reading Time: < 1 minute St. Petersburg, a city built on swampy land, spanning a network of isla...
Test Positive for Covid in Russia. What Next?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Daria tested positive for Covid 19 and was quarantined. In the video, s...
Russia is Getting a Big Makeover
Reading Time: < 1 minute When I was a young boy growing up in Idaho, it was common to read and h...
The Day that Doomed ISIS
Reading Time: 2 minutes The collective group of misfits comprised of Islamic extremists and paid me...
Believe it or Not, This Photo is Real
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photographer Alexey Golubev not only has an eye for beauty, he was a good g...
Which side of the Russian Mushroom will Make a Fortune?
Reading Time: 11 minutes By John Helmer, Moscow A lucky man can stumble upon a treasure, runs an ol...
Adulterated Honey is Driving Beekeepers out of the Market
Reading Time: 10 minutes By John Helmer, Moscow President Vladimir Putin is the bee’s knees. There’...
Russia is Now the Big Cheese
Reading Time: 9 minutes by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with Cheese goes well with w...
Students Helping Fight COVID-19 Receive Payouts
Reading Time: < 1 minute The government approved payments to student interns at federal medical ...
Government Covers the Cost of Covid-19-Based Pay for Medical Staff
Reading Time: < 1 minute Medical workers assigned to work with Covid-19 patients receive hazard ...
Fresh Hope as HIV Soon to be History
Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists at Vector have done the unthinkable: they have created a vac...
EV Market Gets Even More Crowded
Reading Time: < 1 minute With internal combustion motors set to be phased out by 2030 it makes s...
Foreign IT Specialists Encouraged to Work in Russia
Reading Time: < 1 minute “It might be interesting for foreign specialists in the field of ...
Bernie Sanders, Eat Your Heart Out: Free University Education
Reading Time: 2 minutes A student doesn’t have to pay tuition fees if they meet the minimum standar...
Yandex Autonomous Car
Reading Time: < 1 minute Conveniently evolve cooperative process improvements and unique sources...
Study in Russia
Reading Time: < 1 minute Universities in Russia There are 28 universities in Russia f...
Top Universities in Russia
Reading Time: < 1 minute 2020 Russian University Ranking Introduction What are the most popular ...
10 Best Medical Schools in Russia
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia is an excellent country in which to study for your higher educat...
Think Russian Apartments are Depressing?
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I first visited Russia one of my first impressions was just how lovely...
Vladimir Vysotsky: The Voice of Generations
Reading Time: 4 minutes When I first met “The Russians” in my life, I was living in Was...
Singer for Uber-Popular Band Leningrad
Reading Time: 2 minutes A lot of modern Russian music just doesn’t translate very well to the...
Legends of Russia: Viktor Tsoi
Reading Time: 2 minutes Get to know virtually any Russian of a certain age — and by certain a...
Secret footage of Russian Special Forces training
Reading Time: < 1 minute Watch this footage of Russian military might and special forces trainin...
Russia’s Poor, Forgotten and Marginalized
Reading Time: < 1 minute Dmitry Markov takes pictures with his iPhone and he brings no-varnish i...
Photographer Brings Takes You to the Coldest Place on the Planet
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alexey Vasilyev was born in 1985 in the coldest region of&nbs...
Pondering Life in the USSR
Reading Time: 3 minutes Insider’s Viewpoint and Observation By Denis Churilov I don’t h...
Really Well-Made Documentary about the first man in Space
Reading Time: < 1 minute [Be sure and click “CC” at the bottom of the videos if you ...
How West has Got Russia all Wrong
Reading Time: 4 minutes Enthusiastically extend seamless experiences via e-business intellectual ca...
What happened to these priceless Romanov tiaras after 1917 Revolution?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Even Queen Elizabeth II has some old pieces of jewelry that once belong...
Most iconic Soviet people captured by Moisei Nappelbaum
Reading Time: < 1 minute This photographer revolutionized the art of portrait photography and to...
My tryst with destiny at 1991 Moscow Coup
Reading Time: 2 minutes Collaboratively initiate efficient ROI without B2B customer service. Approp...