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Graffiti That's Art and Allowed: Alec Monopoly Comes to Moscow

Los Angeles based street artist Alec Monopoly will hold a public lecture in Moscow on Thursday and paint a wall at the Winzavod Centre for Contemporary...

Defender of the Homeland Day in Moscow's Parks

Across all of Moscow parks this Tuesday, a variety of events are taking place to mark the holiday, Defenders of the Homeland.

Moscow Opens the Doors to the 2016 Photo Biennale

The Multi Media Art Museum (MMAM) has kicked off the 2016 Moscow biennale of photography with the unveiling of Pirelli's latest calendar. Over the next...

Moscow Entertainment Ideas for the Long Weekend

What better way to spend your evening than watching incredible hulks of metal battle annihilate one another? Bronebot season will kick off on Sunday...

What To Do With Your Kids on a Long Moscow Weekend?

What do you want to be when you grow up? This is the question that KidZania, a lavishly realized indoor city for children, asks the miniature workers who...

Muchnik's Picks: Glintshake, Tanya Bulanova and More Music on the Weekend in Moscow

If you're working on a Russian schedule, this will be a long weekend, but a weekend that will only start on Saturday night. This holiday weekend marks...

Moscow Restaurants: News & Openings

A selection of Moscow restaurants opened this week.

4 Men's Night Out Destinations in Moscow

A secluded spot in the city center entices drinkers with a remarkable whisky selection — over 200 varieties from a half dozen countries, to be enjoyed...

Moscow Men, Get Your Groom On

Grooming shouldn't be a mundane chore, but an oasis of calm in an otherwise stressful city existence. An opportunity for the modern gentleman to take...

Try Cow on a Broomstick at Moscow's Stroganina Bar

Stroganina is the new addition to the Expeditsia family, which includes a chain of premium restaurants around Russia, souvenir shops and even hot...

Lifehacks for Moscow: E-Books and Swimming Pool Documents

Can I get English-language e-books in Moscow? What's a pool spravka and how do I get one?

No Crimean Babies Named 'Generator' to Protest Power Outages

An appeal by a Crimean leader for local residents to name their newborn sons “Generator” to protest power outages did not gain popular support —...

Russian Epidemiologists Recommend Chastity, Condoms to Avoid Spreading Zika Virus

A national epidemiology service has urged Russians to avoid kissing and to use condoms for a month after returning from overseas trips to prevent the spread...

Russian Governor Declares Mourning Period After Yaroslavl Explosion

The regional governor in Yaroslavl has declared a three-day mourning period starting Wednesday after the deaths of seven people, including two children...

Moscow Football Club Faces Punishment for Putin T-Shirt Stunt

A Moscow football club could face sanctions after a player brandished a t-shirt with an image of Russian president Vladimir Putin during a Champions League...

Weak Ruble Draws Foreign Tourists to Russia for Summer Vacations

The number of foreign tourists booking summer vacations in Russia has risen by 30 percent amid the weakening of the ruble, the Kommersant newspaper reported...

Islamic State Members Who Planned Moscow Attacks Charged With Terrorism

Seven alleged members of the Islamic State in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg detained last week have been charged with planning terrorist activity, the...

Russia's Dagestan Launches Anti-Terrorist Raids After Car Bombing

Counter-terrorism operations have been launched in three regions of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan following a deadly car bombing on Monday...

U.S. Accuses Russia of Bombing Hospital in Syria

Russian missiles were responsible for hitting the hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in Syria, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told...

Kazakhstan MPs Want To Raise Russia's Rent For Military Sites

Kazakhstan's parliament is pressing the government to get more money out of Russia for the rent it pays for its several military facilities, setting the...

Georgia Scraps 'Blasphemy Bill'

Georgia has dropped a proposed anti-blasphemy bill ardently opposed by freedom-of-speech activists. With a stated goal of protecting the feelings of Christian...

Moscow to Appeal Interpol's Refusal to Place Khodorkovsky on Wanted List

Moscow plans to appeal Interpol's refusal to place Mikhail Khodorkovsky — the exiled former oil tycoon turned political opposition figure — on an international...

Pavlensky's 'Threat' Performance Barred from Russian Art Award

The performance of Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky, in which he set fire to the main entrance of the Federal Security Service's headquarters in central...

Cinema

Where to go and what to see if you like cinema and live in Moscow.

Dance

Where to go and what to see if you like ballet and live in Moscow.

Opera

Where to go and what to see if you like opera and live in Moscow.

Theater

Where to go and what to see if you like theater and live in Moscow.

Gigs

Where to go and what to see if you like gigs and live in Moscow.

Lack of Money Forces Russian Zoo to Switch Off Tiger-Goat Live Stream

The administration of the Primorye Safari-Park in Russia's Far East — home to famous friends Timur the goat and Amur the tiger — have temporarily suspended...

Exhibits

Where to go and what to see if you like exhibits and live in Moscow.

Standing Up for Reason: Russian Academia Fights Pseudoscience

A woman named Nikol looks to the camera, wiping away the tears of happiness. She has reason to be happy, having navigated through to the next round...

St. Petersburg Set to Demolish 400 'Illegal' Properties

More than 400 illegal street properties will be demolished in St. Petersburg, according to the city administration's real estate chief Maxim Vorontsov...

Putin’s Pre-emptive Strike: Kremlin Moves to Liquidate 'Foreign Agents'

Kremlin officials insisted the "foreign agent" label did not mean an organization should automatically close its doors, but the moves this month would...

Displaced Tenants to Reassess Moscow Rental Market

As Muscovites were recovering from the shock of the sudden demolition of street retail properties, the retail property market attempted to assess...

Sporting Spartans — Meet Moscow's Quarterbacks

Huffing and puffing, half a dozen heavyset men in scratched helmets and battered protective gear sprint around, shouting buzzwords in heavily accented...

He Who Speaks Bad Russian, Stays Long

How hard is Russian? Really hard. So hard that a kid who is гуманитарий (someone interested in the humanities) almost flunks his school Russian...

Lessons From Munich: We Need Cooperation, Not Confrontation

Politicians and scholars from all over the world recently gathered at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) to discuss global security issues.

Moscow Authorities Approve March in Honor of Slain Kremlin Critic Nemtsov

Moscow City Hall has approved a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, opposition party member Konstantin...

Munich Security Conference: Talking Peace, Russian Style

When Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took to the stage at the Munich security conference, he left no doubt as to who had sent him.

Russian Politicians Ask Khodorkovsky for Endorsement As Elections Near

Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's pro-democracy foundation has received dozens of requests from members of Russia's main political parties to endorse...

Putin Blasts EU Statements On Sanctions Relief

Russian President Putin dismissed as “nonsensical” the European Union's naming the fulfillment of the Minsk peace deal on resolving the crisis in Ukraine...

UFO Sightings Reported Near Russia's Lake Baikal

People in cities and towns near Siberia's Lake Baikal have reported seeing a mysterious bright object flying slowly through the sky, and posted videos...

Manufacture of Vital Medicines Slashed Amid Russia's Recession

Russia's pharmaceutical companies are slashing the production of vital medicines amid the economic downturn, putting the nation at risk of being left without...

Crime Ring Making Fake Passports for Islamic State Detained in Moscow

Fourteen people suspected of being involved in a group that makes fake passports for Islamic State extremists have been detained in the Moscow region,...

Russia's Patriarch Kirill Meets Penguins, Holds Service in Antarctica

Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill has detoured from his Latin American tour to visit with penguins in the Antarctic, the Meduza news...

Ukraine Seeks to Prove $3Bln Russian Debt Was Bribe

Ukraine is set to prove in court that the $3 billion Russian loan Kiev failed to repay was a bribe, the Ukrinform news agency reported Thursday, citing...

Russian Incomes Accelerate Drop in January

Russians' real incomes saw a sharp fall in January, falling by 6.3 percent year-on-year, the Rosstat state statistics service said in a report Thursday...

EASA Allows International Air Carriers Into Crimean Airspace

There has been a decrease in flight risks for international air carriers over the Crimean Peninsula, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said, the...

Owner of Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Arrested

Dmitry Kamenshik, the owner of Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, was arrested on Thursday as part of the investigation into the 2011 terrorist attack on the...

Planned Avalanche Buries Russian Town, No Warning to Residents

A snow slide descended on the Russian town of Kirovsk, in the Khibiny Mountains above the Arctic Circle, on Thursday night, knocking out windows, snapping...

Auchan Supermarkets in Moscow Evacuated Following Bomb Threats

Thousands of people were evacuated from Auchan supermarket stores in Moscow, after a series of bomb threat calls, but no explosives have been found, Russian...

Drug Control Agency Accuses Ukraine of Giving Drugs to Russian Youth

Russia's drug enforcement agency accused Ukraine's secret services of distributing drugs among Russian youths and promoting “anti-state” moods, the...

Center for Refugee Children Evicted from Moscow Premises

Moscow authorities have evicted the Center for the Adaptation and Training of Refugee Children after its managing organization was declared a foreign agent...

U.S. Criticizes Russian Plan to Sell Fighter Jets to Iran

Russia's deal with Iran for the delivery of Su-30SM fighter jets needs advance approval from the United Nations, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner...

Obama Has Higher Opinion of Russian Army Than Russian Military Official

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the Russian defense industry, ranks the Russian army lower than U.S. President Barack Obama does.

Russia and Poland Compromise on Truck Dispute

Russia and Poland have agreed to extend a transition period between agreements on freight traffic until April 15, Poland's Infrastructure Ministry deputy...

Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Not Affected By Owner’s Arrest

The operation of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport will not be affected by the arrest of its owner, Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsiya head Alexandr Neradko...

Marine Le Pen's Party Asks Russia for €27 Million Loan

France's far-right National Front party has asked Russia for a 27-million-euro ($30 million) loan, claiming that the party needs it to finance its election...

Most Russians Think Those Behind Nemtsov’s Murder Will Never Be Found

Those who ordered the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will ‘most likely’ or ‘definitely’ never be found, according to 52 percent...

Moscow's Telephone Terrorist Is Arkhangelsk Prisoner

The telephone terrorist who reported the alleged bomb scare on Red Square turned out to be a convict serving time in an Arkhangelsk prison, an Interfax...

Russian Duma Introduces Amendment Defining ‘Political Activity’ to NGO Law

Representatives of all factions in the State Duma have introduced an amendment to the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that specifies the notion...

Sochi Olympics Cost Russia $19 Billion, Not $3 Billion - Bank Chief

The head of major Russian bank VTB 24, Mikhail Zadornov, said in an interview with the Dozhd television channel on Thursday that the real cost of hosting...

6 Times Patriarch Kirill Entertained the RuNet This Week

This week saw an historic meeting between the heads of the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. Then, Patriarch Kirill went to visit some...

Do a Good Deed in Moscow on Sunday

Want to get some fresh air and do a good deed? Then don your winter gear and get yourself to Tagansky Park this Sunday for a very unique event.

Russian Army to Introduce New 'Robot Warriors'

Russian military institutions are working on a program of robotization of the army that will introduce combat robots able to act independently on the battlefield...

Russians Show Increasing Respect for Kadyrov – Poll

Russians' attitude toward Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has improved over the last nine years, a recent poll by the state-run pollster VTsIOM revealed...

Russian Truck Drivers Strike for 10 Days Against Platon Tax System

Truck drivers from 43 Russian regions have begun a 10-day strike to protest the controversial Platon truck tax system, the Interfax news agency reported...

Crimea to Face Water Shortages

Crimean authorities have introduced a high alert regime in connection with the threat of severe water shortages, according to a document published on Crimea’s...

Putin’s Spokesman Confused by Hype Around His Red Pants

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that the public reaction to a photo of him wearing red pants and UGG boots has been embarrassing, the RIA Novosti...

6 Ways to Justify Online Gaming as 'Learning About Russia'

Guilt-free gaming — now wouldn't that be the dream? Hours spent looking at the screen of your laptop, safe in the knowledge that, should somebody...

Kremlin ‘Regrets’ Rejection by UN of Russia's Syria Resolution

The Kremlin regrets that the UN Security Council has rejected Russia's resolution on Syrian sovereignty, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported...

Turkey Will Not Invade Syria Without UN Permission

Turkey will not engage in ground military operation in Syria without UN Security council approval, Ankara’s UN envoy said, the Interfax news agency reported...

Russian Prosecutor General Appeals House Arrest of Domodedovo Owner

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has appealed the court's decision to put the owner of Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Dmitry Kamenschik under house...

3 Men Detained in Russian Region for Cat Cruelty

Police in the central Russian region of Ryazan have detained three young men accused of tying a firecracker to a cat and blowing it up, an incident that...

Investigation Launched Into Ransacking of Russian Banks in Kiev

Ukrainian police have opened a criminal investigation into demonstrators who trashed the offices of two Russian banks in Kiev.

Amnesty International Accuses Russia of 'Egregious' War Crimes

Amnesty International has accused Russia of committing some of the most “egregious” war crimes seen in decades by allegedly targeting civilians in...

U.S., Russia Agree on Partial Cease-Fire in Syria

The new cease-fire deal agreed upon by Russia and the U.S. was deemed so momentous in Moscow that state-run Rossia-1 television network interrupted its...

Head of Moscow Linguistic University Accused of Plagiarism

The acting chief of the Moscow State Linguistic University, who recently called for the restoration of the school's standing as a competitive intellectual...

Road Bridge Collapses in Russia's Far East

A bridge on the road between the cities of Vladivostok and Nakhodka in the Far East's Primorye region collapsed Tuesday, the regional branch of the Emergency...

Moscow Receives Average Half Month's Snowfall in One Day

The Russian capital was hit with more than 30 percent of the average monthly snowfall in 24 hours, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday, citing...

ECHR Rules Russia Must Pay Navalny €56,000 Over KirovLes Case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that there were violations in the KirovLes embezzlement case against opposition leader Alexei Navalny...

Chechnya's Kadyrov Wants to Join Army, Fight Russia's Enemies

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said he wants to join the army and go to war against Russia's enemies, the RSN radio station reported Tuesday.

Kadyrov Publishes Russian Oppositioner Yashin's Damning Report

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has published on social media a report by an opposition activist Ilya Yashin which claims that Kadyrov's rule poses a threat...

Estonia Jails 3 Men Charged With Spying for Russia

Three people have been convicted in recent months by Estonian courts on charges of spying for Russia, according to the country's state prosecutor's office...

Telegram Messaging App Founded By Russia's Durov Hits 100 Million Users

The Telegram mobile messaging app — launched by Pavel Durov, founder of Russian social network Vkontakte — now has 100 million users, the company said...

Russian Politicians Brand Ukraine's Eurovision Entry 'Politicized'

Ukraine's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest will perform a song dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars, a move branded “politicized”...

Russia's Rosneft vs. European Court Hearings Begin

The European General Court (EGC) in Luxembourg has started hearing the case of Russia's Rosneft oil company against the EU Council, the TASS news agency...

Where Does Russia Rank for US Among Global Security Threats?

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin seems prepared to throw budgetary caution to the wind as he strives to establish Russia as “the uncontested regional hegemon”...

Iran Joins Georgia’s Caucasian Gas Circle

As the price of natural gas keeps declining, competition among Caspian Basin suppliers is picking up.

Moscow Church Under Construction Suffers Severe Fire Damage

A fire engulfed 30 square meters of scaffolding at a church under construction in central Moscow in the small hours Wednesday, before firefighters extinguished...

Kerry: Obama Has 'Plan B' if U.S.-Russian Brokered Syrian Truce Fails

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday the White House has a “plan B” in place if a recent agreement with Russia on a cease-fire for Syria...