Russian artists have added Donald Trump to their collections of matryoshka dolls, but rarely do they put the two leaders - Russian...

Cold peace with Russian means terminating NATO expansion along Russian borders, accepting a Russian “sphere of influence” in the former...

Palekh, Russian miniature lacquer art, is still alive today. Palekh miniature artists are trained at the Palekh Art College, formerly the...

If you had walked into a Russian gift shop “Skazka” on the touristic Arbat Street in downtown Moscow on February 13, 2025, you would have...

I bought these Russian matryoshki (nestling dolls) at the Central Markets in Moscow after Putin’s rise to power in late 1990s.  The dolls...

My mother, Nataly, is a published journalist, poet and author and has also just released her memoir about her travels in Russia in 1990 &...

At baptism Russians are given a name of a Russian saint, whose feast date (i.e. date of death) becomes their “Name’s Day”, celebrated...

Ukraine was a state of Russia in the 9th century and in 988 AD changed from paganism to Russian Orthodoxy.   The Baptism of Rus'...

Putin and Trump Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov clarified that BRICS, of which Russia is a member, was not considering the creation of...

What is BRICS?  BRICS, an acronym for its founding countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is a consortium of...