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Russian Honey Producers Abuzz Over Fall in Production

Consumers visiting the annual honey market sponsored by the Russian National Union of Beekeepers at the Kolomenskoye Estate Museum in southern Moscow...

Rampaging Pseudoscience Turning Russia into 'Medieval State' — Q&A

The Moscow Times spoke with the chairman of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Commission on Pseudoscience and Research Fraud about the increase of pseudoscience...

Russia's Transgender Community Struggles for Acceptance (Video)

Transgender Russians often keep a low profile, worried how they will be treated by friends, colleagues and family members.

Moscow Tries to Encourage Recycling With New Program

This fall, Moscow's Department of Environmental Management and Protection is conducting a “Sort and Use” campaign to encourage recycling among residents...

Participants in Workout Street Fitness See Moscow as Their Playground

Every weekend, groups of young people take over Moscow courtyards, testing their fitness abilities by climbing monkey bars, performing straight-bar dips...

Crimean Drug Addicts Suffer From Withdrawal of Replacement Therapy

Former addicts from the region say that replacement therapy was instrumental in getting their lives back on track and they fear for friends still struggling...

Russian Students Hope to Shake Up Taxi Market With Start-Up

With Uber, Gett and Yandex.Taxi already well-known in Moscow, it may seem that there is little room for yet another taxi app, but two students hope...

Mitino: Moscow's Own Version of Williamsburg

For residents of central Moscow, Mitino, a bedroom community in the city's northwest just outside the Moscow Ring Road, would not be considered in any...

Moscow Region Mulls Launching 'Grandmother for an Hour' Rental Service

The Moscow region is considering launching a program that would match impoverished young families in need of childcare with senior citizens in need of...

Ex-Mayor Luzhkov Suggests Converting Banned Cheese Into Electricity

Former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov called the streamrolling of banned foods which began last week across the country a barbarian act

5 Hollywood Villains That Prove Russian Stereotypes Are Hard to Kill

The Moscow Times presents a selection of Hollywood's most memorable Russian villains

Sakhalin Commemorates Hiroshima and Nagasaki Tragedy With 1,000 Paper Cranes

Residents of Russia's far eastern island of Sakhalin gathered to commemorate the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings as the world...

Muscovites Having More Children Amid Drive to Promote Family Values

Residents of the Russian capital are having more children and having them closer together as the state continues to fight the country's demographic...

Haters and Beliebers: 8 Russian-Speaking YouTube Stars

The Moscow Times selected 8 Russian-speaking YouTube personalities who enjoy tremendous popularity on the Russian web

Hipster Market Opens at Moscow City Financial District

The market, called Empire Blackyard, will operate until Aug. 28 in the underground space of the Imperia Tower.

The Way to the Russian Soul Through a Dog's Eyes (Video)

The borzoi, also known as the Russian wolfhound, was first bred during the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 15th century. Since then, the dog has...

Moscow Authorities Take on Street Musicians

Moscow authorities have announced a plan to regulate street musicians days after performers staged a protest against police harassment.

More to Russian Bikers than the Night Wolves

The Night Wolves may be the face of Russian bikers, but other clubs say there is more to Russian biker culture than Orthodoxy and pro-Kremlin PR stunts...

5 Russian Celebs and Their U.S. Mansions

Many of Russia's most successful stars find that the best use of excess cash is to spend it on expensive real estate.

Animal Rights Activists Challenge Moscow Petting Zoo Trend

The petting zoo is the latest trend in Moscow shopping centers, but animal rights activists say that they violate veterinary, sanitary and ethical...

At Husky Park, Visit the Arctic Without Leaving Moscow

Husky Park, located in Park Sokolniki, gives Muscovites the chance to explore the traditions of the tundra.

Moscow Center for Refugee Children on the Verge of Closing

A center that helps children of refugees adjust to school and life in Moscow is on the verge of closing after authorities canceled its lease agreement...

Hack Pack: Carving Out a Niche in the Russian Media Environment

If there is one thing you can say about the media landscape in Russia — it's bad and probably getting worse. But a young Russian-American team thinks...

Russian Soldiers Start a Second Life in Afghanistan

Alexei Nikolayev, a Moscow photographer specializing in photo stories about Russia and the former Soviet republics, went to Afghanistan to document...

Get Ready to Call 'Gorko!' – It's Wedding Season

It's wedding season in Russia, and despite the fact that the country's annual divorce rate hovers around 50 percent, the number of Russians taking...

Moscow Residents Struggle with Early Sunrise on 'Winter Time'

More Muscovites are complaining of insomnia and buying blackout curtains this summer to cope with the early sunrise.

Russian Cabbies Protest Uber and GetTaxi

Russian taxi drivers are demanding that drivers who pick up passengers through ridesharing apps like Uber, Yandex.Taxi and GetTaxi be required to register...

Russian Businessman Fined for Distributing 'Extremist' Mickey Mouse Jesus Leaflets

Businessman fined for leaflets reading "die for your homeland, not of alcoholism.

Russian Nature Reserve Releases Comic Book on Dealing With Bears

A nature reserve in Russia's Far East Kamchatka region has produced a comic book of instructions on how to avoid meeting a bear and what to do...

More Beets, Less Meat as Vegans Take Moscow

The Russian capital is undergoing a vegan diet boom. In the past month, pan-Asian restaurant Shanti has opened a vegan branch called Shanti-Green,...

Alpaca Farm Brings a Piece of the Andes to the Moscow Region (Video)

12 alpacas, some imported from the U.S. make their home on a farm outside the Russian capital.

Lawyers File Complaint Over Putin's Decree on Military Deaths

A group of Russian lawyers filed a formal complaint with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in response to a presidential decree on military...

6 Places to Get a Panoramic View of Moscow

On the ground, Moscow can feel a bit frantic, but visitors can take a break from the constant motion of the city by seeing it from above.

Moscow Libraries' Hipster Makeover Hits Stumbling Block

Three years ago, the Dostoevsky Library at 23 Chistoprudny Bulvar was much like any other library in the Russian capital: dark, cramped and nearly...

Sanctions Spark Russian Cheese Industry Boom

Profits at Russia's cheese factories are booming as state support and bans on imports from the West force supermarkets to turn to local producers...

Russian Animation Rises From Ashes of 1990s

An influx of state cash and some breakthrough projects are pulling Russian animation back from its near-collapse in the 1990s and toward a revival...

Muscovites Barricade Their Courtyards Against Drivers Fleeing Paid Parking

The market for parking barriers is booming in Moscow as locals move to protect their yards against drivers forced out of the ever-expanding creep...

Russia's Wealthiest Families Still Pay Top Dollar for Foreign Nannies

Russia's relations with the West may be scraping historic lows, and the economy may have plunged into crisis, but a select crowd of expats — the nannies...