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Starting July 4, Russian retailers can now accept drivers licenses and Fan IDs from individuals who wish to purchase alcohol.

As a new, anonymous online marketplaces for drugs emerge, Russian law enforcement is struggling to cope.

With 2017 marking the centennial of the Russian Revolution, The Moscow Times has collected a list of seven influential new books about Russian history – both modern and old − by authors from Britain, the U.S. and Russia.

Multiple flights were delayed or canceled at several Moscow airports, while the Moscow Central Circle railway line also stopped working due to fallen trees.

This new Ginza Project establishment focuses on seafood classics from southern Italy.

Moscow was battered by storms for the second time in less than a month on Friday. While many Muscovites were left trapped in their offices, some grabbed their smartphones to capture the deluge on camera.

This incident is a continuation of a late May attempt to attack Gogol Center’s prominent artistic director Kirill Serbrennikov. Watch this case. Its repercussions may go far beyond the stages of Russia’s theaters.

U.S. investigators are stepping up the fight against Russian cybercriminals. But are they going after the right guys?

A comprehensive retrospective of Aristarkh Lentulov, one of the most important figures in the Russian avant-garde movement, opened at the Bakhrushin State Central Theater Museum a week ago.

The men had been offered 15 million rubles each ($240,000) to murder Nemtsov, the court was told.

A new retrospective at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts highlights the eerie, dreamlike work of one of the Soviet era’s most technically accomplished artists.

In a sequel to the original Bashneft saga, Igor Sechin, Putin’s powerful ally, is once again proving he is among the strongest players in Russia’s system of state capitalism.

Russians born in 2016 are expected to live 71.87 years on average, according to state statistics agency Rosstat.

Pensioners in particular said that they faced financial hardship, with over half of Russians above the age of 65 unable to afford clothing or enough groceries.

Russian authorities claim their attacks on Telegram are because the platform helps terrorists

The Russian parliament is considering new legislation which could see tens of foreign Russian-language media outlets banned from operating within the country.

The Russian parliament is considering new legislation which could see tens of foreign Russian-language media outlets banned from operating within the country.

There’s one thing arts guru Ruth Addison can’t get enough of

There’s nothing about Sagah that says “Moscow” or “Russia”—you could just as easily be in Brooklyn. The whitewashed space that greets the diner is an antidote to the dark lofts that have become standard interior design for Moscow.

Ryazan was a pioneer of the 19th-century beauty industry. Today it is home to a booming plastic surgery business

The museum at this famed movie company offers a journey through history, including outdoor sets of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as costumes and props from much-loved Soviet and Russian films.

Dancers of the Kremlin Ballet Theater performed an evening concert for football fans visiting Moscow for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. The concert was held in the Moscow Metro at the Novoslobodskaya station.

The origins of the Soviet state security system, the United States’ greatest Southern writer, the archetypal Big Brother and Russia’s greatest actor-singer-poet of the 20th century: All of these await TV viewers this week.

The FSB announced on Monday that the terror cell behind April’s St. Petersburg metro bombing used Telegram to keep their plans hidden from the authorities.

Debut of a new season of U.S. drama evokes memories of a Russian craze.

FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov warned officials that outlets such as CNN and The Washington Post were targeting the country.

The company will perform scenes from “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker” and “Don Quixote” at the Novoslobodskaya station on the evening of June 25.

The clip, which actually depicted U.S. forces in Afghanistan, reached the president via Russia’s General Staff.

“Renaissance Venice: Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese. From the Italian and Russian collections,” is an opportunity to see 23 masterpieces by the three artists in one place.

Residents complained that the landfill — so big that it is visible from outer space — was only 200 meters from their homes and schools.

St. Petersburg protesters claim of abuse and use of pepper spray while in detention.

European Court of Human Rights ruled against the infamous gay propaganda law, sending a bold sign to Russia is on the wrong side of history.

This week marks midsummer, which means it’s the perfect time to head north to Russia’s former imperial capital and experience its famed “White Nights.” But don’t worry if you can’t make it yet – this period of luminous twilight la

Google.ru appeared Russia’s register of banned sites for approximately three hours on Thursday afternoon.

Russian authorities want to wipe anonymity out of the Internet. But is it possible?

An audit found that companies were awarded illegal government tenders to the sum of 4 billion 98 million rubles.

Some 63 percent of Russians said that the Soviet Union would have triumphed without aid from abroad.

Moscow local municipal candidate Lucia Stein installed several plaster copies of her bust on the walls of buildings planned to be demolished under Moscow renovation program.