Category Archives: News

A science and education-themed train will soon launch in the Moscow Metro

Despite arson threats from a vigilante group, a film about Tsar Nicholas II’s affair with a Polish ballerina will be screened by Russia’s biggest cinema chain

Already over budget, Moscow’s infrastructure revamp will now last another three years

Russian women have President Vladimir Putin to thank for the lack of sexual harassment incidents that are coming to light in the United States

The State Duma ethics committee will reprimand ultra-conservative St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov for inciting hatred against the LGBT community

This week I begin my trek through time stuck in a traffic jam. The place: Moscow. The year: 2005.

The tumultuous decades have left their mark on Russians’ inner life

A Novosibirsk man has been fined for taking his automobile for a ride on a hot air balloon

Russia’s mixed martial arts union wants to ban fights involving children under the age of 12 after a recent tournament south of Moscow featured 6-year-old fighters

Trust in Russia’s military and intelligence services has grown while trust in government agencies, banks, and big business has faltered over the past four years

A monument to the English playwright William Shakespeare will be installed in central Moscow by 2019

Russia’s Central Bank and Goznak, the national mint, unveiled new 200- and 2,000-ruble bills on Thursday

A U.S. citizen is on trial for offering a high-ranking post in Russia’s Far East to a Muscovite in exchange for $7 million

One of the men found guilty in the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been accused of contempt of court

The head of Roskomnadzor, the state agency that oversees media and functions as a censor, and two other officials have been charged with fraud

Officials from the Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor have been put under house arrest and are facing charges of fraud

“We consider such a move as an extremely unfriendly step.”

Two servers have been fired from a New York City restaurant after they created and filmed a “Putin burger” in celebration of the Russian president’s birthday on Oct. 7

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev could be sidelined by at least one of his cabinet members after next year’s election

Russia’s Justice Ministry says it will target U.S.- registered media operating in the country, following reports that several Russian outlets could be labeled “foreign agents”

State Duma deputies have voted to increase fines for drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians at crosswalks

Moscow will spend 830 million rubles ($14.3 million) on free public Wi-Fi hotspots ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup next year

The Russian Foreign Ministry has not ruled out the possibility of reducing U.S. diplomatic staff by another 150 or more personnel

Hyper-nationalist pro-Kremlin activists have once again removed a plaque installed in honor of murdered opposition politician Boris Nemtsov

Football fans traveling to St. Petersburg for the 2020 European Championship will benefit from state regulated hotel prices

Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has complied with a court order and removed a video alleging a corruption scheme among high-ranking officials

Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) has complied with a court order and removed a video alleging a corruption scheme among high-ranking officials

Rutracker.org, one of Russia’s most popular torrent websites, will cease to appear in the search results

Journalist and socialite Ksenia Sobchak does not deny a possible presidential campaign in the November issue of Glamour Russia

Just how much damage did last month’s bomb threats cause?

Business in Russia today may be more stable, but it is not as much fun for foreigners

The government plans to shape the regional agenda ahead of the presidential elections with 100 state-run anonymous channels on the messaging app Telegram

The TV series is based on real events and, according to some, real people too

Allan Chumak, the famous Russian television faith healer of the Perestroika era, died yesterday in Moscow at the age of 82

A Krasnodar-based blogger has been summoned for questioning after sharing an excerpt from a Soviet children’s novel

A Krasnodar-based blogger has been summoned for police questioning after sharing an excerpt from a Soviet children’s novel

Russia has cut foreign aid for the first time since 2012, according to a study by the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

A Russian fighter-bomber skidded off the runway in Syria, killing its crew

Roman Rubanov, the director of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, was detained outside his home on Tuesday morning

The Justice Ministry has warned three U.S.-funded news outlets based in Moscow that their activity may be defined as that of a “foreign agent” and restricted accordingly

The new U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is willing to work to overcome the “low point” in bilateral relations

Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater and New York’s Metropolitan Opera are teaming up for the first time to stage three shows

The Kremlin has distanced itself from the fake burger allegedly sold in a New York restaurant in honor of President Vladimir Putin’s 65th birthday

The founder of The Moscow Times looks back

Russian senators want to cut the number of U.S. media outlets in the country in response to Washington’s request that the RT America news channel registers as a foreign agent

Foreign citizens can now be deployed in Russia’s military operations abroad, according to a new decree signed by President Vladimir Putin

Russian science is in a crisis state, according to the new head of the country’s Academy of Sciences

Russia’s excessive military spending has left the fields of infrastructure, health, science and education largely underdeveloped.

Russia’s excessive military spending has left the fields of infrastructure, health, science and education largely underdeveloped.

On Putin’s 65th birthday, protests swept across Russia

Protests are planned in 80 cities.

Anti-Kremlin protests are taking place across the country

More than 20,000 Muscovites were evacuated Friday from some 100 buildings in the capital

Russian prosecutors are considering a retaliatory response following Washington’s request that the Russia Today America news channel register as a foreign agent

The methods of these Soviet health spas are unconventional, but for the patients nothing is too outside the box.

For the first time, the Hermitage Museum is hosting an exhibition without a single original item.

To celebrate The Moscow Times’ 25th anniversary, I’m walking down a linguistic memory lane…

Russian radio hosts insist that their report on male mortality rates is not related to tomorrow’s date

Russian radio hosts insist that their report on male mortality rates is not related to tomorrow’s date

Russia has gone a bit blockchain bonkers.