Would you dare start making cheese in Russia, buy the rights to an old watch brand or open your own music store? These three expats were up to the challenge and it seems like they didn’t regret it.

Getting the new electronic Russian visa is super easy, but crossing the border can be tricky in its early stages of implementation. Here’s how to avoid any hiccups!

Many of us have had situations where, because of flights, transfers, deadlines or exams, we’ve had to stay awake for 24 hours. As part of an isolation test experiment, Anastasia Stepanova and five other researchers had to stay awake in an “iron barrel” for 36 consecutive hours.

This unique American repository holds many treasures associated with Russian history and culture.

Stalinism, Soviet dissidents, war, and the 1990s have all been revisited and reimagined by Russia’s main writers over the past decade.