It’s been more than three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. The United States and the European Union rallied behind the country providing financial and military support, while a cultural boycott saw ...

Much of Russia’s intellectual and technological elite fled the country after the invasion of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin sent hundreds of thousands of his soldiers to die or be wounded in Ukraine. Now, ...

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in the winter of 2022, the rock group Bi-2 was on a nationwide tour. The group, a stalwart of the Russian music scene for more than two decades ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

SEOUL. June 30 (UPI) --North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with visiting Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova in Pyongyang as the two countries continue to strengthen bilateral ties, the North's ...

Russia will host a pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale, the world’s most important art event — the latest sign of the country’s will to end its pariah status in global cultural and sporting life ...

MOSCOW — Not even the famed Bolshoi Theater has been spared President Vladimir Putin’s wartime push for Russian culture to prioritize patriotism over artistic freedom. Several Bolshoi stars have fled ...

KYIV -- Halfway through the annual Book Arsenal Festival, Ukraine's biggest publishing event, Anastasia Yehorova had already bought 11 books. Among them: Zero Point, a novel by soldier Artem Chekh; ...

WASHINGTON, December 12. /TASS/. Americans and Russian expatriates living in the United States miss Russia's culture despite efforts by local authorities to cancel it, Olga Golovashchenko, director of ...