Elena Blinovskaya marks 45th birthday behind barsOnce famous for lavish parties and wish marathons, blogger Elena Blinovskaya spends her 45th birthday in a penal colony while her husband serves in Ukraine and her four children live with their grandparents.
Yekaterinburg woman turns funny pottery into thriving businessAnna Nekrasova left a lucrative manicure career to craft ceramics with humorous inscriptions, earning up to 150,000 rubles ($1,900) per craft fair from her home workshop in Yekaterinburg.
Undercover in a Ryazan Rehab Center for a DayA YA62.RU correspondent posed as a drug addict to spend a day as a resident at the Rehab Center Resheniye in Ryazan, learning how patients live and fight addiction behind closed doors.
Woman with rare moyamoya disease defies oddsA 25-year-old woman from Perm Region with the rare vascular condition moyamoya has become a mother of two and pursued her dream career, helped by the charity Dedmorozim.
Kostyleva's mother and Plushenko ease new conflictA renewed dispute between the mother of Voronezh figure skater Yelena Kostyleva and her coach Yevgeny Plushenko was resolved after talks with figure skating federation representatives.
Bears Roam Tyumen Region Village, Prompting Cull OrderResidents of Turtas in Russia's Tyumen Region have spent weeks encountering a bear and two cubs near homes and rubbish dumps, prompting officials to authorize a cull.
Panda Sakha's son shows fish tea recipeThe youngest son of Yakut blogger Panda Sakha has posted a video recipe for crucian fish soup, which he calls "fish tea", drawing over 500,000 views.
Former Hockey Player Runs Omsk's Only Donut ChainGleb Plotnikov, a 33-year-old from Omsk, opened a donut kiosk in 2018 with no business experience. Today he runs the city's only donut chain and still fries the donuts himself.
Irkutsk gardener grows tropical exotics in SiberiaAn Irkutsk woman has turned her plot on the Goloustnoye road into a garden where sweet potato, passion fruit and pineapples grow in open ground and greenhouses.
Arkhangelsk Cook Shares Lecho Recipe with a Secret IngredientExperienced homemaker Elena Agafonova from Arkhangelsk shares a simple recipe for lecho, revealing cinnamon as the secret ingredient that gives the vegetable appetizer a subtle aroma.
Varnava hits back at haters over thinnessEkaterina Varnava has faced a new wave of online criticism over her extreme thinness and responded to claims that she is seriously ill, calling the attacks a coordinated campaign of harassment.
Russian Captain's Daughter Describes Repatriation Delays in ChinaThe daughter of Evgeny Karlov, a 55-year-old Russian captain who died in China's Hebei province in August, has described chaotic repatriation efforts, confusing paperwork and a month of uncertainty.
Blogger Sasha Ice accuses ex-boyfriend Vanya Dmitrienko of abuseBlogger Sasha Ice has publicly accused singer Vanya Dmitrienko of abusive behavior, total control and infidelity two years after their breakup, describing restrictions, scandals and panic attacks.
E1.RU's beauties hit back at spiteful commentersFour women featured on the Yekaterinburg news portal E1.RU have responded to years of insults about their looks and bodies, turning the abuse back on their critics.
Yaroslavl Ex-Spouses Wage Eight-Year Custody BattleA divorced couple in Yaroslavl has spent eight years in court over their 10-year-old son, trading accusations of obstruction, abuse and parental alienation.
Ryazan shelter helps homeless rebuild their livesA shelter in Ryazan called Line of Life helps people who lost their homes to addiction or misfortune, run by a former drug user who turned his own life around.
Afro-Bashkir blogger on racism, career and familySizaltina, born in Magnitogorsk and raised in the Bashkir village of Askarovo, told UFA1.RU about childhood bullying, racism, her modeling career and life in Moscow.
Omsk Village Burns Pigs as Officials Hide DiagnosisIn Kaban'ye, Omsk Region, hundreds of pigs were culled and burned over an unnamed "especially dangerous" virus, while residents say authorities concealed the diagnosis and gave them unsigned papers.
