An curved arrow pointing right. How well do you really know Russia? Impress everyone around the water cooler with these incredible facts. Produced by Sam Rega. Research by Mamta Badkar.

But few people have heard anecdotes about real-life in Russia and the Soviet Union. So Business Insider put together a list of stranger-than-fiction facts about Soviet pop stars, military classes ...

Back in 1939, Winston Churchill famously remarked that Russia was "a riddle wrapped in ... handy little infographic with 10 of the craziest facts about the Russian language, culture, and politics.

An curved arrow pointing right. How well do you really know Russia? Impress everyone around the water cooler with these incredible facts, compiled by former Markets reporter Mamta Badkar.

Russia has one of the world's largest labor markets worldwide. In 2023, its total workforce aged 15 years and above exceeded 81 million. The country has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the ...

MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. A source in the Russian defense sector told TASS on April 23, 2018 that Russia’s Defense Ministry and the United Ship-Building Corporation had signed a contract on the ...

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/. Russia’s Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet crashed over the Mediterranean Sea after its takeoff from the Hmeymim airbase in Syria, killing both pilots, the Defense Ministry of ...