Even before Donald Trump was facing impeachment over his dealings with Ukraine, his indifference toward that country’s fate was a punch line in neighboring Russia. Vladimir Putin is calling the White ...

Theatre has become a slow art. It takes time to write a play, and then additional time to get someone to produce it; no wonder, then, that current events are most likely to show up in cabaret and ...

Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov tweeted a cynically humorous weather report in February that included “chances of Russian attack 30%, feels like 95%.” YouTube Just before the Russian invasion of his ...

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny cracked jokes on Wednesday in his first court appearance since being transferred to an Arctic penal colony, but a judge rejected his latest challenge ...

When does humor stop being funny and start reflecting the cracks in a society’s moral fabric? The recent harassment of Lisa, ...

“Russian warship, go fuck yourself.” These words, uttered by a Ukrainian serviceman on Snake Island, defined the first day and much of the first phase of Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion.

Since the Kremlin’s attack began in February, Ukraine’s official Twitter account, @Ukraine, has been poking fun at the invader, even as it highlights the brutalities Russia is inflicting upon the ...

MOSCOW -- Two days before a black comedy on Josef Stalin's demise was due to hit screens in Russia, the country's Culture Ministry has barred it -- arguing that the British film about the power ...

W. Shedd of The Accidental Russophile writes about a Westerner's take on Soviet – and Russian – humor: “The film also makes the case that humor has dried up in Russia since the fall of communism. I'm ...

Meduza, a leading independent news site, fights back with jokes and a stunning donation campaign. But can it stand up to the Russian state? By Ben Smith RIGA, Latvia — There’s a certain kind of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters Life!) - Russia's most famous clown, Slava Polunin, says the key to his success is not his humor -- but his cunning. Sign up here. Dressed in a baggy, yellow boilersuit and red ...

When Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was asked recently about politics in the U.S that was stalling their funding, he quipped that his country would figure out a clever way to battle the ...