Humor has served many functions since Russia’s full-scale invasion, from providing Ukrainians with a sense of escape and hope ...

Watched more than 1.3 million times since it was posted by Russian comedy group “Plyushki” to YouTube last month, the video comes with a disclaimer. “Some of the jokes are based on wordplay and do not ...

Grief is as central to Russian theater as realism, complex characters, and a gun on the wall, introduced early on. But Russian theater has another side. A silly side. Humor is, after all, a common and ...