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The article examines research done by a small group of zoologists on the behavior of stray dogs in Moscow, Russia. The city has long had a significant population of stray dogs, and the dogs are adapting rapidly to Moscow's changing economic and social conditions. Increased prosperity and social freedom for humans has led the dogs to congregate where people do, in places such as subway stations and near the city's many outdoor fast-food kiosks.

This article focuses on scuba diving in the White Sea in Russia. The article explains that the White Sea offers ice diving to view sea creatures such as comb jellies, starfish, ophiuras, crossasters, and anemones. The article details the area, how to access it, creatures found there, and the dangers of ice diving.

Details the results of a study conducted by researchers from the federal AIDS center in Moscow, Russia which focuses on the possible surge of sexually transmitted AIDS in the country.

Discusses the growth of the AIDS epidemic in Russia. Fact that Russia has the world's fastest-growing rate of HIV infections; Prevalence of illicit drug use in Russia; How strict laws have filled the prisons with drug addicts, who spread HIV through shared needles and sexual contact; Concern that the infected prison and drug-using populations could lead to an epidemic within the general population; Description of prison conditions.