What is the deal with international comedy? Join me each week to ask that very question in Comedy Tourism as I explore different trends and traditions of how the rest of the world makes funny in their ...

Dmitry Medvedev’s rise to the presidency was, in a word, unexpected. But as it became public that Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister would be Putin’s likely successor, a team from Moscow State University ...

Igor Zotin/TASS It began as a prank that went further than expected, arousing the ire of the Soviet government. But today, the show is still on the air. Guess what the following Russians have in ...

KVN is a Russian humour TV show and competition where teams compete by giving funny answers to questions and showing prepared sketches. The programme was first aired by the First Soviet Channel on ...