Dostoevsky

(Newser) - In an homage to Russian literature, if not Russian competence, former US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday that President Vladimir Putin is a mess. And so is his invasion of Ukraine, the retired general told a forum in Seoul, the Voice of America reports. "Putin is a creature...

(Newser) - Depressed Moscovites would do well to steer clear of the new metro station dedicated to Dostoevsky. The place is so gloomy—it's filled with murals of his suicidal or murderous characters, along with a brooding one of the author himself—that psychologists are worried it will attract people who want...