Like most Victorian-era circuses, the Ciniselli Circus represented a space where rich and poor could enjoy a good show. In ...

In ancient Rus, traveling performers entertained the public at village fairs; in the 19th century, Russia developed a circus culture enjoyed by aristocrats, while the Soviet authorities turned the ...

Victoria Balandina, 22, horrifically plunged to her death after she slipped on the so-called 'Wheel of Death' during ...

Moscow — Officials have opened a criminal investigation after a circus bear attacked and injured its trainer during a performance in northern Russia. Video of the Thursday attack in Olonets ...

Sergei Prichinich, a Russian circus trainer, almost lost his life during a live performance with a female brown bear named Donut. The audience was filled with horrified parents and children ...

The horrific moment a lion attacked a well-known circus performer in Russia has been caught on video. The beast 'clawed and sank its teeth' into Alexey Makarenko, 42, during a performance in ...

Putin’s predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, had become a walking punch line.​​ Russia was still reeling from the humiliation of ...

Bears are kept in travelling circuses in many parts of the world, particularly in Russia, but mistreatment can often lead to them attacking and even killing their trainers or other circus performers.

Russia's oldest permanent circus located in Saint-Petersburg hosted its first show after a 1,5-year restoration. Saint-Petersburg state circus was originally opened on December 26, 1877.

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

This has not been the first time a gymnast has horrifically fallen on their head while performing at a circus in Russia. Alexey Sh, 14, was performing spins and swinging from high wires when a ...