Taking a Break
The murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova has taken away my desire to report on...
Jan 22nd
Only in Russia . . .
The below was sent out to a media mailing list earlier today: Коллеги, добрый день! Я готовлю...
Jan 19th
“People are freaked by red,” Fairey says. Perhaps...”
— - Shepard Fairey, the artist...
— - Shepard Fairey, the artist...
Jan 19th
Impressive Driving
Jan 18th
More of the Absurd
So the Russian media tonight have gone a bit mad reporting that Saakashvili won’t be attending...
Jan 18th
One day in December, Putin stopped by the St Petersburg...
Jan 18th
Watch
Trailer for Generation P, the film based on the popular novel by Viktor Pelevin.
Jan 18th
Better late than never. According to Echo Moskvy and Tvoi...
Jan 17th
Umar Israilov, a former bodyguard for Chechen President...
Jan 14th
Click the photo above for a fabulous series of photos from...
Jan 12th
Afisha details the regulars at Mayak on Bolshaya Nikitskaya....
Jan 11th
The appropriately named “Vladivostok Open Icey-Water...
Jan 11th
On a winter's night a traveler ...
Yesterday evening upon exiting my apartment building, I was stopped by Vassily, a man in his late...
Jan 11th
The talks in Brussels are over, with no progress and a...
Jan 8th
Watch
The heads of Gazprom and Naftogaz are meeting in Brussels today, and that’s reason enough to...
Jan 8th
Listen
Out of Gas - Modest Mouse
Jan 7th
Sleep and Heat, or the Lack Thereof
The people at Gazprom have a joke they like to tell on New Year’s Eve: “Come...
Jan 7th
Krizis @ ЖЖ
Jan 6th
Ok, more than anything this is just an excuse to post...
Jan 5th
Marat Safin, the man who alone proves a Russian male can be...
Jan 4th
A pressure gauge and a valve set on a gas pipe at a...
Jan 4th
Watch
In case you were wondering how Putin and Medvedev are spending the New Year’s holiday, watch...
Jan 3rd
Russia + Germany
Jan 3rd
The Embrace of Stalinism
Jan 2nd
Russian advertising — this one for a network of...
Jan 2nd
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Medvedev’s New Year’s address, an annual tradition.
Jan 2nd