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Useful Resources for Tourists Visiting Russia 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A compendium of 13 useful websites for persons interested in traveling to Russia, covering everything from the latest visa information to cruises, to what not to do when in Russia (etiquette).
Watch out for that bear! 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Today I stumbled across an interesting article online. At first I thought it should be filed in the "someone is trying to stir the Cold War pot again" but then I read on...
Fiction Contest: Summer 2013 24 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
We're holding a fiction contest, asking for short stories based on the intriguing cover of our July/August issue. Click thru for full contest rules and instructions.
Dina from Parallel Russia 19 Apr 2013 | 10:00 am
In my capacity as a journalist, I usually tell unhappy stories about people’s lives that are almost inevitably destroyed by the government. Happy endings and happy people, on the contrary, are usually...
Spies Like Us 17 Apr 2013 | 06:00 pm
The Americans, on FX, is a brilliant episodic drama that recreates the 1980s with only minimal anachronisms but plenty of tension, plot twists, double-dealing and moral relativism.
Snail's Pace 12 Apr 2013 | 10:00 am
Has your postmaster chased you down the street with a broom lately? Clearly you don't live in Russia... The Russian Post continues to stoke the fury of millions. But Russian videographers are striking...
1983: The Scariest Year 4 Mar 2013 | 11:00 am
Ambassador Jack Matlock had a front row seat for the final days of the US-Soviet Cold War and the collapse of the USSR. While working on his article, 1983: The Scariest Year (Mar/Apr 2013), Russian Li...
Masha Tattered Rags 1 Mar 2013 | 11:00 am
One hundred and fifty years ago, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin offered a humorous critique of the state of Russian literature in the 1860s. He also wrote some parody "dreadful stories," one of which is t...
Anna Karenina: The Puppet Version 19 Nov 2012 | 11:00 am
The movie is almost too silly to discuss, as if Saturday Night Live decided to do a parody, but nobody but the costume-director and scene-making crew were ready. A puppet resembling Keira Knightley pl...
Plagiarism, Perevody and Propaganda 17 Nov 2012 | 11:00 am
Two stories out of Russia this weekend reinforced the stereotype that Russian entities (a) don't respect copyrights, yet (b) do value propaganda.
