Posts - Surprise ME

A new direction for US-Russia relations?

Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:00:00 GMT

The news in the U.S. is news for Russia, too. Here's how Russians are thinking about a Trump presidency – and it involves cats and burgers, as well as political ponderings.

Russia Comes for Norwegians

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:15:00 GMT

The independent Norwegian news site The Barents Observer has been declared "undesirable" by the Russian government.

Going Green

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:25:00 GMT

We are not a large publishing company. We don't influence how the USPS sets postal rates (apparently, that is left up to Time-Warner; witness the July periodical rate increase), and while we like to think we have some effect on how people perceive Russia, that is something you really cannot measure.

But we know we have an impact on the environment. Every publisher does. And so it is our goal to continue doing the good we do (providing information an insights into the world's largest c

First Love

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:00:00 GMT

An excerpt from First Love, which Turgenev called his most autobiographical novel, tells the story of a sixteen-year-old boy’s infatuation with an older girl.

Teach a Man to Phish

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:10:00 GMT

“Don't believe it, don't click it, don't pay!”

– Sergey Volodkhin, director of the Russian company “Antiphishing,” explaining how online scammers bait their hooks,

Dima Talks

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:39:00 GMT

On February 18, Dmitry Medvedev gave an extended interview with Itogi magazine. Here are some of the highlights,