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Rolling into Spring
March 01, 2004

Rolling into Spring

In March, Russian citizens will renew the mandate of President Vladimir Putin for another four years. At least that is what the polls tell us to expect.

Heirs to Gagarin
September 01, 2003

Heirs to Gagarin

Russia can truly be proud of the wilderness areas it has preserved. But cordoning off these areas is one thing. Securing them for the future is another thing altogether.

Hide & Seek
July 01, 2003

Hide & Seek

As this issue was going to press, our American media was focused on the so far fruitless effort to find Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq.

Piter Then and Now
May 01, 2003

Piter Then and Now

In my childhood, I spent every school vacation in Leningrad. Our closest family members lived there.

What Goes Around...
March 01, 2003

What Goes Around...

For forty years, in the era of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, Russia did all it could to force a wedge between the US and its European allies. Now Putin wants to do everything he can to keep the alliance together.

Russia after Nord-Ost
January 01, 2003

Russia after Nord-Ost

How does a bimonthly magazine on Russian culture, history and society respond to a gruesome act of terrorism?

A Chapter Closes
November 01, 2002

A Chapter Closes

Mikhail Ivanov, our editor for the past seven years, has decided to move on to new challenges and opportunities.

The Putin Issue
September 01, 2002

The Putin Issue

It is a bit hard for political cynics like us to devote so much space in our “magazine of culture, history, people and places” to a single politician.

Rubbing Elbows With the Stars?
March 01, 2002

Rubbing Elbows With the Stars?

Some Russian Life readers have suggested that we need to avoid the “glitterati” in our series on “100 Young Russians To Watch” – we should write less about ballerinas and cinema stars.  I partially agree.

Looking Back
January 01, 2002

Looking Back

The US-Russian (nee Soviet) Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty has been cast onto the dustheap of history with scarcely a whimper from the Russian side. As with many things, what seemed unlikely six months ago has all of a sudden become unavoidable.

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