July 27, 2017 Parties with Putin and the Ruins of Literature By Alice E.M. Underwood President Putin visits human rights activists and curious kids, and a famous author falls to pieces. Plus Ivan the Terrible, a terrible auction purchase, and 10 fantastic bridges. News The Weekly Russia File
July 20, 2017 Royal(ish) Weddings and Toys for the Opposition By Alice E.M. Underwood Getting flak for getting hitched, how fidget spinners foster political dissidence, and a new set of wheels around Russia. Plus dandy pigeons and the best totalitarian tourism. News The Weekly Russia File
July 13, 2017 Risqué Ballet and Putin's Grannies By Alice E.M. Underwood The scandal around the Bolshoi's latest ballet, remembering an Internet icon, and pro-Putin pensioners, with a dash of PhotoShop of daredevilry. News The Weekly Russia File
July 06, 2017 Toxic Waste, Putin Farms, & Crazy Seals By Alice E.M. Underwood Tractors for Putin, toxic waste for Kaliningrad, and Reagan and Gorbachev for their modern-day counterparts. Also sweet wine, state secrets, and salt. News The Weekly Russia File
June 29, 2017 Baller Ballerinas, Flying Taxis, & Gardens in the Sky By Alice E.M. Underwood Celebrate soccer with metro-station ballet, explore the galaxy with Yandex, and take a stroll through Moscow's rooftop gardens. Plus the Beatles, Stephen Colbert, and 29 Russian writers. News The Weekly Russia File
June 22, 2017 Soccer, Sci-Fi, Snipers, and Tsoy By Alice E.M. Underwood Russia hosts the Confederations Cup, Strugatsky sci-fi gets a reboot (or just gets booted), and we honor the memories of WWII's female snipers and of the rock legend Viktor Tsoy. News The Weekly Russia File
June 15, 2017 The Wooly Mammoth of the Past Is the Hotel of the Future By Alice E.M. Underwood Mammoth skulls, ancient lizards, intangible money, train-jumping, and the great knights of Slavic history. Russia Day really does bring out the best. News The Weekly Russia File
June 08, 2017 Celebrating Russian Language Day with Poets, Filmmakers, Journalists, & Robots By Alice E.M. Underwood Celebrate the wealth of Russian culture with Pushkin's birthday, Russian Language Day, Sokurov's film award, Russian museums, and, um, Megyn Kelly's weird interview with Putin. Well, at least those first four. News The Weekly Russia File
June 01, 2017 Bananas, Ballerinas, and Bubble Bath By Alice E.M. Underwood Blackface and bananas raise racist concerns ahead of soccer match, a linguist links Siberian Ket and Navajo languages, and video bloggers bring bubbles and pets to parliament. Language News The Weekly Russia File
May 25, 2017 Russian Youth, Then and Now By Alice E.M. Underwood We celebrate the anniversary of the Pioneers, explore Russia’s Generation Z, and for fun, admire a baby bear helping out in the garden. News The Weekly Russia File
May 18, 2017 Pop music, Pythons, and Kindergarten on the Run By Alice E.M. Underwood An anti-politics pop song, the drive against Hollywood, and education for deer herders. Plus, Putin, pianos, and pythons. News The Weekly Russia File
May 11, 2017 Victory Day and cheeky chess pieces By Alice E.M. Underwood Victory Day meant full streets but empty skies. A hollow chess piece hides more than its next move. And a day in the life of an Arctic doctor. News The Weekly Russia File