July 02, 2021 From MMA to Crème Brûlée When an injury takes an MMA fighter out of the cage, he decides to take his talents into the kitchen instead. Food & Drink Sports Russia File
July 01, 2021 Sandwiches, Suitcases, and Swaddling Clothes In this week's Odder News, marked up sandwiches, magic suitcases, and Chadian soldiers as alarm clocks. Animals Military Travel Odder News
July 01, 2021 New GULAG? Russian authorities have found a new way to boost the country’s sluggish economic growth while also solving the shortage of construction workers: prison labor. Politics Social Issues
July 01, 2021 Flying High Russian air travel has changed radically over the past two decades. While there are still grave security concerns, there has been a boom in aircraft and airport construction, with positive impacts for travelers into and within the country. Business Transportation Travel
July 01, 2021 The Foreign Foreign Minister Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was born in Poland, and helped rule Russia, for a time at least. History Int'l Relations
July 01, 2021 The Berlin Wall Why was so much manpower, money, and material expended on a project that flew in the face of the policy of “peaceful coexistence” that had been announced just five years earlier? It was classic Khrushchev. History Int'l Relations
July 01, 2021 Dumb and Dumber In Russian, as in English, it isn’t nice to call someone “stupid.” But sometimes you just have to say it. Humor Language
July 01, 2021 "А знаешь, всё ещё будет!" A poetic song about optimism is this issue's language study section. Film & TV Language
July 01, 2021 Cheburashka in the Fog Just a little over a year ago, Russia was rocked by revelations that one of its most venerated authors of childrens’ fiction subjected his daughter to abuse in a cult. Children Literature Social Issues
July 01, 2021 Kvass Our old gals in the village cast a wary eye on all food from the store, because who knows what they’ve got in there? Food & Drink Rural Life
July 01, 2021 Spies and Artists Reviews of Cold Warriors and The Girl from the Hermitage. Espionage Literature