December 01, 2019 11 Reasons to Be Grateful for Russia Russians may not celebrate Thanksgiving, but we can still be thankful for Russia Culture Holidays
November 28, 2019 Dumbledovich and the Chamber of Bovine Distractions Russia is a little out of touch with reality this week: gates lead to nowhere, cows get VR, and bankers think the economy is like Harry Potter. Agriculture Economy Regions The Weekly Russia File
November 24, 2019 Too Much Catherine, Not Enough Greatness Two reviewers evaluate Catherine the Great through a gender and a storytelling lens. Film & TV History Reviews
November 21, 2019 Ice, Ice, Baby Tigers A cold flag, a resolved cold case, and the not-cold-at-all hearts of Russian children Environment Humor News The Weekly Russia File
November 19, 2019 (Don't!) Touch for Good Luck Urban legends and superstitions made some sculptures in Moscow and St. Petersburg too famous for their own good, and some culture officials have had enough. Art Culture St. Petersburg Travel
November 16, 2019 No Shortage of Soup and Porridge! Seven types of kasha to last you all winter – from farina to kutya, and everything worth eating in between... Culture Food & Drink History
November 14, 2019 Baggage Bros, Covert Crimea, and Brezhnev's Crimes Brezhnev’s traffic ticket goes on sale, Crimea shows up in Astrakhan, and a man gives an all for his cat. Humor Politics Travel The Weekly Russia File
November 10, 2019 A Prudently Droll, Privately Disquieting Police Day A little-known holiday brings to the fore well-known debates about Russian politics. Holidays Internet Politics
November 07, 2019 Tis the Season for Pickled Ferns and Ice Cream Fish aren’t food, ice cream is medicine, ferns are pickles Food & Drink Humor News The Weekly Russia File
November 04, 2019 No Shortage of Soup and Porridge! Hearty Russian soups to warm up this autumn, all seven days a week. Culture Food & Drink
November 01, 2019 Mud and Stars Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a lubricious, bawdy, impetuous, whoring gambler who seldom missed an opportunity to pick a fight.
November 01, 2019 The War to End All Wars Ends The final shots of the First World War (“The War to End All Wars”) were fired on November 11, 1918. In Russia, this event went largely unnoticed.
