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Early morning police raids and the conundrum that Kirill Serebrennikov and his Gogol Theater are facing.

All the news that fits.

On how the Kremlin is handling online dissent and youth culture.

In which we look at the revolutionary year through the eyes of the people living through it. In this issue, the politicians, the tsar, and Alexander Blok.

Mayakovsky on what makes children good or bad.

In which we review a mystery, a Gulag guard's memoir, a parable of the avant-garde, and a collection of Valentin Rasputin's prose.

On Andrei Zvyagintsev's new film, Loveless, that is sure to be seen as a sign of the times and a touchstone for current interpretations of Russia.

Vladimir Mayakovsky, "Good and Bad"

The many ways that spitting has worked its way into the language.

It is surprisingly simple (in certain circumstances) to mix up homebrew with other, less harmful things.

In which we consider the less than humble cabbage and its history in village life, and offer a quick sauerkraut recipe.

Bikes, restoring VDNKh and a church, merchant life and space travel.