July 01, 2013 Prime Diminutives Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he doesn't mind being called "Dimon." Not very leader-like, says Survival Russian columnist Mikhail Ivanov.
July 01, 2013 Lenin's London Party In 1903, unnoticed by few, a little group of radicals had a meeting in London that was to alter the face of the 20th century. History
July 01, 2013 The Show Must Go On In July 2003, the Krylya (Wings) Rock Festival was held for the fourth time at the Tushino Airfield outside Moscow. History
July 01, 2013 Young Pushkin A short piece on the young Alexander Pushkin, when he was just finding his poetic legs in the Lyceum.
July 01, 2013 Divorce or Parking, Which is Harder? A look at Putin's recent divorce announcement, Russia attitudes toward divorce, and how the capital is coping with the imposition of paid parking in the center. Social Issues
July 01, 2013 Springtime in Paris Sergei Diaghilev’s fifth “Russian Season” began in Paris in May 1913.
July 01, 2013 The Kremlin Assault on Merit Having waged campaigns against street protesters and foreign-funded NGOs, the Kremlin is apparently worried about other forms of independent thought, namely researchers and intellectuals who value scientific merit above political needs. News
July 01, 2013 Murder at the Dacha Senior Lieutenant Pavel Matyushkin has a problem. Several, actually. Not the least of them is the fact that a powerful Soviet boss has been murdered, and Matyushkin's surly commander has given him an unreasonably short time frame to close the case. Literature Fiction
June 24, 2013 Fiction Contest: Summer 2013 We're holding a fiction contest, asking for short stories based on the intriguing cover of our July/August issue. Click thru for full contest rules and instructions. Russian Life Magazine Russia File
May 01, 2013 Looking East Over the years, countless historians, politicians and Slavophiles have asserted that the key to understanding Russia is in realizing that it is as much an Asian nation as a European one.