May 19, 2010 Keep Reading, Dima President Dmitry Medvedev says he likes the classics, but that,just recently he made a request for buying about 50 books authored by contemporary Russian writers over the past 5-7 years. "I have read some of them and I cannot say I have been excited," he said. "By and large I have to read all sorts of dull papers the presidents normally read. Draft documents, draft decrees, draft instructions, laws, reports... Literature Politics Russia File
May 01, 2010 The City of Chagall Just over Russia’s border in Belarus is the remarkable city of Vitebsk, birthplace for a surprisingly influential artistic community that flourished just before and after the Revolution.
May 01, 2010 Ravens, Enemies and Crumbs Reviews of: "The Raven's Gift" by Jon Turk, "Know Your Enemy," by David C. Engerman, "A Mountain of Crumbs," by Elena Gorokhovaya, "Russian San Francisco," by Lydia Zaverukha and Nina Bodgan, and "Peter the Great," by Derek Wilson.
May 01, 2010 Moscow Calling Author Peter Aleshkovsky recounts his personal impressions in the aftermath of the March 2010 Moscow subway bombing.
May 01, 2010 The Pride of Moscow On May 15, 1935, Moscow's amazing metro system was opened. Since then, it has become the pride of the city and still the most reliable way to get around the capital.
May 01, 2010 Blaming the Messenger In the aftermath of the March 2010 bombings on the Moscow metro, political leaders have taken to blaming the press.
May 01, 2010 Defending Sevastopol Where we visit this most Russian of cities on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. Vibrant, sun-drenched Sevastopol suffered under two horrific sieges in its recent history. Is a third underway?
May 01, 2010 The Meskhetians Banished to Central Asia in 1944, chased from Uzbekistan in the 1990s, this persecuted minority has been scattered to the four winds, unable to return to their ancestral homeland.
