November 01, 2018 Overheard Quotes, quips and asides spoken by those in the know (and not). Humor Politics
November 01, 2018 Clean and Comfortable By The Editors Bloggers and twitterers this fall, in the lead-up to the mayoral elections, were effusive in their praise of Moscow living conditions. Was it real or staged? Humor Internet Moscow
October 27, 2018 Chado, the Roving Superdog By Laura Williams A dog is a basic necessity in the village, and the bigger the dog, the better. Chado is decidedly not big. Family Humor
October 25, 2018 Lawmakers versus Troublemakers By Irina Bukharin Russian law enforcement had a busy week, from taking on the ~high~ seas to putting rich jerks in their place. Humor News Politics The Weekly Russia File
October 18, 2018 Of Rockets and Ruptures By Irina Bukharin Falling objects, family feuds, and friendly felines dominated our attention this week. Humor Int'l Relations News The Weekly Russia File
October 11, 2018 Things Look Different Below the Surface By Irina Bukharin What’s more surprising, fake feminists or fish with bad teeth? Environment Humor News Politics Science Women The Weekly Russia File
October 04, 2018 Politics and Technology: And never the twain should meet By Irina Bukharin To selfie or not to selfie? That is the question, or at least one of the questions, addressed this week. Humor Literature News Politics The Weekly Russia File
September 06, 2018 A Walk on the Wild Side (of Russia) By Irina Bukharin Russia Weekly gets wacky with singing policemen, forbidden emojis, and flying plagues. Humor News Regions The Weekly Russia File
September 01, 2018 Two Fishing Tales By Darya Grebenshchikova Fishing can tell you a lot about life in the countryside, about sickness and health, chance and Fate, to say nothing of electricity and sausage Humor Rural Life
September 01, 2018 What's So Funny? By Michele A. Berdy After declensions, cases, aspect, verbs of motion, pronunciation, and all the other trials of the Russian language, there is one more thing to learn: quotes, jokes and allusions. Let's do this. Film & TV Humor Language
August 30, 2018 The Ancient Past, the Near Future, and a Sheepish Present By Irina Bukharin Time got a little bit wibbly-wobbly and timey-wimey as Russia traveled to the future, to the past, and back to the present (and all in one week)! Culture Humor News Science The Weekly Russia File
August 23, 2018 Skyfalls, Sinking Feelings, and Smitings By Irina Bukharin Falling from a Russian sky near you: airplanes, bags of money, and well-timed lightning bolts! Humor News Politics The Weekly Russia File