February 27, 2016 Bridge of Contention By The Editors It has been a year since Boris Nemtsov was shot as he walked along a bridge near the Kremlin, yet Russians continue to gather at his assassination site. Culture History Politics
February 24, 2016 Nikita S. Khrushchev By Linda DeLaine On February 24, 1956, Khrushchev delivered his now infamous secret speech. It would change everything... sort of... History Politics
February 13, 2016 The Long Kiosk Goodbye By Alice E.M. Underwood The destruction of 97 kiosks around Moscow opens up the controversies of architectural preservation, the plight of small businesses, and the rebuilding of history itself. Culture Economy History Politics
February 04, 2016 Russophile's Bookshelf By The Editors A few books we have received recently that we thought Russophiles should know about. History Literature Politics
February 01, 2016 8 Sci-Fi Futures That Explain Russia Today By Alice E.M. Underwood In honor of Evgeny Zamyatin's birthday, here are eight Russian sci-fi novels that reveal something about Russia and the world beyond. Culture History Literature Politics
January 13, 2016 13 Crazes Proving Putinmania Is Here to Stay By Alice E.M. Underwood Join with us in a celebration of 13 inspired displays of Putinalia (not as nasty as it sounds) that Russia has gifted to the world. Culture Humor Politics
January 06, 2016 More Dangerous Than Gunpowder By Alice E.M. Underwood Under Stalin, a poem could mean life or death. For many poets, it was a one-way ticket to the Gulag. Today, poems can be a means to face cultural memories of arrests in the night, forced labor, and the silence demanded of people fearing those fates. Culture History Literature Politics
December 09, 2015 The Course of Revolution Is Not Smooth By Eugenia Sokolskaya With the temporary triumph of Russian workers in the 1905 revolution, every opposition party expects a piece of the pie. But not if it's the anarchist party! Just ten years after his own politically-motivated arrest and exile, Vladimir Lenin wrote a scathing critique of the anarchists' attempt to join the revolution and work toward a better society. History Politics
September 01, 2015 Poke This By The Editors You really have to be careful who you pose for a selfie with. Unless, of course that's what you meant to do. Culture Politics
February 28, 2015 Boris Nemtsov By Paul E. Richardson On Friday night, just steps from St. Basil's Cathedral, one of the bravest and most vocal opponents of the Kremlin was gunned down by unknown assailants. How are Russians reacting? Politics
December 31, 2014 Our First Cold War By Yulia Berenberg When the Editors at Russian Life asked me to write about how my friends and I (“the younger generation”) view the current state of Russian-American relations, given the events of 2014, I honestly had to pause and think about it. Culture Int'l Relations Politics
December 17, 2014 Ruble Rabble: The Kremlin's Grand Strategy By Paul E. Richardson World oil prices are plummeting, the ruble is in free fall, the Russian economy is on the brink of a recession, inflation is climbing, and the Russian Central Bank’s benchmark interest rate has jumped to 17 percent. Meanwhile, President Putin still has popularity ratings in the 80 percent range and there is, seemingly, no panic in the streets of Moscow. What is going on? What is Putin’s game? Economy History Int'l Relations Politics