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In which we review Dina Rubina's Leonardo's Handwriting, and the nonfiction book, The Pianos of Siberia.

Over the past ten years, music made in Russia has become more popular.

A well-known musician posted a poem in response to the sentencing of his friend, the actor Mikhail Yefremov.

This week: cereal jingles go viral, animal crossings save critters, and paratroopers take a swim in a fountain in celebration. Sounds pretty run-of-the-mill.

How the work of one of Soviet Russia's greatest poets found new life through modern music.

This week, Spotify comes to Russia, Crimea is a hot tourist destination (like always), and three cases of corruption: one big, one small, and one straight out of a spy movie.

Russian pop experimentalist Kate NV had her video voted the #1 best music video of May by Pitchfork.

“People here usually say to me: you are different than we thought and from the way American people are shown on TV. And I am happy.” 

– Sean Quirk, an American who has been living in Tuva, Siberia for almost 20 years, and knowns the Tuvan language better than Russian