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Odin Biron: Russia has always fascinated me

May 24, 2012 Sofya Raevskaya
Odin Biron, a young actor from Minnesota, moved to Russia almost seven years ago. He was recently given the role of an American intern in Russia’s popular sitcom, Interns (a Russian version of Scrubs). He spoke with RBTH about his life in Russia

American entrepreneurs find Russia's bakery market inviting

May 24, 2012 Sofya Raevskaya
Brad Garine, CEO and founder of the New York Bakery, gave Russia Beyond the Headline’s Sofia Raevskaya his recipe for success

"Sin" reveals Russia's ambivalent patriotism

May 23, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Zakhar Prilepin’s obsession with exploring the nature of Russian identity roots the book in a particular literary tradition. But his dark vision of Russian life in the novel “Sin” reveals that life can, and perhaps will, get better

Three days to discover Moscow

May 23, 2012 Maria Bakhareva
The Kremlin, Arbat, and Vorobyovy Gory are on any traditional itinerary for tourists in Moscow. But if you venture off the beaten track, three days is all you’ll need to discover another face of the city

Moscow spent a “Night at the Museum”

May 21, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
During the annual Night at the Museum event, locals and tourists alike had the opportunity to attend a number of exhibitions and performances in some of the Russian capital’s most beautiful and interesting spaces

“Ice Trilogy”: Metaphysical masterpiece or empty myth?

May 21, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Vladimir Sorokin’s “Ice Trilogy” is an extravagant and ambitious work, but not without its pretensions

Russians thrash Slovakia to win World Hockey title

May 21, 2012 RIA Novosti
Russia trounced Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday's final to win the world hockey championships title for the fourth time in the modern era and the first time since 2009

Russia heads to Euro 2012

May 18, 2012 Ilya Zubko
From June 8-July 1, the European Football Championship will take place in Poland and Ukraine. It is the first time that such a major tournament has been held in Eastern Europe

Rafal Milach: You can’t fit all of Russia into photographs

May 18, 2012 Sofya Raevskaya
Polish photographer Rafal Milach opens a new exhibit in Moscow

Russia’s émigrés write east and west

May 18, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
New Yorkers have a one-of-a-kind chance to get acquainted with contemporary Russian literature when Read Russia comes to New York

AK-47 never misses a shot

May 17, 2012 Pavel Petrovsky
Russia's prominent basketball player Andrei Kirilenko, known by journalists and fans as AK-47, dreams of an Olympic gold

Marat Guelman: “Things can work differently”

May 17, 2012 Masha Charnay
A man of many skills and deeds, Marat Guelman is Russia’s most well-known gallery owner, curator, political consultant and an inveterate provocateur. RBTH spoke to the man who calls himself a dissident

Is poetry always Lost in Translation?

May 17, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
A poem is an artifact constructed from carefully chosen words; changing the language can’t help but – in some part – destroy the original creation. RBTH literary critic Phoebe Taplin explores Russia’s resurgent poets — in English

Street level Moscow

May 16, 2012 Tim Kirby
Moscow is full of interesting spots that aren’t in any guidebooks – and many of them are an affordable way to spend an afternoon in one of the world’s most expensive cities

Why are Tolstoy’s novels popular in the West?

May 15, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
“Anna Karenina” seems to have been written according to a classic movie scenario. No wonder western directors, including Joe Wright of Great Britain, keep screening Tolstoy’s novel

Folk band breathes new life into peasant ritual music

May 14, 2012 Yelena Potapova
Six young Muscovites have teamed up to form White Light, a folk band that is attempting to resurrect a musical tradition that is now nearly extinct – the ritual chants of Russian peasants

Describing schizophrenia from within

May 12, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
Anna Starobinets, an acclaimed author of frightening short stories and apocalyptic novels, writes in a style that has been compared to that of Edgar Allan Poe and George Orwell

Russian art breaks more records

May 12, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
In a quick, anonymous phone bid, an Aivazovsky brings in an unprecedented $5.2 million at auction. RBTH views the Russian art explosion up close

Semyonkovo: traditional architecture of the Vologda region

May 12, 2012 William Brumfield
Vologda region has many towns and villages with rich traditions of vernacular architecture associated with a free peasantry. To preserve and propagate this heritage, the Semyonkovo open-air museum was opened in 1992

What’s Russian for “salsa”?

May 11, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
It may be a little late to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but quesadillas and tequila are good any time. RBTH looks at Moscow’s best (and worst) Mexican restaurants – which, depending on the reviewer, may be the same
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