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In search of Alaska pollock

April 17, 2012 Andrei Shapran
Alaska pollock a fish in the cod family, is fished year-round off Russia’s Pacific coast

Russia’s Olympic team becomes more diverse

April 17, 2012 Timur Ganeev
When the Russian team walks in the Opening Ceremonies of this summer’s London Olympic Games, it will reflect the country’s diversity

Humanizing Moscow

April 16, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Oleg Zaionchkovsky’s novel “Happiness is Possible” is an evocative and amusing eulogy to Moscow

Soviet literature’s passport from Ann Arbor to the world

April 13, 2012 John 
Freedman, The Moscow Times
Carl R. Proffer, an American prominent publisher, started printing Soviet and Russian literature at home and selling it by mail after he had founded Ardis Publishers in the early 1970s

The Golitsyn Church at Dubrovitsy: A Passion for Divine art

April 13, 2012 William Brumfield
Church at Dubrovitsy represents at once an extreme of Muscovite ornamentalism and the quickening pace of Westernization that would turn Russian architecture from Byzantium to Rome

Russian proposed a Titanic love story

April 13, 2012 Ilya Stulov
Anatoly Sagalevich has visited the wreck of the Titanic more than 50 times. On a trip with James Cameron, he suggested the director make a great love story

Russia’s designers revealed their collection at Moscow’s Cycles & Seasons

April 12, 2012 Timur Ganeev, Ekaterina Mikhailova
Held between Russia's Mercedes-Benz and Volvo Fashion Weeks, the Cycles & Seasons Festival is a more pared-down event, grabbing fewer headlines and attracting designers who want to reveal their latest creations in a more private atmosphere

The authorities seek an alternative to the Rossiya

April 12, 2012 Tatyana Shramchenko
More than 100 applications have been submitted for a competition to build the Zaryadye Park, which will rise on the site of the demolished Rossiya Hotel in central Moscow. Some projects are strikingly original, others ambitions, and still others push

Should journalists participate in the protests?

April 12, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
American journalist Beth Knobel, who made the presentation about American media coverage of Russia at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute, talks to RBTH about advocacy, journalism and the Internet in Russia

Alexander Herzen: A man of the era of awakening

April 11, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
This year, Russia celebrates the 200th birthday of writer and political thinker Alexander Herzen. Are his dissident views still relevant given the current state of Russian politics?

Russian comes up with a new model for eco-friendly living

April 10, 2012 Anastasia Gorokhova
Roman Sablin wears green and nothing but green. His sneakers, jacket, mobile phone, and even his moped are all green. He hugs everyone, even people he is meeting for the first time

Golden Mask, the reward for the finest in creative theatre

April 9, 2012 Paul Duvernet
Only the language barrier prevents Russian drama from being exported around the world. The Golden Mask Festival provides an opportunity to explore the theater of tomorrow

Getting Ready for Easter

April 7, 2012 Svetlana Osadchuk, The Moscow Times
Unlike the Western Christian world, the Russian Orthodox Church will celebrate Easter next Sunday

A prominent literary critic reveals Tolstoy's mystery

April 7, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Literary critic Pavel Basinsky answered questions about Leo Tolstoy from RBTH readers

A Russian who discovered the Titanic

April 5, 2012 Diana Laarz
April 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. Today the wreckage is being explored by Russian deep-sea researchers

Stories from behind the scenes of Tarkovsky’s films

April 5, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva
Moviegoers often have no idea how much pain and effort a single scene can take. Here, some insight into the most incredible shots from Andrei Tarkovsky’s films

Andrei Tarkovsky: The filmmaker who saw an angel

April 5, 2012 María Fadeeva
Andrei Tarkovsky was a master who led the way for an entire generation of talented film directors. He would have turned 80 on April 4 2012

Gary Shteyngart: From dystopia with love

April 5, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
Gary Shteyngart, America’s beloved writer from Russia, talks to RBTH (a little) about life as an émigré writer

From Moscow’s hidden tunnels to Russia’s top literary prizes

April 3, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Multi-award-winning novelist Alexander Ilichevsky is one of Russia’s most acclaimed contemporary writers. Short extracts from Ilichevsky’s novels are available in English

Moscow spreads out before you

April 2, 2012 Sofya Raevskaya
Dmitri Chistoprudov’s photographs, taken from a bird’s-eye view, reveal Moscow as visitors to the city, and even its residents, rarely see it
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