Beyond Moscow into extreme adventure
July 1, 2009 Alexander Nefyodov, CEO, Collection of Adventures
We asked a tourist operator and travel guide with 20 years' experience about Russia's most isolated, yet attractive, regions and the dangers associated with travelling there
Alexander Lebedev: A man who gets what he wants
July 1, 2009 Artem Zagorodnov, Russia Now
Billionaire newspaper owner tells us about his wealth, politics and how he wants to be remembered
Supplementing Pushkin
June 26, 2009 Ben Bouckley
A worthy addition to the critical corpus on Russia's national poet
The usual suspects have become part of our language
June 11, 2009 Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
Where do the mannerisms of human speech come from? In any language, people will instantly recognize certain familiar phrases uttered famously in books, films or by public figures, and can also be a frequent headache for translators
The embodiment of joy and beauty
June 11, 2009 Elena Fyodorenko, Russia Now
Svetlana Zakharova's physical and emotional revelations stretch our idea of perfection in ballet
100 Days of Patriarch Kirill
May 26, 2009 Leonid Sevastyanov, Robert Moynihan, The Moscow Times
Patriarch Kirill was installed in office on Feb. 1. His first 100 days have been marked by innovation not only in terms of style, but also in substance — much like the reign of Pope John Paul II in the Roman Catholic Church
Gorbachev and Deng changed the world 20 years ago
May 26, 2009 Dmitry Kosyrev, RIA Novosti political commentator
Some events are important but others are so formidable they change the world. On May 15, 1989, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese President Deng Xiaoping changed the course of world history during their meeting in Beijing
