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RBTH takes top Russian communications prize

February 15, 2012 Artem Zagorodnov
Russia Beyond the Headlines has been awarded the 15th annual Silver Archer Prize for Public Communications

Stagnation produces political change

February 15, 2012 Nadezhda Petrova, Kommersant-Dengi
Russian pundits believe that the recent protests resulted from economic problems, which makes them an even more potent force

RBTH Recognized for Nenets Multimedia

February 14, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Contributor Anna Nemtsova and RBTH multimedia have been recognized by "Women in Multimedia"

RBTH Video Goes Viral

February 14, 2012 Artem Zagorodnov
Following the successful launch of its iPad application, Touch Russia, Russia Beyond the Headlines released a video promoting the new product. Within a few days the video had been viewed by over 400,000 people on YouTube and Vimeo

Tracking down oil smugglers

February 13, 2012 Vitaly Pozdnyakov, Russky Reporter
On the Russian border with Ukraine, the lack of jobs has made smuggling diesel fuel an attractive way to make money. Combating the illegal pipelines is a full-time job for the region’s border guards

Training new class of cosmonauts

February 10, 2012 RIA Novosti
Roskosmos is holding an open application process for cosmonaut training. By Feb. 6 it had received 25 applications for the position of astronaut, which had been advertised all over Russia

Russia’s authorities to tighten migration legislature

February 3, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
The country’s Federal Migration Service has fleshed out Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s proposals to restrict immigration

The guests wore hardhats

February 2, 2012 Diana Laarz
The pre-Olympic constructions in Sochi has drawn thousands of workers from all over Russia. But sometimes it offers more than a desirable job

The portrait of a protester: To go or not to go?

February 2, 2012 Dmitry Zaika
Will Muscovites take to the streets for the next scheduled protest on Feb. 4? Russia Beyond the Headlines’ Dmitry Zaika tried to find out

Discontented Russia

February 1, 2012 Viktor Dyatlikovich
The post-election protests have changed the political situation in Russia. But is it enough to influence the results of the 2012 presidential campaign?

Dance to Live

January 27, 2012 Svetlana Smetanina
Anyone can dance, even people with disabilities, as the staff of the Spiritualization Rehabilitation Center [Centre Odukhotvorenie, in Russian] have proven. Moreover, this “dance therapy” has a positive therapeutic effect

Building the engine of progress from the idea up

January 26, 2012 Alexander Vostrov
The founders of Russia’s innovation city are already winning the hearts and minds of innovators

New technology aids adoption process

January 25, 2012 Anastasia Reznichenko, Itogi
A new system for matching potential parents with children awaiting adoption has turned out to be significantly more effective than traditional methods

Russian for immigrants

January 25, 2012 Alesya Lonskaya, Russky Reporter
There are 70,000 children of immigrants, most of them with little knowledge of Russian, attending school in Moscow

Snail mail for the electronic age

January 22, 2012 Yulia Larina, Ogoniok magazine
Russia has the second largest number of members in the international Postcrossing movement which will soon record the 10 millionth postcard received as part of their initiative

Russia goes under ice

January 19, 2012 RIA Novosti
In the middle of winter Russian Orthodox Christians gather to submerge themselves in the freezing water to mark the festival of the Epiphany

When monuments fall: the politics of toppling political sculpture

January 12, 2012 Peter Cheremushkin
How do political prejudices affect the cultural heritage of the former Soviet republics?

Russia’s Gold Coast

January 11, 2012 Dmitry Likhanov, Ogoniok magazine
On Russia’s northern Pacific shores, a cooperative of miners washes gold dust from rock – difficult work in a difficult place

Gorky Park’s ice reflects a green revolution

January 4, 2012 Daria Gonzales
Major changes in Moscow’s best-known park show that the authorities are serious about making the city a greener place to live

Preschool children adjust to vegetarianism

January 3, 2012 Natalya Radulova
Some are born vegetarian, some become vegetarian, and some have vegetarianism thrust upon them
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