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A guide to post-soviet parenting

May 24, 2011 Elena Zaretskaya
We expect our children to be better copies of ourselves, or some kind of trophy achievers

Happy families are alike, but are they big?

May 24, 2011 Elena Novikova
Russia’s government wants bigger families, yet changing values and more stress have led to smaller ones

Saratov school teaches questioning authority along with reading and writing

May 19, 2011 Anton Kravtsov, Russkiy Reporter
Students of School 93 in Saratov staged a rally and blocked traffic to protest the dismissal of their principal

State takes caring for native populations to extremes

May 17, 2011 Igor Naidenov, Russkiy Reporter
The air ambulance service provided to nomads in Russia’s tundra shows the extremes to which the state goes in its support of native populations

Moscow restaurant scene moves from stolovaya to sushi

May 14, 2011 Emma Burrows
Today, well-traveled Russians expect more from their cuisine when eating out

A bittersweet Victory Day

May 11, 2011 Dmitry Zaika
World War II veterans celebrate May 9 by reminding younger generations of the war and what it meant to their lives

They fought this war

May 9, 2011 Russia Beyond the Headlines
A collection of photographs from World War II helps us remember why we should never forget.

Moscow court sentences Markelov murderer to life

May 6, 2011 RIA Novosti
Ultranationalists also ordered to pay damages in death of human rights lawyer and journalist

Improving neonatal care, one text message at a time

May 3, 2011 Emma Burrows
Already a success in the United States, Text4Baby comes to Russia in hopes of improving care through mothers’ mobile phones

Russian demographics not helped by state involvement

May 3, 2011 Kommersant
Parents fear an increase in questions from child protective services

Health care you could live with

April 28, 2011 Galina Masterova
Russian doctors and their patients wait for new reforms to help them get the medical care and facilities they deserve

Magnitsky cleared in state-ordered check

April 28, 2011 Alexandra Odynova, the Moscow Times
An independent commission carrying out a Kremlin-ordered inquiry into the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has found that he was illegally jailed and deprived of medical care

Moscow allows first ever gay parade

April 27, 2011 RIA Novosti
The Moscow city authorities gave official permission on Tuesday to hold the first ever gay pride march in the capital

Inside Chernobyl today

April 26, 2011 Alexander Emelyanenkov
More than 4,400 people still work at the plant, maintaining the facility to prevent the situation from getting any worse

The twelve most dangerous Russian animals

April 26, 2011 Vladislav Kuzmichev, Natalya Fedotova
Want to explore Russia's forests? Watch out for these animals

Through the hell of the Red Forest: a liquidator remembers

April 25, 2011 Anastasia Gorokhova
Alexander Antonov was pressed into action in the Chernobyl clean-up. Unlike some of his comrades, he survived to tell the tale

New wave of Russian expats washes up in ‘Londongrad’

April 25, 2011 Yadviga Yuferova, Olga Dmitrieva
A growing number of Russian people are choosing to relocate to Britain. But who are they? And why do they remain such an enigma to the Brits?

Private business rises against the Goliaths of graft

April 21, 2011 Vladimir Ruvinsky
Entrepreneurs lead the fight against institutionalised corruption

No rush to be a mom

April 21, 2011 Elena Novikova
Even as the government encourages women to have more children, young Russians are delaying parenthood

Matzo in Moscow: the religious rite that Stalin couldn’t break

April 21, 2011 Masha Fogel
Through repression and revival, Russia’s Jews maintained the matzo-baking rites of the Passover to commemorate the Exodus
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