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Issue 5781

A Train East: Creative Responses From the Trans-Siberian Railway

A journey on the Trans-Siberian railway, with its boundless views of forest, land and sky, is as good a space as any to find creative inspiration. And...

Vampires, All Singing, All Dancing and on the Moscow Stage

Vampires can be seductive, witty and, as it transpires, outrageously camp. Or at least they can in “Dance of the Vampires,” the latest production to...

Weekend in Moscow: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, SnowFest and More

Warm up inside this weekend catching the long-awaited "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," or perhaps by watching some of Russia's best freeriders...

Exercise Classes With an Edge in Moscow

Hats off to you if you’re still hitting the icy pavements for your morning run, but most of us are aiming to stay indoors as much as physically possible...

Fear And Trembling In The Baltics

As the world attempts to stabilize itself following the political earthquake of Donald Trump's election, Europe's eastern frontier is bracing itself for...

Russia Turns the Switch off on LinkedIn

LinkedIn, the major global professional social network, has finally been banned in Russia after a Moscow court upheld an earlier decision by Russian state...

Russia Wishes Away Its HIV Epidemic

Epidemiologists have developed the means to stop HIV in its tracks, but Russia is barely listening.

Moscow Restaurants: Tuck Into a Nutria Burger at Krasnodar Bistro

Krasnodar Bistro is the latest addition to the growing empire of butcher-turned restaurateur Tahir Kholikberdiyev, the brains and brawn behind meat-lover’s...

Moscow Restaurants: News and Openings

November is the kind of grey, depressing in-between month where you can't quite get excited about Christmas yet and the winter seems like it will last...