Художники существуют только потому, что мир несовершенен. An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live…
On August 31, 1999, a handmade bomb exploded in a popular Moscow shopping mall. I was there, and watched rubble, dust, and screaming erupt around me. Read more about the event and my changing understanding of this experience in an essay over at Pacific Standard.
For the last two days, Muscovites have been taking to the streets to protest the recent (and rigged) Russian parliamentary election results. They have been…
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I was going to continue my new weekly Russia Roundup of Humor tradition, but the biggest piece of Russian news isn't really funny. So I'm…
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