These Uncensored Questions Gatecrashed Putin’s Annual Call-In Marathon
President Putin’s annual question and answer session is a carefully choreographed affair. And then some uncomfortable questions snuck onscreen.
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Putin Stops Short of Confirming Re-Election Campaign
At his annual “Direct Line” question and answer session broadcast live on television, Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped short of announcing he will run for the presidency in elections scheduled for March.
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Putin Says Anti-Corruption Protesters ‘Are Only Doing It for Publicity’
Russia’s nation-wide anti-corruption protests have already led to hundreds of arrests. But Russian President Vladimir Putin remained mostly silent on these matters — until very late into his annual telethon.
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New U.S. Sanctions on Russia Jeopardize Trump – Putin Dialogue (Op-ed)
President Putin has two options: retaliate in kind, and forfeit hopes for repairing ties with Washington, or risk being exposed as weak in defense of Russia’s interests.
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Kamchatka Villagers Warned After Volcano Erupts in Russia’s Far East
Villagers in Russia’s Far Eastern region of Kamchatka have been warned not to leave their homes after a volcanic eruption showered the area in waves of ash.
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‘The Audience’: Translating Queen Elizabeth II into Russian
The Theater of Nations brings Buckingham Palace back to the heart of Moscow with a Russian adaptation of Peter Morgan’s West End hit.
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When Fresh Air Went Out of Fashion at Hospitals
How the hospital went from luxury resort to windowless box
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What Happens to Fiction When Our Worst Climate Nightmares Start Coming True?
Movies, books and poetry have made predictions about a future that could be rapidly approaching
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Oliver Stone Has Launched Putin’s Re-Election Campaign
Russian journalists were obliged to wait until Putin opened up to a complete stranger — a foreigner — to report that he was a happy and loving grandfather.
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In Russia, Mass Protests Again Become a Political Reality
In the last few months, Navalny has taken a quantum leap, establishing himself as the only true and energetic opponent of Putin in Russian politics.
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Video: Firefighters Extinguish Blaze at Russian World Cup Stadium
Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at the World Cup stadium in the Russian city of Volgograd.
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Russian Parliament Approves Controversial Housing Demolition Program
Moscow authorities’ controversial demolition program has passed its third and final reading in the Russian parliament Wednesday.
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Sanctions Are Result of West’s ‘Contempt’ For Slavs, says Russian Official
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin claimed that sanctions against Russia and Belarus stem from the West’s contempt for Slavs
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Audience Rehearse at Health Resort Ahead of Live Show with Putin
The audience of Direct Line, a live question and answer session with President Putin, were gathered at a health resort outside Moscow where they were briefed on how to behave during the upcoming show.
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IQ Wine Bar: A Test of Intelligence
The menu promised tapas and expert recommendations – but where was the sommelier?
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Art Installations Transform a Historic Venetian Island
San Clemente Island in the Lagoon of Venice, a former refuge for crusaders and a hospice for plague victims, opens an island-wide art show
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Disgraced EuroMaidan Special Forces Reappear at Moscow Protests
Former members of Ukraine’s special forces, known as Berkut, were sighted working as OMON riot police at yesterday’s anti-corruption protests in Russia, reported Ukrainian news outlet LB.ua.
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The Kremlin Needs to Address Russia’s Demographic Crisis (Op-ed)
The latest numbers are in, and the forecast for Russia’s demographic health is bleak.
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More Than 1000 Detained as Anti-Corruption Protests Sweep Russia
More than 1,000 people were detained across Russia on Monday after the latest wave of anti-corruption protests.
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This Group Believes in Making Artwork as a Response to Climate Change
An association of artists, youth and social entrepreneurs asks people around the world to create anti-pollution masks
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These Nine Artists Will Help You Understand the Future of the Planet
Smithsonian curator Joanna Marsh highlights contemporary artists whose practices are conscious-raising and problem-solving
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Anoutorized protest rally in Moscow: thousands take to the streets
A massive unsanctioned protest rally is taking place in Moscow, as Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny asked people to take to Tverskaya street in the center of the city instead of Prospekt Sakharova where the protest rally was agreed with the authorities. Thousands of muscovites took to Tverskaya and an hour after the rally started dozens have been detained. The Moscow Times reporter saw Ilya Yashin, a well known opposition activist, being dragged into a police wagon. Another protestor has been taken after he started wagging with a sheet of paper that looked like a protest banner. An hour after the rally started police started separating the crowd into groups and then isolating them from each other.Alexei Navalny changed the place of the rally to unauthorized location after the authorities, as he had claimed, didn’t let him install sound equipment for the demonstration that had been planned and agreed. “We have our constitutional right to gather peacefully with political demands”, Navalny told his supporters on his YouTube channel. He was detained earlier today at the entrance of his house when he headed to the rally. The rally started at 2 PM. By 3.30 police successfully dispersed big parts of it from Tverskaya street and Pushkinskaya square at the very center of the city.
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Thousands Take to Moscow Streets, Hundreds Detained
An unsanctioned anti-corruption protest in Moscow has resulted in scores of arrests.
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Andrei Zvyagintsev’s ‘Loveless’: A Film for Self-Reflection
“Loveless,” Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev’s new film, has already won over the critics, winning the jury prize at Cannes, one of the top awards at the festival.
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Russia Is Becoming a Cryptocurrency Haven
The Rise of Bitcoin: Why Russia thinks its future is crypto
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Moscow TV Round-Up: Stravinsky in Hollywood, Rock ‘N’ Roll in Leningrad
This week on Moscow TV: Find out about Igor Stravinsky’s Hollywood life in the 1950s and Leningrad’s underground music scene in the 1980s, as well as the story of Russia’s “khrushchyovki” apartment blocks and the census of 1937.
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12 New Art Exhibits to See This Summer
From Edvard Munch to sonic arcades, these shows are worth putting on your calendar this season
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11 New Art Exhibits to See This Summer
From Edvard Munch to sonic arcades, these shows are worth putting on your calendar this season
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MMA Champion Amriev is taken to Chechnya
World MMA champion Murad Amriev is forcefully detained and taken to Chechnya over the case of blood feud between Chechen officials and one of the members of his family, reports Russian news site Mediazona.
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Stalin’s Shadow: How a Gulag Historian Fell Victim to Russia’s Dark Past
20 years ago Karelian activist Yuri Dmitriev discovered the mass grave of the victims of Stalin’s terror. And now, the executioner’s shadow hangs over him.
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Summer and the Silver Screen
For those who don’t want to sit in a dark cinema, the summer doesn’t mean taking a break from films. Moscow has plenty of open-air cinemas showing new releases, festival hits and classics. Here’s our pick of the best.
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Summer and the Silver Screen: Moscow’s 7 Best Open-Air Cinemas
For those who don’t want to sit in a dark cinema, the summer doesn’t mean taking a break from films. Moscow has plenty of open-air cinemas showing new releases, festival hits and classics. Here’s our pick of the best.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Credited Japan for His All-American Aesthetic
The famed architect was inspired by drawings and works from the Asian nation
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Russian Court Convicts ‘Extremist’ Ukraine Library Director
Compared to most librarians, the last 19 months have been unusually dramatic for Natalya Sharina.
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Housing Demolition Protests in Moscow Are Spiralling
Authorities may soon struggle to quell protests against a controversial housing demolition program in Moscow
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Past Imperfect: Congolese Painting at Garage
An exhibition at Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art shows the heavy influence of colonialism on the art of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and illuminates the struggle for control over the representation of its culture.
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Moscow Mayor Declares Overwhelming Support, But Protests Suggest Otherwise
If you happened to find yourself in the State Duma on Tuesday, June 6, you might be forgiven for thinking Russia had finally found something more popular than President Vladimir Putin.
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Foreign Minister Says Russia Won’t End Travel for Europeans
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said there are no plans to halt visa processing from Europe.
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Moscow: News & Openings
From art films to brisket to go: all the most exciting openings in Moscow
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Russia’s Most Famous Poet: Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born in Moscow 215 years ago today, on June 6, 1799.
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Russian Hacking Allegations Could Get Putin Reelected (Op-ed)
Vladimir Putin danced circles around U.S. television host Megyn Kelly on June 5, deflecting her questions on Russia’s meddling in U.S. presidential election. But he did not deny it.
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Russian Social Network Now Allows Political Advertising – but There’s a Catch
VKontakte revises terms of service to allow for political campaigns
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Hospitalised Russian Mercenary in Possession of Syrian Maps and Cash
A retired colonel was hospitalised in Saint Petersburg after becoming dangerously intoxicated.
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It Takes Two Museums to Cover the Work of this Prolific German Neo-Expressionist
Europe’s celebrated Markus Lüpertz has a huge appetite for creativity. He’s also a poet, writer, set designer and jazz pianist
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Cold Weather Could Trigger Rise in Russian Inflation, Says Central Bank
A chilly start to the Russian summer could trigger rising inflation rates in the second half of 2017, according to Russia’s Central Bank.
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Changing Places
Born in Reading, just outside of London, Kate Fowle has already worked in several countries before finding her place as the chief curator at the garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow.
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Changing Places: Nomadic Arts Curator Kate Fowle Loves Moscow’s Dynamism
Born in Reading, just outside of London, Kate Fowle has already worked in several countries before finding her place as the chief curator at the garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow.
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Russia Mulls New Committee to Fight Western ‘Election Meddling’
Russia could dedicate a new parliamentary commission to stop Western nations from influencing the country’s 2018 presidential elections.
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Church of Scientology Raided by Russian Security Forces (Again)
FSB Raids for Scientologist Headquarters in Saint Petersburg
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This Artist’s Worldview Drips With Unending Pessimism
“Man is inherently self-destructive, and whatever is built will be destroyed,” says painter Donald Sultan of his “Disaster Paintings”
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Russian Man Kills 9 in Drunken Party Rampage
Nine people were shot and killed in Russia’s Tver region on the night of June 4 following a drunken argument at a party. The suspected shooter is 45-year old Sergei Yegorov, a part-time electrician.
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Director of Ukrainian Library in Moscow Handed 4-Year Suspended Sentence
The former director of Moscow’s State Library of Ukrainian Literature has been given a four-year suspended sentence for distributing extremist materials and embezzlement.
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Russian Magazine The New Times Closes Print Amid Financial Troubles
Russian opposition-leaning magazine The New Times announced Sunday it will close its print edition due to financial problems.
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Moscow TV Round-Up: Literature, Justice and the Third Reich
It’s “strange bedfellows week” on Moscow television, as the small screen offers its audience great literature (live!), regrettable war criminals (dead!) and a Russian rock star whose early work during perestroika will impress.
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The Wars of the Future: Russian Defense Ministry’s New Modernization Plan
The Defense Ministry has a new plan to modernize Russia’s armed forces through 2025.
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Eataly: Bringing the Mediterranean to Moscow
The world’s second-largest Italian supermarket, the long-awaited new megastore at Kievskaya also offers food counters and tasting, as well as cafes and restaurants where visitors can eat freshly prepared pasta and pizza.
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Russia Eases Sanctions on Turkey
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order lifting most sanctions on agricultural imports from Turkey today.
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