Inside Taiwan’s Craft Beer Renaissance
Once a state-run industry, beer-making in Taiwan is blending globally-minded brewing with local flavors
Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome Workers Hunger Strike for Third Year
Construction workers at Russia’s Far East spaceport are staging a hunger strike for the third year in a row demanding salaries that they haven’t received in six months
British Council Launches ‘Science Train’ on Moscow Metro
A science and education-themed train will soon launch in the Moscow Metro
Russia’s Biggest Cinema Chain Agrees to Screen Controversial Tsar Biopic ‘Mathilde’
Despite arson threats from a vigilante group, a film about Tsar Nicholas II’s affair with a Polish ballerina will be screened by Russia’s biggest cinema chain
Moscow Extends ‘My Street’ Urban Renewal Program to 2020
Already over budget, Moscow’s infrastructure revamp will now last another three years
Miss Russia Thanks Putin for Lack of Weinstein-Style Harassment in Russia
Russian women have President Vladimir Putin to thank for the lack of sexual harassment incidents that are coming to light in the United States
Russian Lawmaker Milonov Gets Slap on the Wrist for Anti-LGBT Rhetoric
The State Duma ethics committee will reprimand ultra-conservative St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov for inciting hatred against the LGBT community
25 Russian Words For 25 Years: Part Two
This week I begin my trek through time stuck in a traffic jam. The place: Moscow. The year: 2005.
The Evolution of Homo Sovieticus to Putin’s Man
The tumultuous decades have left their mark on Russians’ inner life