

Karenina Vs. Karenina...
Russian-born journalist and commentator Masha Gessen gives some authority to a discussion prompted by the publication of two new translation


Friendship wins? Sadly not, it seems.
Under normal circumstances, I really couldn’t care less about football. For the sake of clarity, I’m talking about the type of football...


The Russian Language Up Close and Personal: Michele Berdy's weekly column 'The Russian Word&
"Michele Berdy's writing radiates an affection for Russia & a bewilderment at its ways that will surely be familiar to many wes


Useful Russian Phrases: Мелочь - a small, insignificant thing
I don't think I realised how much I was inconveniencing shop assistants by not giving them precise amounts of money until I got to...