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The world’s biggest country, in a magazine. Since 1956.
Featured Articles
- September 16, 2010
- Flying Free...
Too often the news we gather from the mainstream media about Russia is bad news, and the humor is rather acerbic and based on dark stereotypes. So it is refreshing when we receive a bit of unqualified good news, about average people doing the hard work it takes to keep a society, and our world, spinning on its axis.
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- October 29, 2009
- Russian Life photographer honored
Congratulations are in order for Igor Shpilenok, an amazing photographer who has been published many many times in Russian Life. Igor was just awarded a prize in the 2009 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. It's the second time for him... His wife, Laura Williams, also a frequent Russian Life contributor, supplied the background:
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- January 6, 2009
- Gas Tussle
Sometimes it can be hard to get at the facts. And given that the western media went way down the wrong road on the recent Georgian crisis, one is inclined to be skeptical of coverage on the current Russia-Ukraine gas spat.
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- June 4, 2007
- Kamchatka Disaster
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A massive landslide destroys the Valley of the Geysers on June 4, 2007.
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- November 1, 2003
- Does Russia Matter?
Just how important is Russia in the world?
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- June 14, 2001
- Weather Across Russia
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Check current conditions and forecasts for several Russian cities.
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- Publishing Green
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RIS Publications, the publisher of Russian Life magazine, was founded in 1990 on the principle that paying attention to international issues matters. While U.S.-Russian relations and the history and society of the world’s largest country are important, there is no larger international issue than the health of this planet.
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