September 26, 2008 Our Cartoonist on CNN! I just stumbled across this nice interview (July 07) of Victor Bogorad, who does the cartoons for our Survival Russian feature. Too bad the video is not archived online... Humor Russian Life Magazine Russia File
September 20, 2008 Russian Folklore Editor's choice of books about Russian folklore and folktales. Culture Literature Russia File
September 09, 2008 Marriage Customs A Modern Russian Wedding: The Art of Getting Married. A look at Russian wedding traditions, past and present. Culture Russia File
September 04, 2008 Sarah Palin's Secret Past Revealed! Many have scoffed at Cindy McCain's defense of Alaska Governor (and GOP Veep candidate) Sarah Palin's foreign policy chops with the assertion that "Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia." Scoff not. The truth is so more startling still. Humor Politics Russia File
August 28, 2008 080808 With time, we are finding out more and more about the events that led to the recent Russo-Georgian War in the Caucausus. Two very good recent accounts have been published... History Int'l Relations Politics Russia File
August 15, 2008 Caucasian Stalemate Last Thursday, after several days of skirmishes and confrontation in the breakaway region of Ossetia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili announced a unilateral cessation of hostilities. Hours later, however, Saakashvili ordered his armed forces to undertake a full-scale assault on Ossetia... History Int'l Relations Literature Politics Russia File
August 14, 2008 Suppressed Testament of Lenin - pt. 13 Radek as a Source of Information History Politics Russia File
August 04, 2008 Solzhenitsyn This morning, Vermont Public Radio called to interview me about Solzhenitsyn's legacy and his life in Vermont. I had just interviewed his wife, Natalya Dmitrievna, while in Moscow in May. We had planned to run that interview in our Nov/Dec issue, to coincide with what would have been the author's 90th birthday. But now we will push it up and run it in our Sep/Oct issue, which goes to press this week. History Literature Russia File
June 25, 2008 A Metaphorical Net Game Russia has truly regained its prowess as a sports superpower, and it may rise further yet. It will surely be giving the U.S. a run for its money in the overall medals race at the Beijing Olympics in August... this rise in sports achievement takes place against the backdrop of a Russia that, without putting too fine a point on it, has bumbled from failure to failure in foreign policy in recent months Int'l Relations Politics Sports Russia File
June 17, 2008 Tokyo Declaration Document between Russia and Japan, May 5, 1986. History Int'l Relations Regions Russia File
June 13, 2008 Voloshin Poems Translator Constantine Rusanov has crafted these wonderful English versions of 11 of Maximilian Voloshin's poems. They are reprinted here with permission. The copyright to the English versions remains with Mr. Rusanov. To see the English translations alongside the original Russian, download <a href="http://www.russianlife.net/pdf/voloshin.pdf">this PDF file</a>. Art Literature Russia File
