June 15, 2025 Cultural Calendar Codified Russian leadership has approved a new plan for cultural policy through 2027. Culture Law Politics Russia File
June 12, 2025 Under Review What our reviewer has been reading lately, and what it has gotten him thinking about. Culture History Literature
June 08, 2025 What is Russophobia? In which we examine Russia's latest rhetorical shield. Culture Int'l Relations Internet Opinion War Russia File
May 22, 2025 Russia's War on Books Police in arrested 10 current and former employees of Russia's largest publishing house on charges of "LGBT propaganda." Culture Dissent Literature Politics Pop Culture Social Issues Russia File
May 15, 2025 Victory Day: Or Parades, Sausages, and Distorted Footage Russia commemorated the eightieth anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat with Ukraine war-themed parades and exhibits. And German sausages. Art Cities & Towns Culture History Holidays Military Politics War Russia File
May 11, 2025 One for the Books 2024's Victory Day parade was a bit of a dud. 2025's more than made up for it. Culture History Holidays Military Moscow War Russia File
April 13, 2025 From Bashkortostan to the Global Charts A band from Bashkortostan has gone viral for an electro-folk song about a Bashkir epic poem. Art Culture Customs Internet Music Pop Culture Regions Russia File
March 25, 2025 Artists in Custody Russia currently has 42 "cultural" figures who are political prisoners and another 176 on their way to becoming the same. Art Culture Dissent War Russia File
March 02, 2025 Putin's Culture Guru, Now Head of Writer's Union Vladimir Medinsky, a writer in Putin's inner circle, is now the head of the Union of Russian Writers. Culture Politics Russia File
March 01, 2025 Hospitals of No Return Psychiatric imprisonment did not end with the Soviet Union. It has a new lien on Russian lives. Culture Dissent Health Political Prisoners Politics War
December 23, 2024 White Nights Resurges One hundred and sixty-seven years on, a Dostoyevsky novella is seeing a resurgence in popularity. Culture Language Literature St. Petersburg Russia File
December 16, 2024 A Zvezda is Born A Russian actor is getting major recognition in Hollywood. Culture Film & TV Russians Abroad Russia File
