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The British spy scandal reveals as much about modern Russian counterintelligence as it does about the state of foreign spying in Russia.

What led Alexander II to become the great Tsar Liberator? What held his predecessors back? The answer in both cases may be simple fear.

The latest from the travel front.

A review of Isabel de Madriaga's "Ivan the Terrible," Ruben Gallego's "White on Black" and Mary Mycio's "Wormwood Forest." Also noted are the new DVD version of Master and Margarita plus two other new books. Follow this link to purchase copies of these books.

The latest, most up-to-date guide of what to wear down in the village, where there is no bad weather, just bad clothing!

A look at the astonishing rise in cell phone use in Russia. One report indicates that over 60% of Russians now have cell phones, versus just 25% two years ago.

In honor of Valentine's Day, we consider different terms of endearment.

The rise of Lefortovo estate as a center of power and activity under the tsars is hard to imagine, given the current state of the bleak park that now inhabits this Moscow region.

The Union of Salvation was the predecessor of the Decembrist movement, doomed by the tsar it sought to serve.

Yelena Ivanovna Molokhovets was the author of Russia's most famous cookbook, A Gift to Young Housewives, first published in 1861. Here is a warm duck soup from her book, plus a bit of history on this important tome.

Forcing our heads down the rabbit hole of history, we gawk in disbelief at Stalin’s phantasmagorical world of denunciations, mass imprisonments and terror.

A piece of autobiographical fiction about childhood in the Soviet Union, on the day of Leonid Brezhnev’s death.