Flame Out Due to the sports doping ban about which much has been written, Russia was not allowed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics this summer. But Russian athletes did compete under the “flag” of the “Russian Olympic Committee” (ROC). Sports
Original Lithographs The featured artist in this issue is Yuri Annenkov, whose wonderful lithographs from Paris in the 1920s set a perfectly bohemian mood. Art
Sergei Zhilin, musician “Before, it was possible to just bring out a Russian Bear who raised up a paw, and everyone applauded and said ‘Ooh, super.’ Today that Bear has to do something.” 100 Young Russians
Que Faire? One of Teffi's best known stories offers a humorous take on emigre attitudes toward Paris. Humor
Atlas of the Invisible They died in the War on Ukraine, and now they are being remembered with a street or plaza.
January 20, 2024 to December 31, 2030 Say No to War: Political Cartoons by Ukrainian and Russian Artists The Museum of Russian Art | Minneapolis, MN Recent works by renowned cartoonists from Ukraine and Russia created in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Art Exhibit
ГОПНИК, ЦАРЬ, КАРЛИК A President by any Other Name ... The various ways Russians euphemize the aging denizen of the Kremlin. Dissent Humor Language
Paris: A Russian City The issue's introduction offers a concise history of the Russian connection to Paris, and the post-Bolshevik emigration in particular. History