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11. Tripping on Tolkien

If you’re a fan of hairy fairy folk with a hint of пошлость (crass banality), look no further! Russia’s Channel Five recently published two episodes of a supposedly “lost” television show based on “The Lord of the Rings” that was filmed in 1991.

Tags: nerds, channel five, television, the lord of the rings, tolkien
12. Cheburashka to Hit the Big Screen

One of the Soviet Union's most iconic characters is set to make his movie debut.

Tags: children, culture, soviet era, television, film
13. The Latest RosCosmos Launch: A TV Channel

A TV channel for Russia's space agency will be blasting off in the coming months.

Tags: education, technology, science, Roscosmos, space, television
14. Chicks Rule the Screen

A new series has taken Russia by storm this summer. Set in a provincial Caucasian town, Chiki (Chicks) is about four girlfriends trying to escape their lives as sex workers and launch a fitness club – the first in the area.

Tags: women, television
15. Fish Fights, Freight Trains, and Feminist Propaganda

This week, mammoths are ripe for the picking; fishy business practices turn violent; and a TV show is labelled a bad influence on Russian families.

Tags: feminism, transport, train, alcohol, wooly mammoth, food, cars, religion, television, lgbt, Siberia
16. Dog Days

As summer begins, a Russian doctor explains how to combat "weather pains."

Tags: elderly, television, weather, health
17. Спят усталые игрушки

A favorite evening cartoon is the basis for this issue's language column.

Tags: language, television
18. "Eagles These Days Text Too Much," Said Putin (Or Did He?)

This week, eagles rack up data bills while Putin pontificates about AI and a restaurant operator starts Meatless Mondays.

Tags: punk music, television, navalny, restaurants, technology, vegans, putin
By Tiffany Zhu
19. Chernobyl and the Soviet Legacy

Chernobyl, the HBO miniseries, is many things: a disaster movie, a meditation on power, a warning against secrecy, a thriller – a race against time.

Tags: disaster, nuclear, film, movies, television, Chernobyl
20. A Place for Everything

Sorry, Bulgakov – the devil didn’t come to Moscow this time, but prizes and panties did.

Tags: cooking, prison, fashion, transport, television, putin, geography, school, devil, religion, urban, Moscow, twitter

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