|
| Live-blogging the Oscarsby Russia! StaffSince live-blogging the Oscars is almost a must this year, RUSSIA! has decided to live-blog Russia-related references at the ceremony. There must be at least one!? |
| High Noteby Julia Ioffe | Russian Athletes Miss Their $1 Million Bonusby Tatyana Bokova-Foley | First Look: Russia's Electric Carby Russia! Staff | | Former Russian intelligence operative builds $150,000 stereo systems out of his basement. | As Russia is trying to come to grips with its disastrous performance in Vancouver, Russian athletes have to deal with their personal financial disappointments. | Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's richest man and soon-to-be owner of the New Jersey Nets, is financing the electric budget car project. Details and first images of the vehicle after the jump. |
|---|
| It's Illegal To Demand $500 Million in Bribesby Tatyana Bokova-Foley | Carrying $1 Million In Cash Around Moscow Is Still Dangerousby Tatyana Bokova-Foley | President Medvedev Addresses the Nation, Facebook Users by Russia! Staff | | The figures are out on the volume of bribery in Russia and they are staggering. Experts estimate that bribery accounts for 20% to 30% of Russia's GDP. To prove the experts right, a police detective demanded a multimillion-dollar bribe and got arrested in Moscow. | If you decide to go around Moscow with $1 Million in your bag, here is an advice: Don't. It sounds like a silly advice, doesn't it? But it is not. | It’s no secret that Russians disproportionately adore the New Year. At least we used to, back in Brezhnev’s early ’80s, when it was the only truly private holiday aside from one’s birthday: intimate, all-inclusive, apolitical, non-denominational. |
|---|
| THE ROLLING R: OUR AWARD FOR BEST RUSSIAN ACCENT IN HOLLYWOOD
Comrades and Lady-Comrades, let's do this thing. Here are four best
“Russian-acting actors” of 2008. The winner by online acclamation
will be announced soon. A ceremony (seriously) will follow.
In the meantime, vote
for your favorite.
|
|  |
| | Subscribe
Subscribe to Russia! magazine and get
4 issues delivered to your home or office
for just $25.00 (a little more if you live
outside of the US)
Worldwide and US Subscriptions: +1 (917) 475 6452
|
| Contact usUSA
P.O. Box 651
New York, NY 10276
+1 (917) 475 6452
contact@readrussia.com | | |
|
|
|
| Current IssueGeorgia’s Messy BreakupDeep-Sixing Boredom Curbed Goes To Moscow Hammered and Sickled: The Great Soviet Bar Crawl MusicA Debauched Night Out With Eugene HutzWe capture the Gypsy-punk party machine in the act |
|
|
