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April 6, 12:00 AM

Clubbing with Mickey

Nothing is sacred among Russia’s deviant hipster fashion designers, not even a true American hero like Mickey Mouse.

April 21, 10:00 PM

Two Russian Stock Exchanges Is One Too Many

MICEX or RTS? That's the question you are probably asking yourself every day. Well, some people do. MICEX and RTS are the competing Moscow-based stock exchanges, where most Russian companies float their shares. Both exchanges have stock market indexes, which aim to be the Russian DJIA -- the official indicator of the market. There is only one problem -- the market is so small, so when you divide it into two, it becomes tiny. So tiny that the readers of this blog could easily affect the stock prices if they wanted to.
April 10, 4:00 PM

04/10/09: DIY Narcotics in the USSR, Anti-Consumerist Rap and Thieves

The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics
April 9, 12:00 AM

“Kreditny Krisis” on the Front Page of the Financial Times. That Must Mean Something.

Kreditny Krisis (“Credit crisis” in Russian, for those who need the translation) appeared on the front page of the Financial Times today. It’s the second Russian phrase on the front page of the major newspaper or magazine, after Londongrad.
April 8, 12:00 AM

Three Girls And One Bat In a Amusement Park

Each week, RUSSIA! takes a camera to the streets of Moscow and other cities and towns and brings you the interesting looking people. This week, it's three girls in an amusement park.
April 3, 9:00 AM

Diamonds are for Suckers

Last time we checked in on Open! Design’s Sergei Kuzhavsky and Stas Zhitsky, they were bending golden nails into jewelry.
March 31, 1:00 PM

Partisans for Prostitutes

Perhaps the best thing about being an oligarch – if you have any money left, that is – is the ability to hire your own partisan (Russian for “guerrilla”) army. And Mikhail Prokhorov, now the richest man in Russia by sheer luck, may have just such an army.
March 31, 12:00 AM

A Woman With a Dog

RUSSIA! launches the "Street Fashion" section. New photos taken on the streets of Moscow and around Russia will be published twice a week on this blog.
March 27, 12:00 AM

Chivers Me Timbers

Early this morning, Moscow-based New York Times correspondent C.J. Chivers was detained by the South Ossetian KGB as he tried to cross into Mogabruni, an Ossetian village on the border with Georgia, which claims its territory.
March 25, 12:00 AM

Party of Love Enters the Ring

There is one place in Russia where democracy is alive and well, and that place is Sochi, the Black Sea resort-town of yore that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
March 25, 12:00 AM

03/20/09: Goths in Russian Politics, Moscow Politicians in Ancient Rome, More

The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
March 15, 12:00 AM

March Russia! Q&A Session

A panel of RUSSIA! editors, contributors and invited experts will be answering readers' questions about Russia. All queries are welcome, from advice on visiting this strange land to the dreaded "Is your magazine funded by the Kremlin?" question. You can also share your own ideas and tips about Russia.
March 16, 4:00 PM

An Oligarch, a Poisoning Suspect and an Opposition Leader May Run For Mayor of Sochi

What do the oligarch owner of the Evening Standard, possible murderer of renegade spy Alexander Litvinenko and a former deputy prime minister of Russia have in common? All three are entering the race to become mayor of a Black sea resort town with total population of 402,000. This town is Sochi and it will host the winter Olympics in 2014.
March 31, 12:00 AM

Bearded Man on Vorobiev Heights, Moscow



Poga grew the beardto play an extra in a film, and then decided to keep it. Leather jacket from Michico Koshino.
March 13, 12:00 AM

03/13/09: Subway Etiquette, Mickey Rourke On The Floor

The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
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