MOSCOW: Makhar Vaziev’s workday begins before he sets foot inside his office in the famed Bolshoi Theater. As he makes his way past the columns of the...
MOSCOW: For Russian art collector Roman Babichev, a visit to an artist’s family living in a cramped St. Petersburg apartment yielded an unexpected...
MOSCOW: Pavel Otdelnov recalls how as a child he saw his mother boil his parents’ bedding every day. His father worked in the factories of Dzerzhinsk, the...
MOSCOW: One man who knows a great deal about Washington-Moscow summits is not ready to call the latest one in Helsinki a failure, despite its confused...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foe in next month’s election isn’t a candidate; it’s public apathy. But he has one...
MOSCOW: The contemporary art museum Garage opened its first “Triennale” Friday with works from across Russia’s 11 time zones, and they were...
MOSCOW: As the Soviet Union was breaking up 25 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev expected the United States and its allies to provide vital aid. The former Soviet...
NIZHNY ARKHYZ, Russia: A remote Russian observatory housing what was once the world’s largest mirrored telescope has become the setting for an art...
MOSCOW: The staff of Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery is packing up some of Russia’s finest paintings to send to London for a landmark exhibition, proving, the...
MOSCOW: Concern is growing among Russian journalists that Vladimir Putin is tightening the screws on independent media before a presidential election but any...