“I hope my immune system, and the immune system of my kids, will be strong enough to get off with a light case, because it’s inevitable we’ll all catch it.”
Moscow
I love Moscow, even if it’s the most manic, maddening place I’ve called home. I moved back in December 2016 after a five-year stint in Berlin. I had missed losing myself in the lanes of old Moscow or running along the Moskva River embankment.
I first visited Moscow as a student in 1991, the last year of the Soviet Union’s existence. The city was hungry and gray. Nobody spoke English or had any idea about the outside world. Today Moscow has reclaimed its rightful place not just as the capital of Russia, but of Eurasia.
What To Do With Toppled Statues? Russia Has A Fallen Monument Park
“The Russian experience should give some food for thought to those who are engaged in toppling statues in the U.S. these days.”
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Links Moscow Prosecutor To Luxury Properties Abroad
Alexei Navalny’s latest target is the Moscow prosecutor leading a crackdown following the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years.
The Russian Student Who Has Become Moscow’s New Face Of Dissent
“I want to live in Russia. I think Russia deserves to be free, and its citizens need to get out from under the yoke of Putin and his gang.”
Amid ‘Quiet Rehabilitation Of Stalin,’ Some Russians Honor The Memory Of His Victims
“We are the accused and the prosecutors and the victims,” says Roman Romanov. “The path to understanding takes years and generations.”
Once Centers Of Soviet Propaganda, Moscow’s Libraries Are Having A ‘Loud’ Revival
“Our job is to develop the most democratic and accessible cultural locations for Muscovites,” says Maria Rogachyova, who oversees Moscow’s libraries.
Muscovites Protest Mayor’s Plans to Demolish Their Homes
“They’ll make our life hell, and sooner or later they’ll squeeze us out,” Anna Sazonkina said. “But my civic conscience won’t allow me to vote for it.”
In Moscow, New Barbershops Trim Away Old Notions Of Russian Masculinity
The fact that barbershops are now in vogue in Moscow is a reflection of what could be called the emancipation of the Russian male.
Potemkin Village
As a friend and I sat on one of Moscow’s ubiquitous summer verandas one evening, quaint trams trundled by. For a moment, it almost felt like Prague.
Putin’s Moscow is Anxious, Gilded and Hollow
Moscow is always a surprising kind of place. I expected Putin’s us-against-them nationalism to be more strident than ever. But I find the city uncharacteristically subdued and anxious about the future.
