The biggest lie my country ever told
Russia’s biggest lie Every country in the world has its mythology, and it is often...
What do we miss most about our past?
I want to take you back to a time when the internet was 30 years...
A totally weird part of my country.
Weird stuff in Russia Any country has plenty of weird stuff, and Russia is no...
My country’s biggest conspiracy theories
We in Russia are far from something comparable to the JFK assassination mystery. On the...
Gun massacres – what has changed?
Five and a half years ago, in only our second-ever blog, we discussed gun laws...
The Most Bad-Assed Woman
Wednesday was International Women’s Day and we decided this week we should tell you a...
Putin’s War One year on
I will not write about my shock on February 24, 2022, and my stresses and...
Pen and Paper, or Keyboard and Screen?
Pen and paper or keyboard and screen… …that is the question! Being a pro writer,...
Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
God Save the Queen… …in my middle school years, I thought that the British anthem...
Good night, Mikhail Sergeevich
Mikhail Gorbachev: the end of an epoch Mikhail Gorbachev has transformed my country forever. Even...