What would we consign to Room 101?
Room 101 was a long-running BBC TV show which saw three celebrities compete each week...
One bullet left – who gets it from me?
I’m steering clear of politics when deciding who my last victim will be – it...
A totally weird part of my country.
Weird stuff in Russia Any country has plenty of weird stuff, and Russia is no...
Sergey’s blog about Wagner’s mutiny…..
This week, for the first time ever in the five-year history of this blog, we’ve...
Should there be a compromise in Ukraine?
If my two sons were fighting for either side, I would be begging for a...
Should Russian tourists be welcomed?
Without shouldering any of the blame for the Ukraine invasion onto the ordinary Russian folk,...
Good night, Mikhail Sergeevich
Mikhail Gorbachev: the end of an epoch Mikhail Gorbachev has transformed my country forever. Even...
How should this war end?
Let’s draw a line between how should and how will the war in Ukraine end....
The Ukraine Interviews – Part II
Marina Lagutina was born in Moscow and spent much of her life in the Soviet...
The Ukraine Interviews – Part I
McKibben Jackinsky, journalist and author from Ninilchk, Alaska, is the sixth generation descended from Russians...