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‘S’ is a Russian engineer based in Moscow; a relaxed and friendly character possessed of a seemingly indefatigable pragmatism and a matter-of-fact nature. When he’s not grinding away at the working day, he’s immersed in family life at his apartment home or planning another trip...

It’s a common mistake – to take our admiration for an artist’s work and warp it into a misplaced love for the artist himself. Most of us will never know the artist: the subject of our anonymous infatuation. Instead we may judge their entire being on our assessment of their...

Don’t worry, my current fetish for holes in the ground will have played itself out by the end of this article. However, whilst we are on the subject of the subterranean Soviet escapades, it would be remiss to leave out another iconic Moscow bunker: the personal domain of Joseph...

Moscow is pitted with reinforced holes in the ground; a trend that exploded (with no pun intended) throughout the Cold War when the two global superpowers not only strove to out-bomb each other, but out-survive each other too. Supposedly there is enough underground space to...

Towards the end of the last century, artist/sculptor Mihail Chemiakin received a call from Yuri Luzhkov -then the mayor of Moscow- who was in need of an artist to produce an ambitious public installation. The brief was to visualise the dangers to children that originate from the...

Following last week’s overview of Bunker 42, let’s have a closer look at the delights that Moscow’s infamous hole in the ground has to offer. Memory lane To briefly recap, It was the Soviet government’s last stand, should international relations degenerate into all-out nuclear...

Does your Moscow trip center around Red Square? Does your excursion to St.Petersburg include the obligatory day spent at the Hermitage? First, of all – great! Why not visit the classic attractions that Russia’s two principal cities have to offer? While you’re at it: cruise...

You may or may not have heard about the recent legislation that was signed into Russian law on Monday the 18th March, 2019. There are two new laws, to be specific, set to curb the dissemination of “unreliable information”, critical of the Russian government and any “obscene...

Hurrah for Friday March the 8th, it was International Women’s Day. International Men’s day is on Tuesday 19th November, incidentally – so mark your calendars now. If you reside in England, the chances are that you carried on largely as normal last Friday however; catching...

It finally seems like 2019 is shifting out of first gear. We’ve had the ice bathers of Epiphany and finally, Maslenitsa; the official end of winter, is currently in progress. Hopefully, the only way is up. Whilst we vaguely acknowledge Shrove Tuesday (pancake day); the Russian...