Visits: 17 Nadya Tolokonnikova, a founding member of Pussy Riot, and John Caldwell have always prioritized being “helpful,” he said, over being happy. When Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the founding members of the anti-establishment punk collective Pussy Riot, reached out …
How More Sanctions on Russian Diamonds Could Affect the Global Market
Visits: 42 The Group of 7 and the European Union are expected to issue new rules in an effort to slow the flow of revenue into the Kremlin’s war chest. Eighteen months have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, sending shock …
Dasha Zhukova’s Artful Rise
Visits: 20 The oligarch’s ex-wife had carefully built a place for herself in the art world. And then, Putin’s war started. “If there’s one place in the world that’s fighting today for freedom and democracy, where people — men, women …
The Red Adidas Tracksuit Sealed the Deal
Visits: 25 Katherine Bonneau was charmed by Mikhail Kosyan’s ability to be himself, along with his sense of humor and thoughtfulness. They were engaged after seven months. Katherine Bonneau had grown tired of dating “Peter Pan-type guys” over the years, …
When the Czarinas Ruled the Front Row
Visits: 22 A group of Russian women were once the hottest things at couture, embraced not just by fashion, but by the watching world. Where are they now? Around this time just over a decade ago something happened in fashion …
Aleksei Navalny Supporters Wear Red
Visits: 20 Between the Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day, red is something of the color of the moment. A week ago, however, it began to take on an entirely different meaning, as a growing number of Russians began to …