Russian investigators questioned the artistic director of two of Russia’s most prominent theaters in connection with a major embezzlement case, the St. Petersburg-based news outlet Fontanka reported Wednesday.
The investigation…
Category: Life
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Benjamin Nathans’ ‘To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause’ Awarded 2025 Pushkin House Book Prize
On Thursday evening this year’s Pushkin House Book Prize was awarded to Benjamin Nathans for his book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement,”…
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By Employing Putin’s Alleged Daughter, Paris Gallery Sparks Debate Over Collective Responsibility
PARIS — Are children responsible for the actions of their parents?
This question has split the Russian exile community after reports surfaced that President Vladimir Putin’s alleged daughter is…
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Documentary ‘The Eukrainian’ Follows Kyiv’s Quest for EU Membership
Viktor Nordenskiöld’s “The Eukrainian,” a documentary about Ukraine’s quest for European Union membership, uses the bloc’s diplomatic negotiations and bureaucracy as the backdrop for a story with life-or-death…
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‘Boris Godunov’: Kirill Serebrennikov’s Titanic Indictment of the Russia He Loves
AMSTERDAM — A tsar, who rose to the throne through the murder of a young heir, is asked to stay in power by an impoverished populace for the sake of their nation’s stability.
Yet haunted by the ghosts of his past, he descends…
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Sergey Radchenko’s ‘To Run the World’ Shortlisted for Pushkin House Book Prize 2025
“Am I a trembling creature, or do I have the right?” are the oft-quoted words of Rodion Raskolnikov, the protagonist in Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” In the novel, Raskolnikov murders an old pawnbroker and her sister to…
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Donald Rayfield’s ‘A Seditious and Sinister Tribe’ Shortlisted for 2025 Pushkin House Book Prize
In the wake of the Ottoman Empire’s crushing defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74, one senior Turkish diplomat placed the blame squarely on the Empire’s Crimean Tatar allies. In his memoirs, he described them as having…
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In ‘Our Dear Friends in Moscow’ Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov Track Russia’s Broken Generation
In “Our Dear Friends in Moscow. The Inside Story of a Broken Generation,” journalists Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov set out to understand how some of their fellow journalists in Russia came to accept wholeheartedly the actions…
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Kirill Serebrennikov’s ‘The Disappearance of Josef Mengele’ at Cannes Film Festival
“The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” is not a comfortable film. It was not intended to be. Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, the film compels viewers to confront complicity, not only as a…
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Author Viv Groskop Remembers ‘One Ukrainian Summer’
The Pushkin House spoke with author, comedian, TV and radio presenter Viv Groskop, who is among other accomplishments is a specialist in the Soviet Union and successor states. She talks about her latest book, “One Ukrainian Summer”…
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