Another Shore - Russia

So, how was Eurovision 2016 for you? A fun-filled evening of cheesy pop (evenings, if you also caught the semi-finals). Here, for one half...

Masyanya ( Масяня ) is a popular Russian cartoon character created by Oleg Kuvaev and his mult.ru studio and first appeared in 2001 on the ...

KVN, pronounced ka-veh-en , is a national institution. The Club of the Joyful and Inventive is like the Cambridge Footlights kind of sketch...

Of this legendary Soviet rock group, I once told a friend that I'd translated a couple of songs. He answered, "You cannot understan...

In my early days in Russia, a friend, Vadim, called me to invite me over. Soon outside his flat. I rang the bell and the door opened. I...