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...

The good news is that the Moscow Times reports that the suicide rate is the Russian capital is falling.  The bad news is that...

...don't do it at all. The president has faced a lot of criticism recently...

Saw this beauty on a Russian social network... Can you tell what it is yet?

As a native speaker English teacher, you're prepared for all kinds of questions about the language and sometimes really having to get in...

The Director of Studies and I had to interview a five-year old with a view to her having lessons. The little girl, having lived in Boston, U...

AFP report that Russian customs officials have seized EU meat disguised as chewing gum...

I could smell it. Walking around our 8th floor flat, there was a definite smell. I was walking around the flat, in that manner unique to loc...

Some of the teachers had been out for a drink or two and got back in late. Two colleagues, Ian and Tim, had already fallen asleep in the lou...

The Russian Post Office can be a mixed bag. Sometimes they go the extra miles and then some; other times... You can always visit their we...

One day, three intrepid teachers ventured into a bank in search of travellers cheques - even then an anachronistic means of cash transfer, b...

With the end of October fast approaching and the accompanying annual festival, it is only appropriate that Russian politicians come up with ...